Holiday Hub

Holiday Hub clubs operate across the country – from Wigan to Coventry and from London to Nottinghamshire. Holiday Hub supports families by providing meals and opportunities for family bonding through eating, learning and playing together.

As well as taking part in a wide range of fun activities and enjoying quality time together, families learn about nutrition and keeping fit and healthy.

Read a short case study from a setting in the East Midlands, which gives a flavour of one of the Holiday Hub sessions they delivered in Summer 2018.

Feedback from families highlights that Holiday Hub has helped them:

• make healthy and cost-effective meals
• improve family relationships
• socialise with other families
• try new activities
• get to know the local area better
• improve their wellbeing.

‘Due to struggling with anxiety, I don’t socialise at all and tend to stay in the house … I have socialised with staff and other families.’

‘It was brilliant. We all enjoyed it as a family.’

Download:

• some short interviews with parents/carers from the North West who have attended holiday sessions
• a short case study from one Holiday Hub setting in the North West about the benefits to their families
• a case study from a setting in the South of England, about the impact of the summer 2018 programme on one of their families
• some tips for free or low-cost holiday activities suggested by settings and families.

Please get in touch with us using the details below if you are interested in:

• volunteering to work within one of our clubs
• supplying food, resources or other in-kind support for our clubs
• setting up a Holiday Hub club
• finding out more about Holiday Hub
• providing support to Brakes Meals & More programme.

Please visit our Members’ Area or contact us using the details below for:

•  the latest Holiday Hub documentation (eg Holiday Hub bulletin, Information and Resources pack)
• dates for the next focus group sessions
• support with planning and delivery (eg recipes, portion sizes, food suppliers, sourcing volunteers, training for staff).

We’re delighted that Public Health Stockton funded a Holiday Hub programme from October 2018 to February 2019 in Stockton-on-Tees. Contact julie.pike@family-action.org.uk for full details.

In 2018 Smart Energy GB provided funding to enable Family Action to co-ordinate a small energy-focused project consisting of tea-time sessions for families, 1-2-1 advice sessions for parents, and briefings for internal and external colleagues. During the tea-time sessions families took part in a wide range of interactive activities that helped them learn more about smart meters and their benefits, as well as how to save energy in their homes.