Purpose

To seek Executive Member approval to accept a
grant in the sum of £1,410,570 from the Department for
Education to deliver the national Holiday Activities & Food
Programme (HAF) for North Yorkshire in 2024/25.

The HAF grant is offered to all upper tier authorities in England
to provide a programme of free holiday activities and food during
the main school holiday periods of Easter, Summer and Christmas.
Free places are offered to all ‘means tested free school
meal’ eligible school age children. Provision should be
delivered in line with the grant criteria of:

Easter - 4 hours per day for 4 days

Summer – 4 hours per day for 16 days

Christmas – 4 hours per day for 4 days

Local Authorities have flexibility regarding how the provision is
delivered and in North Yorkshire the programme is delivered as a
consortia between the Council and local community based
providers.

The grant offer for the 2024/25 is marginally higher that the grant
in 2023/24 (£1,378,320). The programme is fully funded by the
DfE and no additional costs are incurred by North Yorkshire
Council. jack

Decision

To accept a grant in the sum of
£1,410,570 from the Department for Education to deliver the
national Holiday Activities & Food Programme (HAF) for North
Yorkshire in 2024/25.