Holiday Activities

Holiday Club - Sprint Active @ Ravensdale

HAF programme

What is the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme?

HAF is a national Department for Education funded programme aimed at enabling children and young people to attend activities and experiences in the Christmas, Easter and Summer school holidays.

It is all free for eligible children and young people.

Coventry’s HAF programme is delivered by a wide range of organisations across the City.

HAF eligibility:

• Children who are Reception to year 11 inclusive and on benefits-related free school meals are the core group. In Coventry we have added in the following categories of children: child in need, child protection plan, looked after, assessed (through an early help assessment) to be in financial hardship, part of the Ukrainian Family Scheme and the Home for Ukraine programme.
• Children and young people in Years 12 - 13 are eligible if they are in receipt of benefits-related free school meals (FSM) and either have an EHCP or are receiving SEN support at their place of education. 

How many activities can each eligible child attend each holiday?

Coventry HAF has a credit approach. Each eligible child has an allocation of a total of 4 credits for the Christmas and Easter school holidays and 16 credits for the Summer school holiday. Credits are dependent on each activity and where most use 1 credit, some use 2 where clubs are offering breakfast in addition to lunch. This information will be detailed in the activity brochure and web directory where bookings are made.

Do children and young people attend by themselves or do parents/carers attend as well?

Our brochure gives information about this for each of the specific activities. There are four different types of situations. These are:

• Children/young people only
• Children/ young people must be accompanied by a parent/carer
• Parents/carers and under 5 year olds are welcome
• Parents/carers and under 5 year olds are welcome (children must be accompanied by a parent/carer)

More information on the Coventry HAF programme can be found at www.coventry.gov.uk/haf

 If you have any questions, please contact office@ravensdale.coventry.sch.uk or HAFprogramme@coventry.gov.uk

 Head to our Holiday Club page to find out about the Winter HAF Programme at Ravensdale