Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme.

Isle of Wight Council invites eligible families to sign up for free activities this February Half Term as part of the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme.

The HAF programme is funded by the Department for Education so that we can offer healthy food and enriching activities in the school holidays to children who receive income-based free school meals. For February half term we have partnered with the Household Support Fund (HSF) to offer half term HAF.

To check your eligibility please see the following webpage: https://www.iow.gov.uk/schools-and-

education/schools/free-school-meals/

A small number of places are also available on a discretionary basis : please click the following link to see if you are eligible https://www.iow.gov.uk/children-and-family-support/holiday-activities-and-childcare/holiday-

activities/holiday-activities-and-food-programme-haf/

For this half term only- due to our partnership with the HSF, we can also offer a number of discretionary funded places to families in receipt of universal credit but not eligible for income related free school meals. Please book using the link below-tick ‘other’ under the eligibility criteria and type universal credit in the box- the HAF team will then contact the booker to confirm eligibility.

The HAF Team often receives requests for Half Term activities and we are delighted to be able to provide these popular activities for this February Half Term.

·Activities will run from Monday 16th February-Friday 20th February

·Bookings open Wednesday 21 January at 10am

·All activities include a healthy nutritious meal for children and young people attending

How to book:

You can use the following link IW Family Information Hub (HAF) (iow.gov.uk) to search for activities and contact local providers directly. 

Please contact the HAF Team on holidayactivities@iow.gov.uk if you have any questions.