The Holiday Activity Fund is to provide free ‘enriching and physical’ holiday activity and food projects for Manchester’s children and young people who are entitled to benefits related FSM. It aims to ensure that children and young people eat more healthily, are more active over the school holidays, learn about health nutrition, and can access fun and enjoyable activities. 
The DfE defines enriching and physical activities as “fun and enriching activities that provide children with opportunities to develop new skills of knowledge, to consolidate existing skills and knowledge, or to try out new experiences. This could include physical activities such as football, table tennis, cricket; creative activities such as putting on a play, junk modelling, drumming workshops, or experiences such as a nature walk, visiting a city, farm, theatre etc. Local authorities should consider how they can support providers to deliver a rich and varied mix of fun and enriching activities which are age-appropriate.”
The funding will also be used to support the delivery of the ‘Our Manchester’s Youth Strategy’ objectives:
- Thriving young people
- Highly skilled young people
- Progressive and resilient young people
- Living well; healthy and safe young people
- Connected and heard young people
The HAF programme will fund activity related to the costs of running a HAF project which includes but not limited to:
- Equipment and resources – funding can be used to purchase equipment for your project, for example, to improve the catering or sports equipment at an individual club.
- Organisations who seek to provide an holistic range of opportunities for Young People and not just limited to one form of activity
- Food costs; in particularly breakfast and or lunch. Food provision must meet School Food standards and be healthy, nutritious and preferably include a hot meal.
- Staffing salaries
- A proportion of your core costs that are clearly related to the scale of activity delivered under this funding
- Volunteers’ expenses
- DBS checks
- Transport costs
For more information, email: [email protected]
Deadline: 23 February 2022, 5pm