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HAPpy Holiday Activity Programme 2021 Summer

Grants available to deliver fun and enriching activities with food in the summer school holidays free to children aged 5-16 eligible for benefits related free school meals

Deadline 5pm 14th May 2021

Supported by Hertfordshire County Council and coordinated by Herts Sports Partnership, applications are invited to fund the delivery of enriching and fun holiday activities including physical activities and food for children eligible for benefits related free school meals.

Ideally, activities will run for four hours a day for four days a week for up to 16 days in total across the summer holidays (between 26 July and 27 August 2021). However there is flexibility to vary the days and times as long as the sessions are for four hours.

The funding has been made available by the Department for Education to support children from disadvantaged backgrounds who are less likely to access organised out of holiday activities and are more likely to experience social isolation and holiday hunger.

The fund is open to voluntary and community groups, schools, district councils and private providers where their activities meet the charitable objectives of the fund. This includes existing providers who can expand their provision and also groups who can provide innovative and specialised activities.

NB There will be an opportunity to bid for further grants to cover a further week at Christmas.

Support Available


There are several dates available for you to book onto webinars to discuss the programme and to ask questions. In addition there are answers to Frequently Asked Questions and useful resources relating to catering and the delivery of specialised services. To book onto a webinar or to access the FAQs and resources follow this link :

WEBINARS & FAQS

Herts Sports Partnership will offer support and resources to groups to enable them to provide the food, nutrition, enrichment and sport activities to the standards required by this programme.

Access to free relevant training will be offered in support of the programme to successful applicants.

Before making an application please read the guidance notes below Really important to note that there are some changes from the Easter programme - so if you delivered at Easter please read again. Also please note this is version 2 updated 29 April following updated guidance from the Department for Education with more detail on safeguarding.

HAPpy Summer guidance

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