Decision details

Holiday Activity & Food Programme – Grant Acceptance 2025/26

Decision Maker: Executive Member for Education, Learning & Skills

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To seek approval to accept the annual grant from the Department for Education offered to the Council for the purpose of providing a county wide offer of Holiday Activities and Food for free school meal eligible children for a minimum of 4 hours per day for 4 days over the Easter school holidays; a minimum of 4 hours per day for 16 days over the Summer school holidays and a minimum of 4 hours per day for 4 days over the Christmas school holidays

Decision:

The Executive Member has approved the acceptance a grant in the sum of £1,420,280 from the Department for Education to deliver the national Holiday Activities & Food Programme (HAF) for North Yorkshire in 2025/26.

Reasons for the decision:

The programme is fully funded and offers valued free to access activities and food to children
and families on low incomes when free school meals are not available. Without the grant
these activities would not be available.

Publication date: 25/03/2025

Date of decision: 25/03/2025

Effective from: 02/04/2025

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