Holiday Activities and Food programme annual report 2022 to 2023
The school holidays can be a challenging time for families, particularly those from low-income households. Children may have limited access to organised activities, experience social isolation, and suffer from poor nutrition and physical health.
The Holiday Activities and Food programme (HAF) was implemented to address these issues, requiring local authorities to provide inclusive activities and a hot meal for children aged 5 to 16 years during school holidays. Evidence suggests that free holiday clubs have a positive impact when they offer consistent and accessible enrichment activities, involve children in food preparation, cover more than just breakfast or lunch, and utilise local partnerships and connections.
In 2022 to 2023, many Nottinghamshire families faced significant struggles due to the Covid-19 pandemic and cost of living crisis. The Nottinghamshire Holiday Activities and Food programme provided much needed support for these families by offering healthy activities, social engagement, and food for children who receive free school meals benefits. Overall, the HAF programme has proven to be a valuable initiative in supporting vulnerable families during the school holidays.
The Nottinghamshire Holiday Activities and Food programme (HAF) annual report 2022 to 23 covers the following areas:
- Annual reach figures (primary and secondary)
- Primary/secondary reach – spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Families reached through ‘family days’
- 2022 to 23 finances (with detail of administration costs)
- Partnerships
- Marketing/contact
Reach
The programme has continued to build on the successes of 2021 to 2022 and was delivered from 138 Nottinghamshire venues with 90 school sites delivering HAF activity.
There were 25,458 attendances throughout the year with 1000 meals being provided to families through 'family day' activities.
Grant funded programmes were rated as Good by community development workers.
Parent’s feedback
Through consultation with families (at family events and through activity providers):
- 96% of parents rated activities as ‘Excellent’
- 100% of parents said HAF has helped with cost-of-living increases
- 8 out of 10 said they would book places for 2023 to 2024
Annual reach
HAF Nottinghamshire was delivered across four holiday periods, spring, summer, autumn and winter, engaging with a combined total of 12,133 children and young people.
The table below breaks down the 12,133 total participant by HAF funded programmes, other programmes and includes the number of SEND children and young people in the programme.
Annual reach (12,133 total participants) |
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| Category | Primary | Secondary |
| HAF funded | 8283 | 2981 |
| Other | 757 | 112 |
| Total | 9040 | 3093 |
| SEND | 814 | 466 |
Spring reach
In spring 2022, HAF Nottinghamshire engaged with 2,532 children and young people.
The spring reach table below breaks down the 2,532 total participants by HAF funded programmes, other programmes and includes the number of SEND children and young people in the programme.
Spring reach (2,532 total participants) |
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| Category | Primary | Secondary |
| HAF funded | 1693 | 723 |
| Other | 72 | 44 |
| Total | 1765 | 767 |
| SEND | 202 | 143 |
Summer reach
In summer 2022, HAF Nottinghamshire engaged with 4,667 children and young people.
The spring reach table below breaks down the 4,667 total participants by HAF funded programmes, other programmes and includes the number of SEND children and young people in the programme.
Summer reach (4,667 total participants) |
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| Category | Primary | Secondary |
| HAF funded | 3183 | 1086 |
| Other | 357 | 41 |
| Total | 3540 | 1127 |
| SEND | 295 | 151 |
Autumn reach
In autumn 2022 HAF Nottinghamshire engaged with 3,120 children and young people.
The autumn reach table below breaks down the 3,120 total participants by HAF funded programmes, other programmes and includes the number of SEND children and young people in the programme.
Autumn reach (3,120 total participants) |
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| Category | Primary | Secondary |
| HAF funded | 2201 | 633 |
| Other | 265 | 21 |
| Total | 2466 | 654 |
| SEND | 164 | 92 |
Winter reach
In winter 2022 HAF Nottinghamshire engaged with 1,814 children and young people.
The winter reach table below breaks down the 1,814 total participants by HAF funded programmes, other programmes and includes the number of SEND children and young people in the programme.
Winter reach (1,814 total participants) |
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| Category | Primary | Secondary |
| HAF funded | 1206 | 539 |
| Other | 63 | 6 |
| Total | 1269 | 545 |
| SEND | 153 | 80 |
Family days
The family days table below breaks down the number of total families that attended the programme by period, number of family days and venue.
Family days |
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| Period | Number of family days | Venue | Families attended |
| Easter | 1 | Nottingham Arena | 47 |
| Summer | 2 | The Mill Adventure Base | 75 |
| 2 | Holme Pierrepont | 11 | |
| October | 1 | Nottingham Castle | 47 |
| 1 | White Post Farm | 67 | |
| Winter | 2 | Nottingham Arena | 88 |
| 1 | Lammas Leisure Centre | 6 | |
| Total: | 341 | ||
Children's feedback
"I really enjoyed the different fruit that was available. I look forward to meeting new friends". - Isabelle, aged 12
Parent/carer feedback
"My two boys have thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon! They loved each activity and getting to learn and do things they wouldn’t normally do". - Parent
Finances
The table below shows the total cost expenditure for Administrative, capital, programme (all costs of providing HAF places, payments to providers and third party service), and other costs for the programme.
Finances |
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| Expenditure type | Cost |
| Administrative | £247,699.81 |
| Capital | 0 |
| Programme (all costs of providing HAF places, payments to providers and third party services) | £2,295,460.45 |
| Other | £19,959.02 |
| Total (1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023) | £2,563,119.28 |
2022 to 2023 administration costs
The table below shows the 2023 to 2023 administrative costs of the programme by expenditure type and cost.
2022-2023 administration costs |
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| Expenditure type | Cost |
| HAF team | £219,666.34 |
| Business support | £20,886.25 |
| Finance | £2,831.22 |
| Customer services group | £2,824.00 |
| Design and build | £1,492.00 |
| Total | £247,699.81 |
External partnerships
A network of partners provided support, governance and delivery to respond to the needs of families, including:
- Ashfield District Council
- Bassetlaw District Council
- Broxtowe Borough Council
- Gedling Borough Council
- Mansfield District Council
- Newark and Sherwood District Council
- Rushcliffe Borough Council
- ASDA
- Boots the chemist
- Co-op
- Fareshare
- Morrisons
- Tesco
External providers
Summer Holiday Activities and Food programme external providers [Word]
Internal partnerships
A range of internal teams have supported families across Nottinghamshire, including:
- Integrated Children’s Disability service
- Health & Wellbeing team
- Benefits and cost of living team
- Youth service
- Notts Outdoors
Promotion
- Website
- Generic leaflet
- Social media plan
