What is HAF?
The Peterborough Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme offers fully funded holiday places to eligible children and young people.
HAF runs during the Easter (up to 4 sessions), Summer (up to 16 sessions) and Christmas (up to 4 sessions) school holidays.
The Department for Education funds the HAF Programme. It encourages children and young people to:
- Eat healthily over the school holidays
- Be active during the school holidays
- Take part in engaging and enriching activities
- Have a greater knowledge of health and nutrition
- Be more engaged with local opportunities
Each child / young person will receive a balanced meal each day that they attend.
Eligibility
HAF is available to primary and secondary school children and young people who are in receipt of benefit related free school meals.*
Children and young people must live in Peterborough or attend a Peterborough school.
In addition, a small number of discretionary HAF places are available via a professional referral, these are:
- Child / young person in care
- Child / young person on child protection or child in need plan
- Child / young person with an open Early Help Assessment who has identified or unmet needs that can be supported through the HAF Programme
For a Professionals Referral Form or further information on the criteria above, please contact haf@peterborough.gov.uk
Book a place
The next HAF Programme will run in the Christmas 2023 school holidays.
Bookings open on Monday 20 November and close on Wednesday 20 December.
Find a list of Peterborough HAF providers on our Family Information Service website.
Identify your chosen club and then book a place directly with the club. The booking is subject to eligibility being confirmed.
View our map to find your nearest HAF club.
Please contact the HAF Team for more information: haf@peterborough.gov.uk
*Your child will be eligible for income-related free school meals (and therefore eligible for a HAF programme place) if you receive any of the following benefits:
- Income Support
- Income Based Job Seekers Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Child Tax Credit - but no element of Working Tax Credit - and have an annual income (as assessed by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)) that does not exceed £16,190
- If you are supported under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- Guarantee element of State Pension Credit
- Working Tax Credit during the four week period immediately after your employment finishes or after you start to work less hours per week
- Universal Credit with an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400 (as from 1 April 2018)
If your child is in Reception, Year 1 or Year 2 and normally receives Universal Infant Free School Meals, your child will not be eligible for income-related free school meals unless you make a successful claim via the Free School Meals webpage.
