Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) programme 2024 in Suffolk

To be eligible for a HAF place, your child must be registered as eligible for Benefit related Free School Meals even if they are already in receipt of reception, year 1 & 2 free school meal via the universal offer.

Being registered for benefit related free school meals, is more than just a meal.  If you are eligible, we would encourage you to make sure that you register for free school meals even if your child is in reception, year 1 or 2 and receives the universal meal offer, as it opens the following benefits to your child and their school:

• your child will receive a choice of meals at school free of charge
• Your child’s school will receive additional funding to provide support that pupils may need
• It enables you to access free school holidays activities at Easter, Summer and Christmas through The Suffolk Holiday Activity & Food (HAF) Programme
• It enables you to access and be notified of any other school holiday support from the government if funding is made available. 

If you think that your child/children may be eligible for means tested free school meals you can check to see if you qualify and apply through Apply for free school meals 

TheSource - for young people in Suffolk

Offers source of information, advice and support to young people aged 12+

www.thesource.me.uk 

Wellbeing Education Website

Offers a wide range of resources, workshops and training materials to support the mental health and wellbeing of families and staff

www.suffolk.gov.uk/wellbeingeducation

Who to Contact in a Mental Health Crisis…

999

If it is a life threatening emergency 

NHS 111 and press option 2

If not life-threatening

Childline

Call 0800 1111 (available 24/7)

Shout

Text SHOUT to 85258 in the UK to text with a trained Crisis Volunteer (available 24/7)

The Samaritans

Call 116 123 (available 24/7)

Suffolk and national information

If you would like to apply for funding to be part of the delivery of HAF 2024 in Suffolk please make sure that you are registered on Suffolk Sourcing using the following link...

• Suffolk Sourcing
• And contact  HAFenquiries@suffolk.gov.uk to register your interests
  
  

Further guidance (currently 2023's version) about the programme can be found on Holiday activities and food programme 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Managing Challenging Behaviour – Supporting Holiday Activity Provision

After the successful up take and positive feedback from the earlier run Managing Challenging Behaviour workshop (which supported the Holiday Activity Provision), we would like to offer those who missed out, further sessions have been arragend.  The online workshop takes a looks at ways to manage what is often seen as challenging behaviour.

Aims:
• To plan a proactive way to prevent challenging behaviour.
• Provide an insight into some of the reasons challenging behaviour you may experience.
• To develop a shared approach to managing behaviour within activities.
• To look at preventive strategies, de-escalation and managing crisis.
• Explore what to do after an incident, expression of challenging behaviour in order to repair & rebuild relationships.

Date and booking:

New dates coming soon

Venue: online, link will be sent prior to workshop

Any questions or queries please contact HAFenquiries@suffolk.gov.uk