Deadline: 19-Sep-22
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.
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.
What they will fund
- Grants can be used to extend a current scheme or project to enable provision for the winter holidays. Free places can be offered alongside paid for places.
- Grants can be used for a new idea.
- Projects can be holiday clubs which provide a good range of activities including sport and physical activity, dance, drama, outdoor games, arts and crafts, digital and creative projects and wellbeing activities. They will also provide healthy meals and/or cookery classes to every child.
- Specialist SEND provision as long as physical activity and food is also provided. They would consider funding SEND provision that ran for less than 4 hours a day as long as evidence was submitted to demonstrate that this was to best meet the needs of the participants.
- Successful projects to specifically engage older children and young people may also focus on a single activity – single sports camps or creative and wellbeing camps have worked well previously.
- Grants can also be made for elements of the project such as food provision to enhance an existing offer.
Outcomes
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The holiday projects they wish to fund will help achieve the following outcomes for reception aged children to year 11 age children inclusive
- to eat more healthily over the school holidays;
- to be more active during the school holidays;
- to take part in engaging and enriching activities which support the development of resilience, character and wellbeing along with their wider educational attainment; to be safe and not to be socially isolated;
- to have greater knowledge of health and nutrition and to be more engaged with school and other local services.
Eligibility Criteria
- This fund is open to the voluntary sector, schools, youth clubs, statutory and private providers (including sole traders) who can meet the charitable objectives of the programme.
- Voluntary or community groups, charities, CICs
- Schools and academies
- Local councils
- Private providers whose activities align with the charitable objectives of the programme (must be registered with HMRC)
- Sole traders (must be registered with HMRC)
For more information, visit HCF.
For more information, visit https://www.hertscf.org.uk/holiday-activities-programme