Free holiday club places available

Free holiday club places are being offered this summer to children who qualify for free school meals during the school holidays 

The Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) summer scheme will be running again for four weeks during the school holidays.

This programme offers free places in holiday clubs to children eligible for free school meals for the equivalent of at least four hours a day, four days a week for four weeks in the school summer holidays.

Free school meal vouchers will be available for the remaining two weeks of the school holidays, making sure the whole holiday period is covered.

HAF programmes can offer so much – whether it is arts and crafts, music, dance, drama, sport, cooking, new friendships and wellbeing support – giving children fun activities as well as learning experiences throughout the summer holidays.

Sessions are available from 10am till 2pm in 18 locations and lunch, snacks and refreshments are all provided.

All activities are delivered by fully trained staff and include: Multi-sports, musical theatre and dance, arts and crafts, movie time, drama and music, board game madness, splash bubble and pop and much, much more!!

Visit www.getstuckin.org.uk to find out more about what is available in your area or to book your place.

Subject to the latest public health advice, our expectation is that all activities will operate face to face.

The activities are being delivered by Spring North and Blackburn with Darwen Council.

Councillor Julie Gunn, Executive member for Children, Young People and Education, said:

This is a wonderful programme that we are helping to run again this year, and the aims are to encourage children to eat more healthily, have fun, stay safe, be more active, to make new friends and to take part in some fantastic activities through the holiday clubs.

I hope everyone who is eligible will take up a place this summer – the scheme is really positive, it offers so much right across the board and can give children and young people some amazing experiences and really add to their summer fun.”