Holiday activities for kids
Holiday Activities and Food - Summer Programme 2025
Preston City Council has been allocated Department of Education funding from Lancashire County Council to provide a free holiday activity and food programme aimed at children and young people on benefits related free school meals (FSM) and vulnerable children, for 24 days in total over the year.
This is split into 4 days at Easter, 16 days in summer and 4 days at Winter.
To enable the Council to begin allocating grant funding, they have set out an Expression of Interest (EOI) form to gather relevant information from potential providers of this provision in Preston. This will help them to identify how much capacity there is and any delivery gaps that there may be, as well as any support/training needs for our delivery partners.
For more information on the programme, eligibility criteria and how to apply visit Preston City Councils website.
Visit Holiday Activity and Food Programme Summer 2025
About the scheme
HAF is for children and young people who are:
- In reception class to year 11
- Entitled to beneļ¬ts related Free School Meals
- Not on FSM but who but have another kind of vulnerability, inquire at your school for more information.
Holiday Activities and Food Vouchers
If eligible, you will be able to book places online using your child's specific HAF Voucher code sent via text and email. This will be sent from hello@holidays who Lancashire County Council have commissioned to send out the vouchers.
Vouchers are automatically sent to parents if your child is eligible, so there is no need to apply.
The vouchers will be issued by your child's school and sent to the contact phone number or email on their records. If you did not receive your voucher, please contact your child's school to update this information.
The e-voucher will be a 16-digit code and will have a link to the Lancashire County Council web page. From there you can go to your district HAF site, choose a club and book places for your child using the 16-digit HAF code at the bottom of the voucher.
If you live in a different district, contact CFW-HAF@lancashire.gov.uk to transfer the voucher.
If you transferred a voucher in the previous holiday period, the transfer will remain in place, and vouchers will be issued in that district for the next holiday.
Please note that places at our clubs are limited and fill up quickly. Only book a place at a HAF club if you intend to use it, and kindly cancel your booking if you change your mind. This consideration ensures that another child can attend if your child cannot.
Contact Information
- Talkzone: 0800 511 111
- Text: 07786 511 111
- Email: talkzone@lancashire.gov.uk
- Web talk services - lancashire.gov.uk/youthzone
- Facebook - Lancashire Youth Zone