Summer fun for kids

It’s not too late to book your child for activities this summer on Devon County Council's Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme.

And with a new online booking system it’s now easier than ever.

Since the new online system was launched in March thousands of parents have booked their child onto at least one of a number of activities; but there are still thousands of places available.

The Holiday Activities and Food programme is a government-funded initiative targeted at providing free activities and a nutritional meal to children and young people who are eligible for benefits-related free school meals during term time. 

In Devon, that equates to around 20,000 children eligible for free school meals.

The county has been delivering the HAF programme since 2018 and now work with over 100 holiday activity providers around Devon that provide a wide range of activities for children and young people with all abilities.

The government awarded the council £1.9 million to fund the HAF programme in 2025/26.

The activities run in school holiday time, covering four days in Spring, 16 days in the Summer, and four days in the winter.  The HAF programme does not run in half-term holidays.

For more information about Devon’s HAF programme, click here.