Summer 2025 Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme referrals

Action for schools: Please share leaflets with eligible pupils and families only.

We are delighted to be delivering in Ealing the Summer 2025 Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme.

The HAF programme provides funded holiday provision, including healthy food and enriching activities, for children and young people in reception to year 11 who reside in or attend school in Ealing and are in receipt of benefits-related free school meals (FSM), or who are vulnerable and would benefit from a HAF place.

Summer 2025 HAF

Throughout Ealing, HAF provisions will be offering a wide range of funded activities, as well as a healthy meal. Eligible children and young people can attend for a maximum of 16 days over the summer school holiday. Ealing’s Summer HAF programme will run from Monday 28 July - Friday 29 August 2025.

Vulnerable children and young people: Applications open Monday 16 June 2025

We are able to offer a limited number of HAF places to some vulnerable children and young people who would benefit from attending HAF provision but are not in receipt of benefits-related free school meals.

Professionals who are working with families who they feel would benefit will need to complete an online referral application form to apply for them to be able to access the Summer HAF programme.

Applications open on Monday 16 June at 9am and will close on Thursday 28 August at 12 noon. We advise that you complete the application as soon as possible to be able to secure the child / young person's eligibility and book a HAF provider placement. Please note that vulnerable places should not be used for childcare.

Promote to eligible families: New booking system goes live Wednesday 2 July 2025

Schools will receive their delivery of HAF postcards over the coming weeks. We will be using a new booking system for the Summer HAF. Codes are no longer needed, so these will not be included with the postcards delivery. Eligible pupils (those receiving benefits-related free school meals) will be automatically added to the booking system.

Primary schools receive the junior HAF leaflet and secondary schools receive the youth HAF leaflet. Example leaflets in the downloads section.

Please distribute these to eligible pupils and families only to ensure the places go to those who need it most. Eligible families will also be emailed directly with further booking information.

Please note that primary pupils receiving the universal free school meals offer are not eligible for the HAF programme.

Our activity providers’ booking information and FAQ's will be available through the ‘Book an activity’ tile on our webpage.

Further information

Read more about Ealing’s HAF programme.

We have had our HAF video subtitles translated into several community languages, located on our gallery page. Please share this link with parents.

We really appreciate your support. For further information, please email HAF@ealing.gov.uk.