Since our 2020 Online Ealing Summer School during the first Covid-19 lockdown and its subsequent school closures, our Summer Camps have been one of our most anticipated events of each year! Since the creation of the Government HAF Scheme (Holiday Activities and Food Programme) we have been lucky enough to receive their funding to support our camps across multiple boroughs.

The HAF Programme allows local charities and organisations across England the chance to run additional provisions during out-of-school time, for children in receipt of Benefits Related Free School Meals. Research has shown that the school holidays can be pressure points for some families - for some children, this can lead to a holiday experience gap, with children from low-income households being:

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• less likely to access organised out-of-school activities

• more likely to experience ‘unhealthy holidays’ in terms of nutrition and physical health

• more likely to experience social isolation​