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Empower and Elevate Ltd
Holiday Activities and Food Programme
What is the Holiday Activities and Foor Programme?
The Holiday, Activities and Food (HAF) programme is a government funded scheme that aims to provide childcare and nutritional meals to children from disadvantaged families during the school holidays.
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Marcus Rashford, the Manchester United and England footballer, brought childhood food poverty to the public’s attention during the school holidays in 2020. This year saw the government increase funding to £220 million to help these children and families.
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In the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, the HAF Programme has been renamed FUEL - Feed Ur Everyday Lives.
The FUEL programme provides healthy food and enriching activities during school holidays to children who are eligible for benefits related to free school meals. It is funded by the government under the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme and is expected to run throughout 2024.
The aim of the FUEL programme is:
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To eat healthily and understand nutrition.
To be more active through engaging and enriching activities.
To be safe and not to be socially isolated.
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FUEL Programme Eligibility
Is my child eligible?
Priority places will be given to children who are eligible for and receiving benefit related free school meals.
Eligibility Criteria
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Children on Free School Meals (FSM)
Pupil Premium Children
Children assessed as being in need
Looked-after children (LAC)
Children with an EHCP
Children assessed as otherwise vulnerable
Children living in areas of high deprivation
Extended eligibility criteria
HAF/Fuel can also offer spaces to children who meet the following criteria:
Accessing Pupil Premium
Child in Care
Refugees
Child being supported by a Early Help or Social Care plan
Young Carer
Why Choose Us?
Bespoke Coaching
Our coaching programmes and sports and activity camps are designed to offer bespoke experiences for each participant, ensuring that activities are tailored to their interests, abilities and developmental needs.
Physical Competence
All of our coaching sessions are designed to build physical competence. We place emphasis on ensuring that children are engaged in physical activities that develop their movement skills in a variety of sports and activities.
Motivation and Confidence
We adapt our activities to ensure to ensure that each individual is challenged appropriately to build their confidence and competence in a variety of sports and activities.
Social and Emotional Development
We focus our attention on ensuring children have an opportunity to develop their social skills, creating a positive environment through team building activities at the start of each day. We maintain a maximum staff ratio of 1:10 to ensure that children feel supported at our camps.
Our Sports and Activities
Athletics
Basketball
Benchball
Bouldering
Bubble Football
Boxing
Cricket
Dodgeball
Football
Nerf Party
Orienteering
Rounders
Table Tennis
Tennis
VR Games
Dates
TBA
Times
08:00 - 17:00
Ages
For children aged 8 to 14.
