Holiday Activities & Food Programme 2023

Please visit your local council website to see the latest eligibility criteria.

In Brighton & Hove and West Sussex we’re running HAF Camps between Monday 18th December and Friday 22nd December 2023.

In Brighton & Hove you can book a HAF session between 8.30am – 2.30pm, with the additional option of paying to top up the afternoon by 2hrs 2.30pm – 4.30pm.  

In West Sussex sessions run 8.30am – 4.30pm.

At lunchtime we’ll be providing a FREE nutritionally balanced Lunch.  Freshly prepared lunch examples include: a selection of sandwiches, rolls or wraps, with a choice of fillings; crudités; fresh fruit and a homemade treat. Vegan options are available. This is at no extra cost.

We’re running HAF Christmas Camps in local schools across Brighton, Hove and West Sussex.

Any eligible child can attend the HAF Christmas Holiday Camps, regardless of whether they attend that school during term time.

Manor Field Primary School, Junction Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 0PZ

St Wilfrid’s Catholic Primary School, School Close, Burgess Hill, RH15 9RJ

Harlands Primary School, Penland Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 1PJ

Halsford Park Primary School, Manor Road, East Grinstead, RH19 1LR

West Hove Infant School, School Road Site, Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5JA

Fairlight Primary School, St Leonards Road, Brighton BN2 3AJ

Please visit your local council website to book your HAF session through their booking engine. 

West Sussex – Register and make a booking here: https://haf.bookinglab.co.uk/westsussex/37147/login

For more information about HAF in West Sussex, including eligibility criteria please visit: www.westsussex.gov.uk/haf

Brighton & Hove – Register and make a booking here: https://eequ.org/pioneerchildcare

For more information about HAF in West Sussex, including eligibility criteria please visit: https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/health-and-wellbeing/holiday-activities-and-food-haf

There are a variety of resources available depending on your enquiry.

For more information about the HAF programme and other resources in West Sussex click here.

Further online Holiday Activities and Food resources are available from West Sussex County Council here.

For more information about the HAF programme in Brighton & Hove City Council click here.

Additional help and support for families in Brighton & Hove can be found here.

To find out more information about eligibility for free school meals click here.

Confirmation of attendance data for the Holiday Activities and Food programme will be shared with Brighton & Hove City Council’s (BHCC) Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme team or if your child goes to school outside of the city the relevant local authority HAF team, who will use that data for the purpose of registering for access to the Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF), to verify eligibility and to write reports required by the Department of Education in connection with the programme and its funding.

All data used in these reports will be anonymised.

The data will be stored securely and deleted in accordance with the relevant BHCC retention policy. Please see BHCC’s website for more information about their data protection policies: https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/about-website/privacy-and-data. For more information on BHCC’s use of participants’ data, please see the HAF Registration Form Privacy Notice: https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/holiday-activities-and-food-programme-registration-form-2022-service-privacy-notice.