Lambeth Council has been awarded funding by the Department of Education (DfE) to co-ordinate a local Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF) Programme during Spring, Summer, and Winter school holidays, 2023. This programme will deliver free activities and healthy food for school-aged children and young people (4 to 16 years old, Reception to Year 11) eligible for and in receipt of benefit-related Free School Meals (FSM). 

The aim of the HAF programme is to provide free holiday club places for school-aged children and young people (4 to 16 years old) who are:

• residents in the borough or attend a Lambeth school
• eligible for benefits-related Free School Meals (FSM)

This scheme is different to the Universal Free School Meals (UFSM) offer which is available to all children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 and is not means tested.  

Eligible organisations are:

• registered charities  
• voluntary, community, or faith organisations  
• companies limited by guarantee  
• community interest companies  
• social enterprises  
• schools 
• parent-teacher friends associations