Holidays Are Fun annual report 2024 to 2025

The key challenges delivering the programme in 2024 to 2025 are:

• places booked but children not brought
• teenage offer not attracting young people
• higher provider costs due to venue, staffing and food costs increasing
• decrease in Department for Education funding for second year, but eligible children increased
• increased number of requests for children who are not eligible under the benefit related free school meals criteria
• increased number of requests for children with SEND who are not eligible under the benefit related free school meals criteria
• booking system replacement
• Christmas delivery due to available delivery days
• late announcement of HAF funding which meant that planning for 2025 to 2026 with providers was difficult
• standardised marketing materials and toolkits not being utilised by all providers