Holidays Are Fun annual report 2025 to 2026

Stockton-on-Tees Holidays Are Fun (HAF) providers benefited from the generous support of Warburtons again during 2025 to 2026. This support enabled providers to offer additional meals and snacks and deliver a range of food education activities, including making pizzas, sandwiches, and other healthy food options with children and young people.

Providers also accessed donations and support from a variety of other organisations, including major supermarket chains and local food businesses, helping to enhance the food offer available through the programme.

However, providers reported that securing food donations is becoming increasingly challenging. Many organisations are now approaching supermarket community champions and local businesses for support as a result of the ongoing cost-of-living pressures, leading to greater competition for the limited donations available.