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Fuelled – holiday activities and food programme

Information about how eligible primary and secondary age pupils can access the Fuelled activities during the school holidays

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The Department for Education have provided a grant for North Lincolnshire Council to deliver the Fuelled Holiday, Activity and Food (HAF) programme to young people eligible for benefits related free school meals. During the Easter, summer and winter school holidays over 40 providers will be offering a range of free activities for eligible young children across North Lincolnshire.

All Fuelled activities will provide young people with the opportunity to get involved in physical activity and everyone will be provided with a free healthy meal at each activity.

How to take part in the Fuelled HAF Programme

To take part, children and young people must be in receipt of benefits-related free school meals or have been referred to the programme through a school/professional.

This year, all our providers will be available to book through the EEQU booking portal. There is no need to pre-register, and you do not need a unique code. Eligibility will be checked automatically when you make a booking request. Eligible families will receive a letter to let them know they can take part.

Some of our providers do have paid places available if your children are not eligible, so feel free to check out our booking portal if that’s the case.

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Activity bookings for Easter will open Thursday 20 March at 10am

Bookings for this Easter’s activities will go live at 10am on the 20 March! Activities start on Monday 7 April until Thursday 17 April. If you sign up to our mailing list you will be notified as soon as they go live!

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If you would like us to keep you informed of upcoming activities and events, please sign up to our newsletter.

Fuelled Annual Report 2023

The Holiday and Food (HAF) programme has proven a great success, with growing numbers of children and young people attending, and increasingly more activity providers registering to be part of the delivery. It’s fully funded by the DfE, and they set the criteria for those attending and the aims of the programme. Read our Fuelled Holiday Activity and Food Programme Annual Report 2023 for further information.

Useful information

Your child is eligible for the Fuelled HAF programme if all these statements apply:

  • your child is eligible for benefit assessed free school meals (FSM)
  • your child lives in North Lincolnshire
  • your child is school aged (from reception to year 11)
  • your child has been referred to the programme through a school or professional.

The Fuelled HAF Programme offers eligible young people access to fun, free and engaging activities during the three main school holidays. There is all sorts on offer from football, dance, horse riding, beatboxing and more.

All activities are free to book onto and they will include a range of physical activities and a free healthy meal.

Children can be booked onto four daily activities per week or one weekly camp per week.

As a result of this programme, we want children who attend this provision to:

  • Eat healthily over the school holidays
  • Be active during the school holidays
  • Take part in engaging and enriching activities which support the development of resilience, character and wellbeing along with their wider educational attainment
  • Be safe and not to be socially isolated
  • Have a greater knowledge of health and nutrition
  • Be more engaged with school and other local services

We also want to ensure that the families who participate in this programme:

  • Develop their understanding of nutrition and food budgeting
  • Are signposted towards other information and support, for example, health, employment, and education

If your child is in receipt of benefits-related free school meals, then they are eligible for the programme. Just head over to the booking portal to book an activity, your eligibility will be automatically checked with no need for a code.

If you are still unsure and just want to check, please email fuelled@northlincs.gov.uk with the following information:

  • Your child’s name
  • Your child’s date of birth
  • Your child’s address
  • Your child’s school

When we have confirmed eligibility we will email you your unique reference number.

For details on the booking process, how to book, what happens after booking and how to contact a provider, please follow this easy to read guide.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 allows us to hold information about children and families as part of our duty to support families.

However, the law says we must:

  • only hold information that we need for the delivery of the programme
  • only use the information for that reason
  • make sure the information we hold is accurate
  • keep the information only for as long as it is needed
  • make sure we only use the information lawfully and not breach your rights as the owner of this information
  • keep the information secure at all times.

We will need to share information about your child with the organisation who are providing the activities your child is booking to ensure that they can effectively deliver their activities as part of the programme.

Please read our Fuelled Privacy Statement.

All activities are aimed to be inclusive of every child’s needs. There are however some activities that are specific to children with SEND. Please use the filters on the booking page where you can select “Specialist SEND holiday Club” or “Universal holiday club with SEND support”, this will show you all the activities that are catered for young people with SEND. Each activity provides a description of what the activity will consist of and what your child can expect which will help you to determine whether the activity meets your child’s needs. The activity pages also include a “SEND ACCESSIBILITY CHECKLIST” which provides you will all the details on what kind of care providers can offer. Please book your child onto activities that you feel will meet their interest and ability.

Other questions or need help?

You can email us with any questions you may have at fuelled@northlincs.gov.uk , or ring our helpline on 01724 297270 (Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm).