Holiday Activities & Food Programme 2025

Pioneer Childcare HAF sessions are FREE to primary school aged children aged between 4-11 years old, who are in receipt of benefits related free school meals. Please visit your local council website to see the latest eligibility criteria.

In Brighton & Hove we’re running HAF Easter Camps between Monday 7th – Thursday 17th April 2025. 

In West Sussex we’re running HAF Camps between Monday 7th – Friday 11th April 2025. 

In Brighton & Hove, Free HAF Camp sessions run between 8.30am – 2.30pm everyday. Paid top-up sessions are available from 2.30-4.30pm. 

In West Sussex, Free HAF Camp sessions run between 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, crisps and a homemade treat. Vegan options are available. This is at no extra cost.

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

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

Crawley Down Village C of E Primary, Hophurst Drive, Crawley Down, RH10 4XA

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

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

Oak Tree (formerly Manor Field) Primary School, Junction Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 0PZ

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

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

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 Brighton & Hove, 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.