AREA OF WORK

Holiday Gap Provision

Ensuring young people across the UK have access to free activities and nutritious meals during the school holidays

For too many young people, school holidays can be a time of hardship, hunger and isolation, as families in underserved communities struggle to fund the added food and childcare costs that the holidays bring.  

In 2016 StreetGames launched ‘Fit and Fed’, a year-round campaign that seeks to address those triple inequalities faced by young people across the UK. Delivered by community organisations in the StreetGames network, Fit and Fed provides free holiday activities with the addition of nutritious food, for children and young people that need it the most.  

StreetGames now play a huge role in the Department for Education’s holiday activities and food (HAF) programme. After the successful launch of ‘Newcastle’s Best Summer Ever’ in 2018, we now co-ordinate programmes in Birmingham, Derbyshire and Lancashire.  

69%

of young people aged 11-16 years from ‘low affluence families’ take part in sport activities once a week or more compared to 84% of young people from ‘high affluence families’

4.2 million

children are living in poverty in the UK (source: JRF UK Poverty 2024)

2.1 million

pupils (24.6%) are eligible for free school meals (source: DfE)

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TRAINING ACADEMY

Holiday Activity Training & Support Programme 

We offer a variety of training programmes as part of the holiday activities and food (HAF) programme, ensuring organisations have the skillset required to deliver activities and nutritious meals all year round.  

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