The Department for Education’s (DfE) Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF), known locally in Wakefield as Happy Healthy Holidays, funds organisations to provide free nutritious meals and enriching activities during school holidays for children (Reception to Year 11) receiving income-based free school meals.
From Summer 2026, Happy Healthy Holidays funding will be distributed to the Voluntary, Community & Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector through the Community Investment Gateway.
Happy Healthy Holidays aims to keep children and young people active during the school holidays by providing free activities and healthy food.
Key requirements of Happy Healthy Holidays programmes:
Applications for this round will be collecting details for your Summer and Winter 2026 offer.
The Community Investment Gateway welcomes applications from VCSE organsations locally-rooted in Wakefield District.
The funding is for members of the Community Investment Gateway (any tier). If your organisation is not a member, get in touch with gateway@nova-wd.org.uk to find out how to join.
Visit the Community Investment Gateway website for more details and to download the Application Guidance document.
Grants of £100 are available for organisers of a 'Great Get Together' event, an annual celebration of everything that connects our communities.
Grants are available for organisations working with young people from under-represented communities in Yorkshire and the Humber to deliver projects and activities that use the power of storytelling and language.
Grants for work supporting girls aged 11-18 years who have been in the criminal justice system or who are at a high risk of entering it.
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