As children across Oldham Borough prepare to break up for the Christmas holidays, the Council’s next Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme starts (17 December to 6 January).

Oldham’s HAF programme provides children and young people, aged five to 16, on free school meals, with free activities to enjoy over the school holidays including sports camps, day trips, arts and crafts sessions, and cookery classes.

As part of every session, each child also receives a healthy meal. Letters have recently been distributed to more than 14.000 eligible households to inform them of their offer entitlement, with each letter containing a unique HAF code that they must use to book onto our activities for free.

To book activities, parents and carers should browse www.oldham.gov.uk/HAF and then contact the HAF providers directly with their code to secure their place.

Due to postal strikes with Royal Mail, we are currently aware that some eligible households may have not yet received their letters but they are advised to sit tight as letters should arrive very shortly – if they haven’t already.

For more information on the HAF programme visit our HAF website or contact the HAF team  on oldhamhaf@oldham.gov.uk