Holiday Activities Programme (HAF)

Welcome to Walsall Council's Holiday Activities and Food Programme. This video will explain what's on offer for winter HAF.

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This is a free and exciting holiday programme. It enables children aged 5 to 16, who are eligible for benefit-related free school meals, to be active, to learn and to eat healthy foods.

If your child is not eligible for HAF, some providers are offering activities you can pay for. Select the contact us button on screen now to find our contact information.

For the winter HAF Programme, a range of activities are on offer including Football, Mobile Youth Bus, Gaming and Coding, Snooker, Performing Arts, Music and DJ and much more! 

Each activity includes a free healthy meal for each child. We work with a variety of providers to deliver an exciting programme which includes a festive pantomime and hamper containing food and recipes.

There will be a range of activity types including 'pick and mix' sessions, which are individual activities for children and young people to attend, and we will also have family sessions which will offer a choice of activities you can attend as a family. We are unable to offer holiday clubs as the bank holidays are mid-week. Each child can book up to a total of four activities and a winter hamper.

The winter HAF programme runs from the 20 December 2025 to the 2 January 2026 excluding bank holidays. If you are eligible and registered, the booking portal opens on the 11 November 2025.

Select the About the HAF programme button on screen now to find out more.

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