Tender: Holiday Activities and Food Programme – Inclusive Multi‑Activity Holiday Clubs for Free School Meal Children in Central Bedfordshire (from April 2025)

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Central Bedfordshire Council is seeking providers to deliver well organised, fully inclusive multi‑sport, creative and enriching holiday club activity camps with healthy food for children who receive benefits‑related Free School Meals, during the Easter, Summer and Christmas holidays for the three financial years starting April 2025. The programme is funded by the Department for Education as part of a national HAF investment (over £200 million per year announced), and Central Bedfordshire has been allocated funding to support over 7,000 eligible children per year who attend schools in the area. Clubs must be accessible to all eligible children including those with additional special educational needs and/or disabilities, promote enrichment beyond meals (including involvement in food preparation), use local partnerships and run across various locations within the authority, delivering the equivalent of six weeks’ holiday provision as set out in DfE HAF guidance.