Healthy Holidays Leeds

Healthy Holidays provides free engaging and enriching activities with a hot and healthy meal for children and young people during the Easter, summer and Christmas holidays.

Activities vary and can include sports and swimming, outdoor activities, dance, arts and crafts, as well as visits to attractions like Temple Newsam and Lotherton Hall.

Funded through the Department for Education's Holiday activities and food (HAF) programme external link, we offer a wide-ranging provision at schools, voluntary organisations and council run clubs in our hubs and libraries.

How to take part

Any primary and secondary school aged children who are eligible for free school meals can take part.

If you are not claiming free school meals, you can find out if you could be eligible and apply.

Every group will provide a tasty nutritious meal and with dietary requirements catered for by advance request.

Our venues

Schools

Most schools taking part in Healthy Holidays provide places for children that are enrolled or transitioning to that school.

If your child's school is listed below, please contact them for further information about their scheme. They may be able to refer you to other nearby locations if they have no more places available.

Voluntary organisations

For information on the schemes running at voluntary organisations, please email leedshealthyholidays@leedscf.org.uk.

Council venues

For more information about a scheme running at council venues such as a community hub or library please contact healthyholidays@leeds.gov.uk.

Find a venue near you

Locations around Leeds

Book an activity

You can book your child onto activites run by our Healthy Holidays providers. You'll need to create an account first, then you can log in and complete a registration form for each of child. Once their eligibility is confirmed, you can book activities for the holiday clubs.

How you can help

If you would like to volunteer with the Healthy Holidays programme, we are currently looking for people to help with a range of activities for children and families. For more information or to apply, please email healthyholidays@leeds.gov.uk.

More help and support

School uniforms

Zero Waste Leeds have been working with community organisations to set up school uniform exchange pop up shops through the summer holidays, where families can access excellent quality school uniform for free. Find out the date and locations of the pop up shops on the Leeds uniform exchange website.

Healthy Start scheme

The Healthy Start scheme provides free vouchers every week for eligible families to spend on milk, fresh and frozen plain fruit and vegetables, infant formula milk and free vitamins. Visit the Healthy Start website to find out more and apply.