GiveLoveLeeds Podcast
Healthy Holidays Programme
The Healthy Holidays Programme helps to support some of the one in five children who live in poverty in Leeds. 28,600 children are eligible for free school meals and we know from our communities that feeding children in school holidays is a growing challenge for parents. We know that returning to school in poor physical and mental condition can have a highly detrimental impact on a child’s wellbeing as well as educational attainment. Sadly, this can mean disadvantaged pupils finish secondary school over 19 months behind their peers.
During term time, family’s dependent on free school meals have a structure to support fragile finances, often caused through insecure work, housing or other issues. During the holidays, especially the long holidays, there are a range of additional costs on that family budget for additional childcare to allow parents or carers to work the cost of additional meals and providing purposeful creative activity for youngsters.
The Healthy Holidays Programme has given access to healthy activities and meals for school children, reducing the impact of pressures on families and increasing opportunities and experiences for young people during the school holidays.
In this episode, our CEO, Kate Hainsworth is joined by Francesca Wood who has been coordinating the Healthy Holiday Programme over the past few years to share her experience of managing the programme and some of her key highlights. She's also joined by Becky Houlding from New Wortley Community Association and Elissa Newman from Holbeck Together, two Community Organisations who have received Healthy Holidays funding who share the impact of these vital funds.
Please search #healthyholidaysleeds on Twitter to see some of the fantastic work that's been carried out so far.
A full transcript of the podcast can be found here.
Leeds Community Foundation is an organisation that supports thousands of charities and voluntary groups across Leeds, addressing inequalities. We invest in these groups by distributing grants and sharing advice - acting as a catalyst for positive change.
Learn more about Leeds Community Foundation in this short film which captures what we do, who we are, and how we're making an impact.
Subscribe to our newsletter here: https://www.leedscf.org.uk/stay-in-touch/
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LeedsCommFound.
Contact Leeds Community Foundation
• Call us on 0113 242 2426
• Email us at info@leedscf.org.uk
• Tweet us at @LeedsCommFound
• Sign up to our newsletter here
The Healthy Holidays Programme helps to support some of the one in five children who live in poverty in Leeds. 28,600 children are eligible for free school meals and we know from our communities that feeding children in school holidays is a growing challenge for parents. We know that returning to school in poor physical and mental condition can have a highly detrimental impact on a child’s wellbeing as well as educational attainment. Sadly, this can mean disadvantaged pupils finish secondary school over 19 months behind their peers.
During term time, family’s dependent on free school meals have a structure to support fragile finances, often caused through insecure work, housing or other issues. During the holidays, especially the long holidays, there are a range of additional costs on that family budget for additional childcare to allow parents or carers to work the cost of additional meals and providing purposeful creative activity for youngsters.
The Healthy Holidays Programme has given access to healthy activities and meals for school children, reducing the impact of pressures on families and increasing opportunities and experiences for young people during the school holidays.
In this episode, our CEO, Kate Hainsworth is joined by Francesca Wood who has been coordinating the Healthy Holiday Programme over the past few years to share her experience of managing the programme and some of her key highlights. She's also joined by Becky Houlding from New Wortley Community Association and Elissa Newman from Holbeck Together, two Community Organisations who have received Healthy Holidays funding who share the impact of these vital funds.
Please search #healthyholidaysleeds on Twitter to see some of the fantastic work that's been carried out so far.
A full transcript of the podcast can be found here.
Leeds Community Foundation is an organisation that supports thousands of charities and voluntary groups across Leeds, addressing inequalities. We invest in these groups by distributing grants and sharing advice - acting as a catalyst for positive change.
Learn more about Leeds Community Foundation in this short film which captures what we do, who we are, and how we're making an impact.
Subscribe to our newsletter here: https://www.leedscf.org.uk/stay-in-touch/
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @LeedsCommFound.
Contact Leeds Community Foundation
• Call us on 0113 242 2426
• Email us at info@leedscf.org.uk
• Tweet us at @LeedsCommFound
• Sign up to our newsletter here