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(asked on 17th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish details of the successful bids for the 2020 Holiday Activities and Food programme.


Answered by
Vicky Ford Portrait
Vicky Ford
This question was answered on 23rd June 2020

The Holiday Activities and Food scheme is integral to our approach to provide healthy food to children over the summer. It will ensure thousands of disadvantaged children have access to healthy meals and holiday activities in summer 2020, building on the success of the 2018 and 2019 programmes.

On Saturday 20 June, we published the list of successful bidders for 2020. The 10 co-ordinators delivering across 17 local authorities are:

  • StreetGames (Newcastle, North East region)
  • Gateshead Council (Gateshead - North East region)
  • Edsential (Cheshire West and Chester, Halton, Wirral - North West region)
  • Spring North (Blackburn with Darwen - North West region)
  • Leeds Community Foundation (Leeds and Bradford - Yorkshire and the Humber region)
  • Voluntary Action Sheffield (Sheffield - Yorkshire & the Humber region)
  • Suffolk County Council (Suffolk - East of England region)
  • Mayor’s Fund for London (Lambeth and Southwark - London)
  • Tower Hamlets Local Authority (Tower Hamlets - London)

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