Holiday Activities and Food annual report 2025
Finance and total places filled
Finance
Total spend - £808,730. This was broken down as follows:
- administration - £80,873 administration costs include funding for HAF Lead Officer and HAF Programme Support Officer
- capital expenditure - £15,151.05
- programme expenditure - £651,866.96
- Other expenditure - £488.60
- Booking system costs - £17,150.00
Total places filled in Gateshead
Primary school children
Easter | 4,251 |
Summer | 10,191 |
Christmas | 2,820 |
Total | 17,262 |
Secondary school children
Easter | 1,216 |
Summer | 3,955 |
Christmas | 585 |
Total | 5,756 |
Unique child places in Gateshead
Easter | 1,516 |
Summer | 2,875 |
Christmas | 1,067 |
Total | 5,458 |
Included in these figures are:
- 1,061 children with SEND
- 212 children whose parents are refugee and asylum seekers. These clubs were specifically designed for this demographic. Some of these children would have attended other clubs outside this specific provision
- 164 Jewish children - funded from the 15% allowed under the grant conditions for non-FSM.
The average cost per child per day was between £25 - £32, with SEND and asylum seeker provision resulting in higher cost per day figures.
