Brighten the Day Easter 2026

- Club providers
    - contacting a club provider
    - SEND provision

- Help making bookings
    - video guides
    - drop in sessions with the Brighten the Day team
    - help by email

- About HAF Plus

- Apply for free school meals
 

Brighten the Day is back for the school Easter holidays with funded fun and food for eligible children and young people.

Booking is now open for most clubs and will open for SEND specific clubs on Wednesday 11 March. 

Check your email inbox (and spam/junk folders) for your e-vouchers from [email protected]. 

The voucher looks like the image. In your email, click on the bottom of the voucher to redeem it and make bookings.

HAFplus is for young people if they are in year 9, 10 and 11.

Club providers

Here are the clubs we have running during the school Easter holidays, you can click the link to view their activities and dates but you'll need your e-voucher to book.

1st Footy (opens new window)

Active Families (opens new window)

Active Future (opens new window)

All Star Sports (opens new window)

Birtley Community Centre (opens new window)

Blaydon Youth and Community Centre (opens new window)

Brighten the Day (opens new window)

Buzz Dance Company (opens new window)

Cedars School (opens new window)

Comfrey Project's Nature School (opens new window)

Cricketqube Initiative CIC (opens new window)

Community Sport at Gateshead Council (opens new window)

Dance Fusion Extreme (opens new window)

Dunston Activity Centre (opens new window) 

Family Hubs (opens new window)

Gateshead Family Hubs (opens new window)

Gateshead FC Foundation (opens new window)

Gateshead Leisure Centre (opens new window)

Gateshead United FC (LJB Coaching) (opens new window)

Happy Feet Dance (opens new window)

Ice Kids @ Birtley Swimming Pool (opens new window)

JJ Sports Coaching (opens new window)

Nice Swan Kids Camp (opens new window)

ODO Sports Coaching (opens new window)

Side by Side Arts (opens new window)

Sports Cool @ Ravensworth (opens new window)

St Chads (opens new window)

Stomping Grounds North East (opens new window) 

The SEN Support Space (opens new window)

Whickham Thorns (opens new window)

Wrekenton Nou Camp YFC (opens new window)
 

Contacting a club provider

If you need to contact a club provider, please see our guide - How to contact a club provider (opens new window)

SEND provision

For details of the SEND provision available at the holiday club visit Brighten the Day holiday clubs SEND provision.

Help making your bookings

We have a wide range of options to help you book your children's places on the holidayactivities.com website.

Holidayactivities.com video guides

How to book place on holidayactivites.com (opens new window)

How to book for more than one child (opens new window)

How to book and manage your activities (opens new window)

Drop in sessions with the Brighten the Day team

If you want some help in person drop in and see us and we'll help you with any booking queries.  

Help by email

If you're not able to drop by in person, we're always available to help you during weekdays. Please email [email protected] with details of your query.  Please include your child's name, date of birth and e-voucher number.

HAFplus

Look out for an email on Monday 16 March inviting you to download the HAFplus app. You will need your e-voucher code to register.

HAFplus is travel, food and fun for eligible young people in Years 9, 10 and 11.

Find out more about HAFplus.

Apply for free school meals

If you do not currently get benefits-related free school meals, you can apply online. The process is quick and easy. 

Apply for free school meals (opens new window)
 

How we manage your data

For more information about how we manage your data read our privacy notices:
Gateshead Council HAF privacy notice
Department of Education HAF programme privacy notice (PDF, 145 KB)(opens new window)