Find out more about the Holiday Activities and Food programme The Government's Holiday Activity and Food Programme has been expanded to run during the summer and Christmas holidays From: 16 June 2021 A new film featuring Marcus Rashford MBE has been launched today calling on parents to sign up their children to the Government’s expanded Holiday Activity and Food Programme (HAF). The programme has been supporting children and families in the school holidays since 2018 and was significantly expanded in light of the pandemic last year. Funded by the Government, this year up to £220 million is available to councils across the country to run the programmes locally through holiday clubs, beginning at Easter and will continue through summer and Christmas in 2021.