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Please find Sefton's Summer 2026 HAF Provision List. Please contact providers directly to book a place for your children/young people who receive free school meals.

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Sefton Libraries are working with Good Things Foundation to distribute free SIM cards and mobile data to local people facing digital exclusion.

If you're a Sefton resident and meet the eligibility criteria, you can collect a free sim card from Bootle Library, Crosby Library or Netherton Library.

Find out more

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Free artist-led workshops, projects, commissions and happenings in community libraries in Bootle, Crosby and Netherton

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Offering free activities from choir sessions and woodwork to canoeing and beekeeping! Find out more here.

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A digital One Stop Shop for residents to find help, advice and guidance, as well as financial and social support.

Sefton Support Hub

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Find your nearest warm space here: Sefton Warm Spaces | Sefton CVS

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Family Wellbeing Centre Activity Timetables

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Family Wellbeing Centre Activity Timetables

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Family Hubs

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Financial support from the Household Support Fund

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Financial support from the Household Support Fund

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Sefton Council has re-opened the Household Support Fund today (Monday 8th April), after the Chancellor announced it would be extended for a further six months in the Spring Budget.

Essential household bills

Households in Sefton can apply to the fund for support with food, energy costs and other essential household bills.

To qualify, households will need to show they are on a low-income and need immediate financial help towards energy, food, and essential household bills. Those who receive a grant from the Household Support Fund will not have to pay it back. Neither will it be treated as income for tax or benefit purposes.

Funding is not available to those who have received support from the Council's Emergency Limited Assistance Scheme (ELAS) in the past six months.

You can find full details of the who qualifies and how to apply here.

Payments will be made through the Post Office Pay Out Service.

Over £1.7 million

By February when it was temporarily closed due to funds being exhausted, the Council had over £1.7 million through the Open Access Household Support Fund and had received and dealt with almost 11,250 applications since the scheme opened in April 2023.

Announcing the extension of the scheme, the chancellor said that £421 million of funding would be made available nationally by the UK Government, through Unitary Authorities like Sefton and County Councils in England.
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Sefton residents can now apply for financial aid through extended Household Support Fund

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Sefton Council has re-opened the Household Support Fund today (Monday 8th April), after the Chancellor announced it would be extended for a further six months in the Spring Budget. Households in Sefton can apply to the fund for support with food, energy costs and other essential household bills.

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Resources and links covering cost of living; local organisations; healthy lifestyles and SEND support

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What is Healthy Start?

If you're more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk.

If you're eligible, you'll be sent a Healthy Start card with money on it that you can use in some UK shops. We'll add your benefit onto this card every 4 weeks.

You can use your card to buy:

plain liquid cow's milk

fresh, frozen, and tinned fruit and vegetables

fresh, dried, and tinned pulses

infant formula milk based on cow's milk

You can also use your card to collect:

Healthy Start vitamins - these support you during pregnancy and breastfeeding

vitamin drops for babies and young children - these are suitable from birth to 4 years old

If you live in Scotland

You can get help from Best Start Foods (opens in a new tab) instead.

Advice on healthy eating

For more advice on healthy eating, visit:

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If you're more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk. If you're eligible, you'll be sent a Healthy Start card with money on it that you can use in some UK shops.

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As a Sefton resident, you are eligible for free school meals if you receive any of the following benefits:

Universal Credit and have a net household income of less than £7400 per annum

Income Support

Income based Jobseekers Allowance

Income related Employment and Support Allowance

Child Tax  Credit ONLY (not entitled/receiving Working Tax Credit) and have an income of less that £16190.00

Guaranteed element of State Pension Credit

Working Tax Credit run-on (paid for the four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)

Support under VI of the Immigration & Asylum Act

If you are on a qualifying benefit and do not already receive free school meals, we urge you to make a formal application as soon as possible.

For more info and to apply visit Free School Meals | Sefton Council

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If you feel a child is in immediate danger, please call 999.

Sefton safeguarding team no. 0345 140 0845.

Emergency Duty Team no. 0151 934 3555

For more information and to fill in a Child Referral Form please visit our Worried about a child webpage.

For more information and additional training courses visit: Sefton Safeguarding Children Partnership

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Tips for Reducing Nonattendance at HAF Holiday Clubs

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Becoming 'Sun Protection Accredited' will not only benefit your health and all who you work with; you'll become part of wider community, helping to create national impact on skin cancer in sport.

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Multi-Agency Child Exploitation Screening Tool

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Multi-Agency Child Exploitation Screening Tool

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Locally based artists, organisations and freelancers who have or are interested in providing sessions or resources to HAF providers.

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Here you will find the latest local, regional and national funding information for Merseyside’s Voluntary, Community and Faith sector.

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Primary and secondary Get Set to Eat Fresh resources specially selected for HAF facilitators.

Get Set to Eat Fresh, a free education programme from Aldi, Team GB and ParalympicsGB, helps young people aged 5-14 develop their understanding and love of fresh, healthy food, the skills they need to cook for themselves and the desire to celebrate good food with friends and family. To support Holiday Activities and Food Programme facilitators over the Christmas holidays, we've specially collated a range of our resources which support resilience, character and wellbeing and provide enriching activities to deepen their knowledge of health, nutrition and active lifestyles.

Key questions

How can we build balanced, healthy meals?

How can we develop our cooking skills?

What foods fuel Team GB, ParalympicsGB, and ourselves to great performances?

How can we shop mindfully of budget and food waste?

Key learnings

Describing the key features of a healthy diet.

The benefits of exercise and eating a balance of different foods for athletes and ourselves.

Ways to express likes and dislikes and make informed, healthy decisions about food, exercise and other healthy habits.

Cooking skills and techniques, including knife skills, that can be practised and developed over time.

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Get Set to Eat Fresh with Aldi | Holiday Activities and Food Programme resources

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Get Set to Eat Fresh, a free education programme from Aldi, Team GB and ParalympicsGB, helps young people aged 5-14 develop their understanding and love of fresh, healthy food, the skills they need to cook for themselves and the desire to celebrate good food with friends and family.

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Please return completed to holidayactivity.andfoodprogramme@sefton.gov.uk