Provision of School Holiday Activities and Healthy Food Services

Oxfordshire County Council invites Applicants to tender to join an Approved Provider List (APL) to support the provision of School Holiday Activities and Healthy Food Services (HAF) across Oxfordshire for 2021 and (subject to funding) 2022.

The Department for Education is providing funding to local authorities to coordinate a programme that provides healthy food and enriching activities to disadvantaged children during the Easter, Summer and Christmas Holidays during 2021 and potentially the same periods in 2022, subject to funding.

All children in Oxfordshire who receive benefits related Free School Meals will be eligible to attend a holiday programme. Oxfordshire County Council are looking to engage with a wide network of community-based organisations, including existing holiday care providers, schools, childminders, sports coaching, creative and performing arts providers and many others.

Our vision is that the Oxfordshire Holiday Activity and Food Programme will provide high quality opportunities for children, young people, carers/parents that enable all who attend to have good experiences that offer enriched, social engagement, with food. In addition to delivering these experiences, providers are expected to ensure that families can receive advice, guidance and support over the holiday periods of Summer, Easter and Christmas as well as 2022.

Activities must last for a minimum of 4 hours per day, for at least 4 days a week, and for 4 weeks in the summer. For the Christmas period there must be a minimum of 4 hours per day, for at least 4 days a week. Healthy meals must also be provided

We want to commission a rich and diverse programme of activities delivered by organisations form the private, voluntary and public sector that respond to local need draws in the wider community and is delivered in a variety of ways.

The Council is seeking to secure a skilled, flexible set of Service Providers it can use as necessary. Acceptance onto the APL does not guarantee business to any approved Service Provider.

There are five geographical location ‘Lots’ being Cherwell District (North Oxfordshire), South Oxfordshire District, Vale of White Horse District, Oxford District (City) and West Oxfordshire District