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FUEL Programme
FUEL is the holiday activity and food programme (HAF) is funded by the Department of Education. FUEL provides eligible school-aged children with free access to enriching activities, nutritious meals and healthy eating information during the Easter, Summer and Christmas holidays.
The HAF programme is delivered in Wiltshire using the brand FUEL (Food, Unity, Energy, Laughter) and the programme is a direct response to the growing issue of holiday hunger. The FUEL programme in Wiltshire has supported more than 10,000 children, since launching in 2021.
Who is eligible for the FUEL Programme?
The FUEL Programme a bespoke provision for school aged children from reception to year 11 who receive benefit-related free school meals.
Benefits-related free school meals (FSM) are available to pupils if their parents are in receipt of one of the qualifying benefits, and have a claim verified by their school or local authority.
The FUEL Programme is back for the Christmas holidays and parents or guardians can now request places for children who are eligible for the programme (please see guidance below)
Many of the same organisations who delivered the summer offer will once again be supporting us to put on the FUEL programme with activities provided throughout Wiltshire during the Christmas school holiday.
The providers are:
PH Sports
Dayla Equine Assisted Learning and Monksley Ltd
Elevation X Ltd
UK S Futures
Revolution Performing Arts Ltd
The Pound Arts Trust Ltd
Seeds4Success
Magna Learning Partnership
Sam Ivin Photography
West Wilts Gymnastics and Fitness
Next Thing Education Ltd
Wiltshire Outdoor Learning Team
We will once again be offering provision specifically for individuals with SEND. These activities will take place in Corsham and Salisbury.
How to book a place
Unlike the summer, requests for activities can now be made and managed in one place, using our Citizen ID system.
You will be able to register for Citizen ID at the same time as you start making requests for places on activities. If you already have a Citizen ID account, which is used by a variety of council services, then you can simply use your existing log-in details.
No. Your child is only eligible for FUEL if they would be entitled to benefit related Free School Meals. Information about eligibility is on the FUEL Programme web page.
No, you can sign your child up for as many or as few days as you would like for them to attend.
Please make sure that you highlight any of these when you complete your child's details. Our food provider can cater for food allergies and intolerances. The information about dietary requirements will be shared with them and activity providers.
You can alter your bookings on the FUEL booking page. Wiltshire Council will pass that information on to activity providers.
You can make changes in the FUEL booking system. Any changes you make will be passed to food and activity providers as appropriate.
It means that the information is still being checked an has not been passed to the activity provider for follow up. The space is still reserved in our system.
You can only book one activity per day per child.
If your child's name does not appear, then it is probably because you have made changes to their details. You need to access the child's details via the Summary page and re-confirm their details.
The Christmas school holiday dates this year have meant that we needed to split our activity dates across two separate weeks, presenting additional challenges for providers and venues. We will not be able to offer activities in the Amesbury and Tidworth areas at Christmas. However, some positive links have been made with providers and venues for these areas and we hope that we will be able to reinstate activities in these areas in future.
