Feast Activities

Free holiday activities for children and young people on benefits-related free school meals. Tap or click the image below for more information

Who is automatically eligible for a free FEAST place?

  • Children and young people receiving benefits-related free school meals are automatically eligible for free places at FEAST activities.
  • All children and young people from reception to year 11 (inclusive) who receive benefits-related free school meals are eligible for FEAST.
  • Schools can also make a small number of additional children eligible by exception if they face significant financial and/or other disadvantage (see below).

Can anyone else be made eligible for free FEAST places?

  • As defined by the Department for Education, FEAST is primarily for children and young people who receive benefits-related free school meals.
  • However, schools can also make a small number of additional children and young people eligible by exception if they face significant financial and/or other disadvantage.
  • There are limits on how many children/young people can be made eligible by exception, to ensure that the focus of the programme remains on the Department for Education’s key audience: those on benefits-related free school meals.
  • If you believe your child should be made eligible for FEAST, please contact their school to request this. Individual schools have been given the responsibility to make additional children eligible by exception.
  • Schools are not required to automatically issue vouchers to ‘eligible by exception’ children/young people who have received vouchers historically.

Transport

Transport requests for the summer holidays will open on Thursday 25th June.

You can find our transport request form and more information about the transport we can offer here: Transport to a FEAST Activity - North Yorkshire Together

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