Section 5 - Food

In this section please share details on your food provision. For example; did you provide children and young people with at least one nutritious meal a day? Did you work in any partnerships to provide food? What were the children and young people’s attitudes to the food you provided?

In Gloucestershire we want to ensure that children, young people and their families get a high quality food experience from the HAF programme.  We benefit from having nutritionists as part of the HAF Team.  These colleagues work with District Lead Organisations and providers to support the development of the food offer across the county. 

All providers are required to meet the DFE Framework standards around Food provision, and register as a food business if appropriate.  All providers have staff and or volunteers who have been trained in Food Hygiene and Allergens.

Each provider prepares a delivery plan for each HAF holiday as part of the bidding process and this includes wherever possible the menu for that provision.  The menu is reviewed by our nutritionists and advice and guidance is provided to ensure the food meets the school food standards, and is diverse and of high quality, using local ingredients where possible.

Where food is not able to be provided directly by that provider a range of food deliveries are in place in each District, including a local cookery school, a private company, and the HAF Food Truck in Gloucester which particularly focuses on our open access activities in the City.

Having a range of approaches, alongside the support from our nutritionists can be seen in the parent and carer satisfaction surveys.

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