Children and young people across the district may be eligible for free school holiday club places and a meal.
The government’s Holiday Activities and Food Programme takes place during Easter, the summer holidays, and Christmas.
We have provided additional money so that there are further holiday activities during the February, May and October half terms.
The programme enables children and young people to enjoy fun activities with friends, and develop new skills.
The activities are for those who are eligible for benefits-related free school meals.
Other eligibility can include:
If a child is not eligible, most providers offer paid for spaces.
We use the online booking system Eequ. Guardians of eligible children can book spaces for HAF activities through our Eequ profile:
Book a holiday activity online
If you have any queries, please email HAFenquiries@baberghmidsuffolk.gov.uk.
If you need any support, please contact our HAF Coordinator Rachel Cattermole on HAFenquiries@baberghmidsuffolk.gov.uk
BMSDC are excited to be partnering with Abbeycroft to provide 4 amazing family days from 10am-2pm at the following locations:
There will be a wide range of FREE activities for children of all ages. Come along and bring a picnic. There will be climbing, axe throwing, bouncy castles and lots more. If your children received Means Tested Free School Meals you can pre-book a FREE Packed Lunch as well as early bird spaces on our Climbing and Axe Throwing Activities. Spaces are limited and booked on a first come first served basis.
We update this webpage with information about holiday activities available for children, as and when they happen.
Book a holiday activity online
Please note that the table below details activities taking place in the districts of both Babergh and Mid Suffolk.
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Dates |
Summary |
Provider |
Venue |
Contact |
Booking Link |
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30th March - 10th April |
Holiday club involving multi-sports, arts, and crafts. 9am – 5pm (early drop-off and late pick-up available) |
Kicks and Tricks |
Grace Cook Primary School, Stowmarket IP14 1XJ |
Visit Kicks and Tricks’ website |
Kicks and Tricks Grace Cook, Stowmarket with Kicks and Tricks Ltd · Eequ |
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30th March - 10th April |
Holiday club involving multi-sports, arts, and crafts. 9am – 5pm (early drop-off and late pick-up available) |
Kicks and Tricks |
Beaumont Primary School, Hadleigh IP7 6GD |
Visit Kicks and Tricks’ website |
Kicks and Tricks at Beaumont, Hadleigh with Kicks and Tricks Ltd · Eequ |
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30th March - 10th April |
Multi-activity courses including a range of sports, activities, arts and crafts. For 5-12 year olds |
Premier Education (Eye) |
St Peter's and St Pauls Primary School, Church Street, Eye, Suffolk IP23 7BD |
Visit Premier Education's website Email info@premier-education.com Phone 01953 499040 |
Premier HAF Camp - St Peter and St Pauls, Eye with Premier Education · Eequ |
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30th, 31st March, 1st & 2nd April |
Multi-activity courses including a variety of sports, enriching activities, and arts and crafts. |
Premier Education (West Suffolk & Essex) |
Thurston Academy Primary School, Pond Field Road, Thurston, Bury St. Edmunds, IP31 3FT |
Visit Premier Education's website Email info@premier-education.com Phone 07500 301043 |
PREMIER EDUCATION - THURSTON ACADEMY with Premier Education West Suffolk (OP19) · Eequ |
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30th March - 10th April |
Family swim session, and Playworld. Gymnastics, Roller Disco, Climbing and Junior Gym memberships |
Everyone Active |
Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre, Gainsborough Road, Stowmarket IP14 1LH |
Visit Everyone Active's website Email trinityrose@everyoneactive.com Phone 01449 674980 |
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30th March - 10th April |
Multi-activity holiday camp including sports, arts & crafts, nature, and team games. |
Tayplay |
Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre, Gainsborough Road, Stowmarket IP14 1LH |
Visit TayPlay's website |
Tayplay - Multi Activity Camp Mid Suffolk with TayPlay Activity Camps · Eequ |
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7th, 8th, 9th, 10th April |
Multi-sports activity camp |
Limitless Activities |
Cedars Park Primary School, Pintail Road, Stowmarket, IP14 5FP |
Visit Limitless Activities’ website Email info@limitlessactivities.co.uk Phone 07956 674890 |
Limitless @ Cedar Park Stowmarket with Limitless Sports and Activities · Eequ |
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30th March - 10th April |
Holiday club involving football, multi-sports, arts and crafts, mini chefs, dodgeball. For 5-12 year olds |
Anglia Sports Management |
Brantham Leisure Centre, Brantham CO11 1RZ |
Visit Anglia Sports Management's website Email info@angliasportsmanagement.com Phone 01206 392506 |
HAF activity days at Brantham with Anglia Sports Management · Eequ |
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1st & 2nd April |
Adventure days introducing alternative physical activity through outdoor activities. For 8-12 year olds |
Abbeycroft |
3rd Sudbury Scout Hut, 6 Quay Lane, Sudbury, CO10 2AN |
Visit Abbeycroft's website |
Adventure Days Sudbury with Explore Outdoor (Abbeycroft) · Eequ |
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9th & 10th April |
Adventure days introducing alternative physical activity through outdoor activities. For 8-12 year olds |
Abbeycroft |
1st Combs Scout Hut, Combs Wood Drive, Stowmarket, IP14 2RJ |
Visit Abbeycroft's website |
Adventure Days Stowmarket with Explore Outdoor (Abbeycroft) · Eequ |
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7th & 8th April |
Family Park Cooking- outdoor activity, and an outdoor cooking lesson using recipes from a top local chef. |
Abbeycroft |
3rd Sudbury Scout Hut, 6 Quay Lane, Sudbury, CO10 2AN |
Visit Abbeycroft's website |
Family Park Cooking Sudbury with Explore Outdoor (Abbeycroft) · Eequ |
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31st March |
Family Park Cooking- outdoor activity, and an outdoor cooking lesson using recipes from a top local chef. |
Abbeycroft |
Hadleigh Sea Scouts, Osbourne Hall, Layham Road Sports Ground, Hadleigh, IP7 5NE |
Visit Abbeycroft's website |
Family Park Cooking Hadleigh with Explore Outdoor (Abbeycroft) · Eequ |
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1st & 2nd April |
Family Park Cooking- outdoor activity, and an outdoor cooking lesson using recipes from a top local chef. |
Abbeycroft |
1st Combs Scout Hut, Combs Wood Drive, Stowmarket, IP14 2RJ |
Visit Abbeycroft's website |
Family Park Cooking Stowmarket with Explore Outdoor (Abbeycroft) · Eequ |
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7th April |
Family Park Cooking- outdoor activity, and an outdoor cooking lesson using recipes from a top local chef. |
Abbeycroft |
1st Eye Scout Group, Wellington Road, Eye, IP23 7HF |
Visit Abbeycroft's website |
Family Park Cooking Eye with Explore Outdoor (Abbeycroft) · Eequ |
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29th, 31st March, 8th, 11th April |
Swimming Family Offer & Teen Offer |
Abbeycroft |
Hadleigh Pool & Leisure Centre, Hadleigh, IP7 5BH |
Visit Abbeycroft's website |
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28th, 30th March, 7th, 10th April |
Swimming Family Offer & Teen Offer |
Abbeycroft |
Kingfisher Leisure Centre, Sudbury, CO10 2SU |
Visit Abbeycroft's website |
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30th March - 9th April |
Multi-sports, nerf, football, and dance camps |
Maxim Sports |
Wells Hall Primary School, Great Cornard, CO10 0NH Cornard Leisure Centre, Great Cornard, CO10 0JU |
Visit Maxim Sport's website |
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10th April |
Football Development Day, for skill development, fitness and team-based fun |
Maxim Sports |
AFC Sudbury, CO10 7HN |
Visit Maxim Sport's website |
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31st March, 2nd, 7th, 9th April |
Youth Centre activities including, pool table, table football, video & board games, garden, music, dancing & chat |
Eden’s Project |
Sudbury Youth Centre, 45 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, CO10 2EU |
Visit Eden Project's website |
Drop in session |
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30th March - 10th April |
Holiday camp including crafts, baking, sports, swimming, and inflatables |
School’s Out Activities |
Ipswich High School, Woolverstone, Ipswich, IP9 1AZ |
Visit School’s Out Activities’ website |
School's Out Act - Ipswich with School's Out Activities · Eequ |
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31st March & 7th April |
Woodland based activity days, including traditional crafts, green wood work, bushcraft and archery |
Queech Wood |
Queech Wood, Hemingstone, Ipswich, IP6 0QF |
Visit Queech Wood’s website |
Archery, Rifles food and fires with Queech Woodland Activities · Eequ |
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30th March - 10th April |
Mario Kart, Arts & Crafts, Football, multi sports and Nerf Camps, Inflatable Fun. |
Prestige Sports Development |
Pot Kiln Primary School, Butt Road, Great Cornard, CO10 0DS |
Visit Prestige’s website |
Easter HAF Mega Sports Camps -Pot Kiln Primary with Prestige Sports Development · Eequ |
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30th, 31st March, 1st, 2nd April |
Theatre Workshop that involves singing, acting, dancing and arts and crafts inspired by a theme |
Little Voices |
Stowupland Sports Centre, Church Road, Stowupland, Stowmarket, IP14 4BQ |
Visit Little Voice’s website |
Little Voices Theatre Week - Stowupland with Little Voices Suffolk · Eequ |
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31st March, 9th April |
Football and inflatables |
Ipswich Town Foundation |
Stowupland Sports Centre, Church Road, Stowupland, IP14 4BQ |
Visit Ipswich Foundation’s website |
Soccer School Stowupland with Ipswich Town Foundation · Eequ |
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2nd, 8th April |
Creative workshops |
Creation Station |
Capel St Mary Primary School, The Street, Capel St Mary, IP9 2EG |
Visit Creation Station’s website |
Create Club Holiday Camps with The Creation Station South and East Ipswich · Eequ |
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30th March - 9th April
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Holiday Club with games from tennis, badminton and swing ball to arts and crafts and treasure hunts
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Sunflowers Childcare |
The Cabin, Stone Street Road, Boxford, CO10 5NP
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Visit Sunflower Childcare’s website |
Easter Holiday club 2026 with Sunflowers Childcare C.I.C · Eequ |
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We were allocated £134,892.59 for the 2023-2024 Holiday Activities and Food Programme.
There are 2,220 means tested free school meal children (March 2022 statistics).
If you are interested in providing activities for us, then you will need to apply for funding by completing an online application.
Please see the deadlines for each application period:
If you have any questions about the application process, please email HAFenquiries@baberghmidsuffolk.gov.uk
The requirements follow the Department for Education’s minimum standards, which include:
The Department for Education have published information about the HAF programme.
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