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HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES & HEALTHY FOOD IN 20 COMMUNITIES • Ayresome • Hemlington • Berwick Hills & Park End • Liverton Mines • Breckon Hill • Loftus • Coulby Newham • Newport • Easterside • North Ormesby • Grangetown • Pallister Park • Grovehill • Skinningrove • Guisborough • Thorntree & Brambles Farm • Whinney Banks HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES & HEALTHY FOOD “Fullness of life – a place to flourish” • Safe space for children to have fun, learn & grow together • Warm welcome, love, nurture and care • Welcome for Asylum seekers and refugees • Healthy food • Activities that will support their development, physically, emotionally, socially & spiritually NEW PARTNERSHIPS FOR 2017 Faithfully Ageing Better North York Moors SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES • 800 children and 300 adults across Feast of Fun (575 children and 240 adults in 15 Middlesbrough wards) • Vital provision of food & somewhere safe for children to have fun & learn together • Significant impact on mental health & well-being in families • Structure & routine for vulnerable children • Signposting to support • Building community connections FUNDING AND RESOURCES • Core funding from FIG grant, Awards 4 All and Brakes Meals & More programme • More than £12,000 matched with local grants, sponsorship & in kind support that groups secured themselves, from supermarkets & local businesses • 10 trips to North York Moors Centre for 500 children & families: £2,000 free transport & 10 activity days • 1,000 free burgers & sausages from Quorn HOLIDAY HUNGER CAMPAIGN • APPG report on Holiday Hunger • Frank Field MP Holiday Provision Bill • Full Bill will be published mid October – vote in parliament Jan 19th https://feeding-britain.org/holiday-hunger-campaign/ • In Middlesbrough we have a multi-agency partnership to develop Feast of Fun and to respond to the bill.