AwardedAwarded 24 June 2026

Holiday Activity Fund Framework

Reading Borough Council · Local authority

In brief

Reading Borough Council awarded care and leisure and events work to Greenwich Leisure Limited, Next Thing Education Camps Ltd and Junior Adventures Group and 12 others on 24 June 2026.

It is a framework worth up to £360,000 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.

The contract runs for 1 year, up to 3 years with extensions, starting 1 July 2026.

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What the notice says

Reading Borough Council have been awarded funding from the Department for Education to deliver the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme for three further years (April 2026 - March 2029). RBC has been awarded £450,000 for 2026 - 2027.   The HAF programme provides access to healthy meals and enriching activities for children and young people eligible for free school meals between the ages of 5 to 16. It addresses food insecurity, social isolation, and educational inequalities during school holidays.  Key benefits include:  • Reaching thousands of disadvantaged children each year with food, physical activity, and learning.  • Improved wellbeing, readiness to learn, and community engagement.  • Strengthened local partnerships across schools, the voluntary sector, and community organisations.  • Fulfilment of statutory duties and DfE expectations.  Investment appraisal indicates that continuing or enhancing the current service model is the most cost-effective and impactful use of the grant

Who won

Winner	Value	Dates
Greenwich Leisure Limited Next Thing Education Camps Ltd (SME) Junior Adventures Group (SME) An SSC Limited (SME) Grip-Uk Ltd (SME) Community Mission Project Grassrootz Youth C.I.C. Koosa Kids Limited (SME) N3W Angle CIC (SME) Nssport MJ Ltd (SME) Reading FC Community Trust U Sports Limited (SME) 23 bids received	£360,000	Awarded 24 June 2026
Next Thing Education Camps Ltd (SME) Community Mission Project Koosa Kids Limited (SME) N3W Angle CIC (SME) Debbie's Childcare Services (SME) Make Sense Theatre CIC (SME) 23 bids received	£360,000	Awarded 24 June 2026
Community Mission Project N3W Angle CIC (SME) Reading FC Community Trust Debbie's Childcare Services (SME) Storyy Education Ltd (SME) 23 bids received	£360,000	Awarded 24 June 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

10 March 2026Tender notice · UK4, notice 021297-2026
24 June 2026Contract award notice · UK6, notice 059346-2026

About the buyer

Reading Borough CouncilLast 12 months

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From notice 021297-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 10 March 2026, last updated 24 June 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.