School Holiday Enrichment Programme

SHEP ‘Food and Fun’

‘Working together to help schools feed children, promote healthy living and provide social learning experiences during the school holidays’

SHEP ‘Food and Fun’ is a school-based programme providing healthy meals, food and nutrition education, physical activity and enrichment sessions to children in areas of deprivation during the summer holidays.

During the school holidays, when Free Breakfast in Primary Schools and Free School Meals are not available, some families struggle to afford or access food that provides a healthy diet. Some children also experience social isolation and a lack of intellectual stimulation, normally provided by school or family enrichment activities.

Main benefits of SHEP

Make children more active
Improvements in children’s diets
Making new friends and having fun
Learning and engagement with school
Helps parents meet the costs of school holidays
Improving parents’ health and wellbeing
Parents learn new skills
Involves the whole family
Facilitates collaboration between agencies
Involves children in decision making
Makes better use of existing facilities
Encourages community engagement
Offers paid and voluntary employment
Signposts to other services

How can I find out more?

Each local authority will have a steering group and SHEP Coordinator. Please contact Christina Powdrill, National SHEP Coordinator at the WLGA for more details on 029 2046 8678 or christina.powdrill@wlga.gov.uk