Framework Agreement for Holiday Activities Programme

• Value: £300K

Waltham Forest are looking for suppliers who can offer an exciting and innovative range of extended enrichment activities and courses for children and young people to participate in a wide range of enrichment activities and learn new skills. • Waltham Forest’s Holiday Activity Programme will be delivered during school holidays for a minimum of 4 hours a day, 4 days a week for between one week and a maximum of four weeks (in summer) as required by the programme. • The purpose of the 5 – 16 holiday club programme is to provide a varied programme of enrichment activities during school holiday and to engage young people in learning new skills and activities as well as provide young people a safe and fun environment to spend school holidays. • Providers must determine the duration of the activities . Providers must plan courses (minimum of 4 hours a day, 4 days a week) which are made up of a series of sessions. • Sessions must run for at least 4 hours per day. It is expected that sessions will begin between 9.30am and 10am and finish between 3.30pm and 4pm; however there is some flexibility depending on the requirements of the activity. Sessions will make up a course or provide a wide range of enrichment activities which must be available for a minimum of 4 hours a day, 4 days a week and it is expected that CYP skills will develop over the course of the programme. The same programme of delivery can be repeated up to 4 times during the summer holidays; however variety of programme is encouraged. • The course should follow a clear programme that can be delivered on a daily basis and have clear outcomes attached to the attendance of the full programme. • Places for children who are in receipt of benefit related free school meals and vulnerable children are free of charge and funded via DfE grant as well as the Leaders Pledge funding, however providers are able to make charges for additional places above this to children and young people via their charging policy and accepting childcare vouchers • Providers are required to use the Waltham Forest booking system to manage all booking and any payments made direct to provider. Providers will be provided with an individual login to manage this from the organisation.

• Value: £300K

Lot 2 will offer a wide range of extensive inclusive enrichment activity sessions aimed at children and their families aged 5 – 11 delivered across a number of locations across the borough. • The London Borough of Waltham Forest (LBWF) will organise the delivery of a general programme of holiday enrichment activities and food provision during Holiday periods for the 5-11 age group at a number of locations across the Borough – usually at Primary School sites. • These sites will be staffed by a team of London Borough of Waltham Forest recruited Playworkers, including a Senior Playworker with overall responsibility for the delivery of the programme and for the site. The Senior Playworker will report to the LBWF Out of Schools and Positive Activities Lead. • The general programmes on these sites delivered by London Borough of Waltham Forest staff include arts and crafts activities and various sports. Providers of family activity sessions will be delivering their programme alongside these general activities and so will need to operate under the direction of the Senior Playworker and comply with any instructions that they might give.