School holidays can be pressure points for many families. In response, the Department for Education is providing local authorities with funding to coordinate a holiday programme combining healthy food and enriching activities for eligible children and young people.
The Holiday Activities with Food (HAF) programme aims to reduce the opportunity gap and offer eligible children the chance to take part in fun and free school holiday activities. You can find out more about HAF in a brilliant video starring Marcus Rashford MBE below.
Frequently Asked Questions
North Yorkshire Council has commissioned North Yorkshire Together, a partnership between Rural Arts, North Yorkshire Sport and North Yorkshire Youth, as lead provider for HAF in North Yorkshire, which is called FEAST: ‘Food, Entertainment, Arts and Sports – Together’.
School holiday activities are available to all children and young people in North Yorkshire, with fully-funded places for children and young people who receive benefits-related free school meals.
There’s also video workshops and downloadable activities that all families can enjoy – whether it’s the holidays or not!
Eligibility
FEAST is all about food, entertainment, activities, sports and being together. Children and young people in North Yorkshire who are eligible for benefits-related free school meals receive vouchers for fully-funded places at our activities, where each day they’ll also get a free hot meal or packed lunch. There are loads of activities to get involved in!
FEAST is North Yorkshire’s Holiday Activities with Food programme, which is a Department for Education designed programme specifically to combat food poverty during the Easter, Summer and Christmas holidays.
Children and young people receiving benefits-related free school meals are automatically eligible for fully funded places at FEAST activities.
All children and young people from reception to year 11 (inclusive) who receive benefits-related free school meals are eligible for FEAST.
Schools can also make a small number of additional children eligible by exception if they face significant financial and/or other disadvantage (see below).
As defined by the Department for Education, FEAST is primarily for children and young people who receive benefits-related free school meals.
However, schools can also make a small number of additional children and young people eligible by exception if they face significant financial and/or other disadvantage.
There are limits on how many children/young people can be made eligible by exception, to ensure that the focus of the programme remains on the Department for Education’s key audience: those on benefits-related free school meals.
If you believe your child should be made eligible for FEAST, please contact their school to request this. Individual schools have been given the responsibility to make additional children eligible by exception.
Schools are not required to automatically issue vouchers to ‘eligible by exception’ children/young people who have received vouchers historically.
If your child does not attend school, please email hello@northyorkshiretogether.co.uk confirming this and the reason for their eligibility.
Many of our FEAST activity providers also offer paid places alongside their funded FEAST places.
Take a look at the holiday activities available in our activity finder page. To book a paid place, please contact the provider directly via the contact details supplied in their listing.
Please note that whilst many FEAST activity providers offer paid-for places, not all are able to. We’re working closely with FEAST activity providers to maximise how many paid-for places they offer in addition to FEAST-funded places.
If you go to school in another Local Authority but live in North Yorkshire, you won’t receive a FEAST voucher automatically, but if you are eligible (see above), you can contact us and we can issue a voucher.
Conversely, if you go to school in North Yorkshire and live in another Local Authority, you’ll get a FEAST voucher (if you’re eligible) to use at activities across North Yorkshire. If you want a voucher for the Local Authority where you live, you will have to contact them.
If you go to school in another Local Authority and also live there, unfortunately we aren’t able to issue you with a FEAST voucher, and you would need to contact your local HAF programme provider for help.
You can find out more about eligibility for free school meals at www.northyorks.gov.uk/free-school-meals
Please note: the FEAST programme is only eligible to children receiving benefits-related free school meals. Children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 who are entitled to free school meals under the Universal Infant Free School Meal Scheme are not automatically eligible.
Guidance on FEAST eligibility for children and young people who face disadvantage but are not on benefits-related free school meals is included in these FAQs.
If you get certain benefits, your child could also qualify for free school meals during all school years. To qualify you must be receiving:
- Universal Credit, provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400, as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods (£616.67 per month)
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- support under part six of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- the guarantee element of Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit, provided you are also not entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual household gross income that does not exceed £16,190 (as assessed by HMRC)
- Working Tax Credit run-on, paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
Please note that contributions-based benefits, including contribution-related Jobseekers’ Allowance do not entitle you to claim free school meals.
For more information and to apply please go to https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/free-school-meals
About FEAST vouchers
Parents and guardians of children and young people who are eligible for a funded FEAST place will receive a unique electronic voucher for each holiday period (Easter, summer and Christmas).
This will be sent by schools via an email or text, through an online platform called HolidayActivities. Vouchers will be sent six weeks before the start of the school holidays.
For more information on how to use your voucher to book a funded place see the section below titled ‘How do I book a funded place on a FEAST activity?’
If your child is eligible and you don’t receive a voucher for a funded FEAST place (and the date above has passed), please contact your school. Each school is individually responsible for allocating FEAST vouchers to eligible children and young people.
If your child does not attend school, please email hello@northyorkshiretogether.co.uk confirming this, their date of birth, a primary contact’s email and phone number, and the reason for their eligibility.
If receiving an email or text is not accessible to you, please speak to your school who can provide you with your voucher in another way (e.g. print it off, tell you it over the phone).
If your child is eligible and you don’t have your voucher, please contact your school. Each school is individually responsible for allocating FEAST vouchers to eligible children and young people.
If your school has yet to do this, please contact them to ask they complete the process to allow your child / young person to access free holiday activities and food.
We cannot control whether the school distributes their vouchers, but if you email support@holidayactivities.com, the team can encourage the school to do so at their earliest convenience.
Schools have been asked that any pupil who has previously been made eligible for FEAST by North Yorkshire Together in previous holiday periods is allocated a voucher, if they’d still be eligible under the eligibility criteria.
If you are eligible for a funded FEAST place and don’t yet have a voucher, activity providers are asked to, where possible, accept your booking on the basis that you will provide them with a valid voucher number before the activity takes place.
If you have been allocated a FEAST voucher for the current holiday period and have already claimed it via HolidayActivities – by clicking the link in the email or text – you should:
- Log in to the HolidayActivities website or app using the email address or social login you first accessed the platform with,
- Your voucher code for the current holiday period will be in your account (at the top, under your child’s name and school).
If you have been allocated a FEAST voucher for the current holiday period and have NOT already claimed it via HolidayActivities, you can:
- Search your emails or texts for ‘HolidayActivities’ to see if it is in your inbox or junk email folder
- Ask your school to provide you with a copy. If the school needs help with this, they can be directed to the instructions on our Schools FAQ page. If it is the school holidays, please email hello@northyorkshiretogether.co.uk
Please note that, once you have claimed your voucher, you do not need to know the 16-digits when making bookings directly on the HolidayActivities website or app. However, you should be asked for it if you are making bookings in person, over the phone or via email.
Yes. A child or young person who is electively home educated (EHE) or who is registered with a school but not currently attending may be eligible for a FEAST voucher if they live in North Yorkshire and:
- would receive benefits-related Free School Meals if they attended school, or
- face significant financial and/or other disadvantage
If your child/young person would be eligible for FEAST and is still on school roll (e.g. they are registered at the school but for whatever reason are not currently attending), please contact the school to request they issue you a FEAST voucher via their HolidayActivities account.
If your child is electively home educated, or is no longer on school roll, to enquire about eligibility and receive a FEAST voucher, please contact hello@northyorkshiretogether.co.uk confirming:
- the child’s name
- the child’s date of birth
- the first name and surname for a primary parent/guardian
- an email address for a primary parent/guardian
- a mobile number for a primary parent/guardian
- that the child is not currently attending school
- that the child would be eligible under the criteria of the programme
Most children and young people will receive their voucher directly from their school. However, if you’re supporting a child or young person you feel should be eligible for a funded FEAST place, and they don’t receive a voucher, you can:
- Speak to the family and ask them to contact their school to request the voucher
- If you don’t have a relationship with the family, speak to the school directly to request the voucher on the child’s behalf
- If you aren’t able to contact the school, or they can’t help, contact hello@northyorkshiretogether.co.uk
No, unfortunately we aren’t able to accept vouchers from any other local authority to book funded places on FEAST activities.
If you go to school in another Local Authority but live in North Yorkshire, you won’t receive a FEAST voucher automatically, but if you are eligible (see above), you can contact us and we can issue a voucher.
If the voucher has already been issued, contact support@holidayactivities.com for assistance. To make sure it goes to the right email address for future holiday periods, ask your school to update the email on their Management Information System.
Making and managing bookings to FEAST activities
Funded FEAST places are booked and managed through an online platform called HolidayActivities. Note that you can also make and manage your bookings through the HolidayActivities app, which you can download from the Google Play or the Apple App Store. The instructions below apply to both the website and the app.
Watch this step-by-step guide on how to redeem your FEAST vouchers and request a funded place.
Alternatively, follow these steps (access the full parent guide here):
- 1. If eligible, you will receive an email or text message from HolidayActivities.com – please click on the link to view your voucher.
- Please note: If you have more than one child, you will receive multiple vouchers via email or text message. Follow all 8 steps listed here for the first child. For the next child(ren), click the link in the text/email sent to you, and it will add them to the account already set up.
2. If you have not used HolidayActivities before, you’ll need to create an account. This can be done easily by providing your email address, or clicking to log in via Apple or Google. If you sign up via email, you will not have a password. You will be emailed a unique link each time you go to log in.
3. When signing up, you’ll be asked to enter your name, email and phone number. Then click ‘save details’.
4. The HolidayActivities voucher that you were emailed will be linked to you account and show the available credits you have to use. You can then click on the arrow to see the available activities.
5. Then, you will be asked to share your location so that the platform can show you local activities.
6. You will now be asked to add the child’s age, this is to ensure you only see activities suitable to your child’s age group
7. You can now browse all available activities. Click ‘View activity’ to see photos, available dates and read a short description.
8. When you’re ready to book, click on the ‘add to basket’ button. Please note that an activity showing a waiting list does not always mean that an activity is full – please request a place and you should receive a notification from Holiday Activities if your place is confirmed.
9. To complete the booking, provide the child’s information, as well as any additional information requested by the activity provider. If you have already given this information in a previous booking you will just be asked to confirm the information is still correct.
- Please note that in order to ensure that a fair distribution across of FEAST places across families, we ask activity providers to wait a number of days after activities are launched before accepting any bookings. This means there may be some time between your request and finding out whether you have a place. Having requested a place does not mean you will necessarily be allocated one, as activity providers try to balance participation across the programme.
10. You can now book more dates for your child. To view and book different activities select ‘Vouchers’ or select ‘Bookings’ to manage all of your bookings.
If you have any issues in creating an account, making a booking or managing your booking, please contact the HolidayActivities team on support@holidayactivities.com
Please note, the HolidayActivities team are not the provider who is delivering the activity and therefore cannot give information about the activities, or accept a booking (if it is pending).
Parents/guardians will receive a voucher for each child, sent by schools individually via an email or text through HolidayActivties – an online platform.
To request a place, click the link provided in any voucher you received – this will take you to the HolidayActivities website, or to the app if you have this downloaded. Once there, you’ll be invited to sign up for, or log in to, your account. Follow the instructions to set up this account, and the first voucher will be added automatically.
Then return to your email and click the voucher link(s) in any other emails you have received from HolidayActivities. Doing so will add these vouchers to the account you have already created.
For help with your account or making and managing your booking on HolidayActivities, check out this helpful guide from HolidayActivities or email support@holidayactivities.com or call 01638 438311.
The Department for Education has funded 4 credits for each eligible child or young person. Each FEAST activity uses 1 credit.
If your child is eligible, you will receive a voucher for your 4 credits via email/text from HolidayActivities, an online platform where you can book your activities. For more information on how to use your voucher and request/manage your bookings, see the relevant section of this FAQ page.
We understand that plans change, and you may need to cancel your place on an activity. Thank you for doing this with as much notice as possible.
If you booked a place on a FEAST activity via HolidayActivities, you can also use that platform to cancel your place as long as there is less than 48 hours until your activity is due to start. Go to the HolidayActivities website or app and log in to cancel your place.
If you need cancel a place on an activity that starts in less than 48 hours, you must telephone or email the provider. Their contact details are available on HolidayActivities.
If you booked outside of HolidayActivities (e.g. in person, on the phone or via email), please contact the provider directly via telephone to cancel your place.
FEAST has limited places and funding. If you can no longer attend activities, you MUST let the organiser know.
If you do not let the organiser know you cannot attend, another child misses out on food and activity for this day. If you repeatedly fail to let the organiser know, you may lose ALL voucher credits and bookings for the period
To ensure that a wide range of families get to take part in FEAST, we ask providers to wait a number of days after vouchers are issued before accepting any bookings. This means there may be some time between your request and finding out whether you have been accepted.
An activity showing a waiting list does not always mean that an activity is full – please request a place and you should receive a notification from Holiday Activities if your place is confirmed.
Often places become available on activities that were previously fully booked, and this is the best way to make sure you get to take part in the activities you want.
From time to time, the HolidayActivities website and/or app may show that an activity has places available, but your request to join the activity may not be accepted. This could be for a number of reasons, for example, a booking may have been made offline prior to your request, or a provider may choose to ensure other eligible children and young people who have not yet used any of their credits has the opportunity to attend their activity. FEAST places are not necessarily allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
You will receive notification from HolidayActivities whether you have been allocated a place or not.
You will receive notification from HolidayActivities whether you have been allocated a place or not.
To ensure that a wide range of families get to take part in FEAST, we ask providers to wait a number of days after vouchers are issued before accepting any bookings. This means there may be some time between your request and finding out whether you have been accepted.
An activity showing a waiting list does not always mean that an activity is full – please request a place and you should receive a notification from Holiday Activities if your place is confirmed.
FEAST activities are very popular, and activity providers do their best to give as many children and young people as possible the chance to take part.
Sometimes this means that:
- not every booking request can be accepted, or
- if you requested multiple sessions or places, only some of them may be accepted.
This helps providers share places fairly, so more families can benefit from FEAST.
Bookings are requested and places are not confirmed straight away. In some cases, your request may be declined or placed on a waiting list due to high demand.
We know this can be disappointing. If your plans are flexible, we encourage you to:
- request a place on the waiting list (you are not added automatically), as places may become available if others cancel
- look at alternative FEAST activities, which may still have availability
Please note that an activity showing a waiting list is not always full. To make FEAST fair, activity providers may wait a few days after vouchers are issued before confirming bookings, so there can be a short delay before you hear back.
If you need help finding another activity or have any questions, please contact us at hello@northyorkshiretogether.co.uk
You should join the waiting list for the activity using HolidayActivities.
Often places become available on activities that were previously fully booked, and this is the best way to make sure you get to take part in the activities you want.
Please note that an activity showing a waiting list does not always mean that an activity is full. To ensure that a wide range of families get to take part in FEAST, we ask providers to wait a number of days after vouchers are issued before accepting any bookings. This means there may be some time between your request and finding out whether you have been accepted. Please request a place and you should receive a notification from Holiday Activities if your place is confirmed.
If you or someone you know isn’t able to use the online platform HolidayActivities to request a place, please contact the activity provider directly.
We have a printable version of our activity finder, with provider contact details, on our activity finder page.
Whilst we encourage the use of HolidayActivities wherever possible, providers have been instructed to take bookings in person, over the phone or via email where needed. To make a free booking, you’ll need to share your 16-digit voucher number with the provider.
If you don’t have your voucher number, please contact your school. Should the school be unable to help, please contact hello@northyorkshiretogether.co.uk
If you are eligible for a funded FEAST place and don’t yet have a voucher, activity providers are asked to, where possible, accept your booking on the basis that you will provide them with a valid voucher number before the activity takes place.
Many of our FEAST activity providers also offer paid places alongside their funded FEAST places.
Take a look at the holiday activities available in our activity finder page. To book a paid place, please contact the provider directly via the contact details supplied in their listing.
Please note that whilst many FEAST activity providers offer paid-for places, not all are able to. We’re working closely with FEAST activity providers to maximise how many paid-for places they offer in addition to FEAST-funded places.
The best way is to support them in person, at a device, to search in their inbox for messages from HolidayActivities. You want to find the email with their voucher, click the link and redeem it. You can then support them to make their bookings.
To help, we have this step-by-step guide on how to redeem your FEAST voucher and book free activities. You can also contact support@holidayactivities.com if you have any issues in creating an account, making a booking or managing a booking.
If the person you’re supporting isn’t able to get online to view activities, redeem their voucher or make a booking, see our FAQ above on ‘How do I book a free place if I can’t get online?’
If it isn’t possible for the person you’re helping to claim the voucher and make a booking themself, it is possible for anyone who supports them to do it for them, as long as they have permission.
Accessibility, inclusivity and transport
HolidayActivities has the Recite Me accessibility toolbar on its website, which can help people access and interact with the platform more easily. It offers features like audio readers, translation, and options to customise the font, colour and display so that visitors can view and use the site in a way that works best for them.
Recite Me works across all different devices and browsers, and you don’t need to download anything to use it.
Watch our video for a quick guide on how to use the Recite Me toolbar on HolidayActivities. Below you will find a written guide to using all the features, and HolidayActivities also have this helpful article.
Please note that you must be logged in to your HolidayActivities account to turn on the Recite Me toolbar.
Once you’re logged in, choose the ‘Accessibility Tools’ button in the top right of your account page.
Then, along the top of the page, there will be a selection of coloured icons to choose from. Here is a guide to what these are and how they can help your experience on the site.
Text-to-Speech
Recite Me’s text-to-speech feature reads text aloud.
- Back: Rewind to the previous paragraph of text.
- Play: Click the Play button to read the text aloud.
- Forward: Skip forward to the next paragraph of text.
- Download Audio: Highlight a section of text and download it as an audio file to listen to offline.
Note that to turn off the automatic autoplay, you should go to ‘Settings’ and deselect the ‘autoplay’ option.
Translation
The ‘translation’ button translates the entire content of the HolidayActivities website at the click of a button. It can translate into over 100 languages, and 65 of these can be read aloud using text-to-speech.
- Language: Translate text into a different language.
- Play: Click the play button to read translated text aloud.
Text Styling and Customisation
The Recite Me ‘text styling’ buttons allow you to change the way the HolidayActivities website looks, just for you. You can customise the website’s colour scheme as well as the text, font style, size, colour, and spacing.
- Decrease: This will decrease the text size.
- Text options: Choose from a range of fonts and customise line height, spacing and size.
- Focus text: Guide the eyes to the most informative parts of words
- Increase: This will increase the text size.
- Colour: Customise the colour palette of a website, including the background, text and link colours.
Focus Tools
While reading it can sometimes be hard to focus on one area. To simplify how the HolidayActivities site appears, the Recite Me toolbar provides five main tools; ruler, screen mask, text-only mode, margins, and cursor options.
- Ruler: Use the reading ruler to stay focused on lines of content.
- Cursor Options: Customise the cursor size and colour to help focus on page location.
- Screen Mask: Filter out unnecessary distractions to focus on what you want to read.
- Text-Only Mode: Removes all images, video and design leaving only text and links.
- Margins: Repositions text on the screen to aid ease of reading, when in text-only mode
Reading Aids
Reading online can be a challenge. To help, the Recite Me toolbar has two useful tools:; a magnifier and a dictionary.
- Dictionary: See a definition for a word on the page you highlight
- Magnifier: Hover over a section of the website to temporarily zoom in on a particular part.
Settings
Edit the user settings of the Recite Me toolbar, including reading speed and voice type, reset the toolbar to factory defaults, and explore in-depth how to use it.
- Settings: Adjust your Recite Me Toolbar settings.
- Reset: This will restore the default settings.
- User Guide: This will give you an overview of the Recite Me Toolbar features.
Yes. Some of the activities we offer are specifically for SEND children, and many others are inclusive for those children.
Find out what’s on in your area using our activity finder, or by logging onto HolidayActivities, and use the search filters to see which are suitable for your child. If you have any questions, please contact the provider directly using the details in their listing.
Learn more about how FEAST is supporting children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities:
There’s lots happening across the county and we hope you can find an activity near to where you live.
Websites like Traveline and Google Maps can help to plan journeys by car, public transport or walking.
If there are no activities close to you, and you don’t have access to transport, you can register to request assistance with transport.
We also have a range of Video Workshops and Downloadable Activities.
You can translate this website by clicking the ‘translate this site’ button in the bottom left of every screen.
On HolidayActivities, where you can view and book FEAST activities, there is a Recite Me toolbar which will translate the whole site into over 100 languages, 65 of which can be read aloud using text-to-speech.
See our FAQ above on ‘How can I make the HolidayActivities website easier to use?’ for more information.
You can also download translated information about FEAST in some specific languages using the links below.
If you can’t make it to any events or activities in person, check out our video workshops and downloadable activities.
Other
Yes, if your child will only attend a FEAST activity if a parent or guardian is with them, then you may do so – please contact the session provider to discuss this with them.
However, we do prefer for children and young people to attend without a parent or guardian, for them to have the opportunity to meet new friends and gain in confidence. All our providers are used to working with children and young people and are specially trained to support those with SEND. There is also specialist SEND provision on offer for those with higher needs. Please contact these providers (listed in the activity finder, where you can filter results for these SEND specialist activities) for more information and to discuss your child’s needs.
The activities, events and experiences are varied and there’s something for everyone. There are art and music activities to help you get creative, and sport sessions to help you keep moving.
Take a look at our Activity Finder page or our downloadable listings to see all the activities you can book onto.
We also have a range of Video Workshops and Downloadable Activities pages.
Children attending the activities will receive at least one meal. These meals meet school food standards and wherever possible are served hot. Many providers offer more than one meal and/or snacks throughout the day. The provider you book with will be able to let you know what food will be provided at their activities.
Providers are required to meet dietary, cultural and other food requirements.
You should not be asked to bring your own food to any activities.
The provider you book with will be able to let you know what to take on the day. Make sure you have a chat with them if you have any questions about what to bring.
North Yorkshire Council has commissioned North Yorkshire Together, a partnership between Rural Arts, North Yorkshire Sport and North Yorkshire Youth, to coordinate the programme which is being branded as FEAST.
North Yorkshire Together welcomes grant applications from activity providers across the county to deliver activities. We work with around 100 providers every holiday period.
The Department for Education has given North Yorkshire Council funding to deliver FEAST.
Learn more about who FEAST helps and the impact it has on their lives in our Impact Report.
Learn more about the impact FEAST has made specifically on the lives of children and young people in North Yorkshire with special educational needs or disabilities in this video:
You can contact North Yorkshire Together at hello@northyorkshiretogether.co.uk.
If you have a question about a specific activity or provider please contact them direct using the information on the activity finder.
In an emergency, you should call 999.
Every provider taking part in FEAST has provided North Yorkshire Together with a copy of their safeguarding policy and insurance details, and has completed our Safeguarding Checklist.
If you have any concerns about the safety or welfare of a young person taking part in FEAST, you should telephone 0300 131 2 131 or email children&families@northyorks.gov.uk. More information can be found at https://www.safeguardingchildren.co.uk/about-us/worried-about-a-child/
The Department for Work and Pensions has recently given North Yorshire Council funding to make sure families who might be struggling, and feeling the financial pressures of paying their bills, get additional help.
The Household Support Fund will see supermarket e-vouchers provided to people in North Yorkshire who receive means-tested council tax support or reduction and have a child under the age of 19 living at home.
People who are eligible can claim their e-voucher payment of £250 to pay for food and other essentials over the coming months and we have written to people who are eligible with information about how to claim.
Find more information about the Household Support Fund, and other sources of financial support, at www.northyorks.gov.uk/householdsupportfund
No, the FEAST programme does not distribute any vouchers with monetary value or cash.
The Department for Education funding for the FEAST programme is only allowed to be spent providing fun and enriching activities over the school holidays, where a healthy meal is provided to the children and young people taking part.
You may have heard about a scheme called the Household Support Fund, which was set up to help people who are struggling with the increase in living costs. This is different to FEAST. Those eligible for the direct award part of the scheme could claim an e-voucher worth £140 to pay for food and other essentials. The latest phase of the Household Support Fund direct award ended on August 5 2024.
Anyone struggling to pay for food, energy and other essentials can find information about support available in North Yorkshire at www.northyorks.gov.uk/costofliving.
You can find information about support schemes and organisations which may be able to help on the North Yorkshire Council cost of living support page.
The Household Support Fund was set up by the Government to help people who are struggling with the increase in living costs and feeling the financial pressure of paying their bills. You’ll find more information about the Household Support Fund in North Yorkshire at the Household Support Fund page.
If you’re not eligible for the Household Support Fund but you are struggling to pay for food, energy and other essentials you may be able to get other financial support through schemes such as the North Yorkshire Local Assistance Fund (NYLAF) and a fund managed by North Yorkshire Citizens Advice and Law Centre that helps people struggling to pay their energy bills.
The North Yorkshire Council cost of living support page also contains advice on money, debt, benefit entitlement, free school meals and childcare costs as well as information about free Wi-Fi, digital support, travel and transport. The page also has information about energy saving, foodbanks and community-based support including Warm Welcome Spaces and local schemes depending on where you live.
North Yorkshire Citizen’s Advice and Law Centre provide free, confidential and impartial advice to help people find a way forward with whatever problems they face, including money and benefits. You can get advice in person, over the phone, on a web chat or by email by contacting North Yorkshire Citizen’s Advice and Law Centre direct.