Key Dates for FFA Providers at Easter
Friday March 14 BIOB should confirm allocation of funding for the project this year
Friday March 21 We need to copy menus for Easter delivery, food hygiene and allergy certifcates and insurance policies to BIOB.
Monday March 24 Details of all confirmed sessions go live on BIOB website.
April 14 to 25 Easter delivery
May 9 Registers and final claims back to CQ
May 16 All registers and financial reconciliation to BIOB
What are the ‘Eligible Days’ at Easter 2025
School Easter holidays in 2025 run from Monday April 14 to Friday April 25. Good Friday (18th) and Easter Monday (21st) are bank holidays. Which means that the ‘eligible days’ (on which HAF funded sessions can be delivered) are:
| Monday 14 | Tuesday 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | |
| Tuesday 22 | Wednesday 23 | Thursday 24 | Friday 25 |
Term-end School Holidays in Birmingham 2025/26
Term end school holiday dates in 2025/26 in Birmingham are:
Easter 14 – 25 April
Summer 21 July – 29 August
Christmas 22 December – 2 January 2026
Time and Duration of HAF-funded sessions
There is no limit on the time of day at which sessions can take place on eligible days – although most HAF funded sessions take place at some point between 9am and 4pm.
HAF funding will not cover sessions of more than 4 hours duration (because 4 hours is the maximum length of funded sessions any participant is allowed in one day). This does not stop groups running sessions of 1.5, 2 or 3 hours etc if this is what best meets the needs of participants. Groups can also run sessions that last longer than 4 hours, but only 4 hours will be eligible for HAF funding.
Groups can run as many sessions as they want per day. So for example, a group could run 3 sessions of two hours duration at 10-12noon 1-3pm and 4-6pm on each weekday – and all of these sessions would be eligible for funding so long as no child attends more than their allowed maximum of four hours funded session in the day.