Holiday Hope programme launched by Mayor
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has launched a new £6 million programme to provide holiday activities and opportunities for young people at greatest risk of exploitation and violence. Starting this summer, the Mayor’s new Holiday Hope programme will provide young people at greatest disadvantage with “something to do, something to aspire to, and something to eat.”
The Mayor says he is committed to investing in and providing a helping hand for young people during the summer when evidence shows without the safety and security of school, and free school meals, they are more vulnerable to exploitation and violence.
Key to his ambition of supporting young people is Holiday Hope, which will deliver positive activities over the summer and school holidays to keep children and young people safe, combined with access to skills and routes into training and employment. Every activity funded through the Mayor’s £6m investment will also come with food.
This is a key manifesto commitment that will directly contribute to the Mayor’s pledge to provide 250,000 young people with activities and positive opportunities during this term. It will bring together and strengthens activities delivered across the capital for young people in the greatest need of support.
Holiday Hope builds on existing and effective delivery of summer holiday activities funded through London’s Violence Reduction Unit, the Mayor’s Fund for London, The Felix Project and wider City Hall delivery.
Increased funding through the Holiday Hope programme will bring delivery together through investment in more than 100 community organisations, increasing young people’s access to youth spaces, activities, opportunities, and food during the challenging holiday period.
A number of activities delivered through Holiday Hope and others available across London can be found on the Local Village Network (LVN) signposting website and app. LVN has more than 2,500 free services, activities, opportunities and mentoring services for young people.
The Mayor launched his new programme at a visit to Salaam Peace in Waltham Forest. Funded through the programme, it delivers activities in schools, in youth clubs and on estates across Waltham Forest and Hackney to provide activities and opportunities for young people.
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