Coventry Holiday Activities and Food Programme

We know that many families face tight budgets and this can put pressure on feeding your family. Food is a big priority for Coventry HAF, that’s why each of activities has a free meal included. Below we’ve pulled together some very useful information about food help. 

Accessing food support 

• Household Support Fund
• Social supermarkets, food hubs and foodbanks map
• Free school meals

Budget-friendly family recipes

• Sainsburys budget recipes
• Good to know recipes
• COV Meals of Joy recipe booklet

Family meal plans

• BBC good food family meal plan
• Tesco week family mean plan for under £25
• Budget meal planner

Using leftovers

• 10 Creative ways to make meals from leftovers
• BBC good food leftover recipes
• Love food hate waste

Batch cooking

• BBC good food budget batch cooking
• Netmums batch recipes
• Pinch of nom batch freezer recipes

Recipe videos to watch

These budget-friendly recipe videos were produced by Groundworks for Festive Fun 2021, we hope you find them helpful.

Hearty Vegetable Soup

Chilli Con Carne

Tuna Pasta Bake

Vegetable and chickpea curry

Apple and pear crumble

Shortbread