The Reds supporting their local community in the greatest need

In 2021, Nottingham Forest Community Trust were awarded the contract to deliver Nottingham’s Holiday Activity and Food Programme in collaboration with Nottingham City Council and the Department of Education.

This is the biggest delivery programme in the Trust’s history providing ‘Free Fun and Food’, including a wide range of physical activity and creative arts sessions to children from across Nottingham’s diverse communities who may not usually access such high-quality provision.

Over the past 12 months almost 14,000 children have taken part with over 75,000 nutritious meals being distributed to children and families at 14 different locations across our City.

Kelly, a parent of a participant said, “This is an absolutely fantastic programme that’s both accessible and free. My three children came home happy and I’m excited that they got to experience activities such as rock climbing. This is something they would never get to try as I can’t always afford to pay for extra activities.”

Jennie, another parent said, “My daughter finds meeting new people difficult, so this has given her the opportunity to meet new friends as well as enjoy different kinds of activities and learn new skills.’

To effectively measure impact, the Trust commissioned an external specialist agency who carried out extensive consultation which showed that 88% of participants felt a positive emotion whilst at the sessions, 62% of participants became motivated to take up sport as a regular activity and almost 100% stated that they turned up every day because the sessions were fun and exciting.

The Nottingham Holiday Activity and Food programme is a positive strategic collaboration of the public, private and third sectors in Nottingham, who are on a mission to serve local people to the best of our ability.