Holiday club - Would you expect food to be provided?

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If your child attended a holiday club, which would you expect

1. To have to provide all food / snacks. (i.e packed lunch)

2. For the club to provide food.

Club is open 9am - 5.30pm and is £25 a day.

Depends on the area. Around here £25 could be with or without food.

£25 would be without food round here. I've used several over the years and generally food isn't provided.

I would expect to provide a packed lunch, but for the club to provide morning and afternoon snacks...

If early drop off, maybe breakfast to be given but I would expect to pay a bit extra for this...

Without. All snacks/packed lunch to be taken in is normal.

but for the club to provide morning and afternoon snacks

What sort of snacks would you expect.

Also thanks for the replies, it's very helpful.

I would expect the children to have to take a packed lunch with snacks provided by the holiday club.

Price never includes food in my experience

I work in A holiday club
£18 for the session ..8am-6pm ..no breakfast but we provide lunch , a hot snack of beans on toast or jam or a variation of something tinned mac or spaghetti bolognese about 4pm ( Something tinned and microwaveable ) ) always with toast ...fruit around 5pm
Drinks juice / water always available
My daughter goes to one ( not one I work in )
£27-£30 and we have to provide all lunches and snacks nothing is there for them

Our school holiday club is £30 a day and you have to take a packed lunch
They provide snacks - bagels, toast, crumpets, fruit, biscuits, crisps, etc varying each day. On a day they watch a film they might have popcorn, on a hot day they might have ice creams/lollies etc

No food

I wouldn't expect any food to be provided. Every holiday club my kids have been to (this kind of price and over) they have had to take a nut free pack lunch/snacks

Where we are it’s £45 (different providers) and no food.

Ours is £25 a day and we have to send a packed lunch but they provide a snack in the morning and afternoon. It’s open from 8-6. I’m happy with that because they don’t have the facilities or staff to be cooking lunch for all the children.

Where we are it’s £45 (different providers) and no food.

Screenshots this comment. We don't offer food but have had grumbles about this from parents / carers, i'd hate to see what they'd say if we were £45 and still didn't offer food.

Ours costs similar to that and they provide snacks but not lunch.

Price never includes food in my experience

This is what our research told us, but I wondered if it had changed in recent years.

£40 and no food here,

bagels, toast, crumpets, fruit, biscuits, crisps, etc varying each day.

We wouldn't offer crisps and biscuits, but fruit could be an option going forward, although probably not a popular one with the children.

No food here when we paid £20. Paid £33 at the last one and got a hot lunch, swimming lesson and tennis lesson!

20-25 a day here with child bringing a packed lunch, but snacks provided.

I'd expect to provide packed lunch and snacks, but water available if they finished their drink and wanted more.

We provide lunch and two snacks for DD when she goes. 8.30 to 4pm.

£23 a day I should have said.

but water available if they finished their drink and wanted more.

We have drinks available all day, no restrictions on these and we encourage the children to keep hydrated.

Never had food provided! Cheapest club is 9-3 and zero extras provided at £18 per day, most expensive was £38 for 8-6 and they provided snacks morning and afternoon but we had to pack lunch