Holiday club - Would you expect food to be provided?

[IceRebel]

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.

When I said never had food I meant main meal

Never had food provided!

But you say they provided snacks morning and afternoon I dread to think what they were eating I assume you mean no main meals? What snacks were provided out of interest.

When I said never had food I meant main meal

Damn you beat me to it, I was typing when you posted.

Snacks in the past have included carrot/cucumber sticks, bananas, apples, grapes, cheese cubes, toast, bagels, brioche, fruit bread, crackers with butter...

The afternoons have usually been a drink with a plain biscuit- digestive, rich tea, malted milk etc...

Ours are between £25 and £45 a day depending on activity, none provide food.

Its a while since I used them- I used several different clubs for variety. There was a mixture of those providing lunch and snacks, some just lunch and some nothing. Price didn't seem to vary much- except a heavily subsidised one from work that only ran 2 weeks in the summer. I had a fussy eater so TBH I preferred to provide lunch as I knew he would eat it.
I expressed concern at one which did not provide water during the day- but they agreed and changed their position. I also didn't like clubs with tuck shops as they seemed full of highly coloured gummy sweets

No food at all at my dds holiday club.

I work in a prep school, they offer holiday clubs, but there’s never any food. They have to bring in their own packed lunches/snacks

None of the holiday clubs round here provide food, most of them don't even have cooking facilities!

It's fine to provide a packed lunch (and keeps the cost down as the holiday club don't have to employ someone to to the cooking, clearing and washing up).

Never have any form of food provided.

I pay £32.50 for 8am-6pm. Parents to provide packed lunch. No breakfast or snacks provided

We go to 2 clubs one is £25 bring packed lunch. One is £50 food provided.

The ones DS goes to ask for a packed lunch but provide snacks like biscuits.
Usual cost is £25-30 per day.

SE London. £30 per day (7am-6.30pm) they provide breakfast (cereal, toast, porridge) and a snack around 4pm (cheese & crackers, beans on toast, crumpets), we provide a packed lunch. Personally, I’m super happy with ours and think it’s great value.

SE London. £30 per day (7am-6.30pm)

Even outside of London that would be a bargain, £30 for such a long day and then food on top I wonder how they make a profit.

Ours is £25 per day - they provide mid morning and afternoon snacks of fruit, bagels, toast, veg sticks and humoussy things. We provide a packed lunch.

No food provided in my local holiday clubs. Have to send packed lunch.

£25 seems like a total bargain. My children aren’t school age yet but I’ve just been doing holiday club research to see what is out there and all the ones near me are £35-£45 for the day (8-6 ish) and you have to bring a pack lunch.

Depends on what you are offering and the age group. We paid £20 a day including food but was a long time ago, was very basic though, more like nursery.

We used to pay around £42 a day and there was lunch and juice provided. £25 seems a bargain to me and I wouldn't expect food. If you can provide food easily might be worth offering a food and drink add on for say £5 to £10 a day like toast/drink on arrival, apple/fruit and drink mid morning and mid afternoon and a lunch like cheese / ham sandwich or pizza slice if can heat, carrot sticks, crisps and a cake.

Ours is £36/day. 8:30-5:45. It’s run by the same company as breakfast and afterschool clubs do they serve the same breakfast and 3pm snacks. We provide lunch.
Trips out to free venues two to three half days per week.

If you can provide food easily might be worth offering a food and drink add on for say £5 to £10 a day like toast/drink on arrival, apple/fruit and drink mid morning and mid afternoon and a lunch like cheese / ham sandwich or pizza slice if can heat, carrot sticks, crisps and a cake.

The trouble with this would be how to explain it to the other children. It could end up very divisive.

Yes our holiday club is £24 8-6 includes breakfast , hot lunch and light tea eg crumpets and fruit.

Round here it'd be twice that amount for the day without and food or drink supplied.

I wouldn't expect food, but then ds only goes to an autism holiday club - imagine trying to cater for a room full of autistic kids.

Child has to provide packed lunch and snacks. Some venues will provide food (ie packed lunch, or evening meal) for an additional fee