A summaryWe are delighted to be once again running activities as part of South Gloucestershire Council's Holiday Activities and Food Programme.
PLEASE READ ALL THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CAREFULLY.
In the upcoming summer holidays we have eight sessions of different activities.
Activities are strictly for young people in 2024-2025 school years 6 to 11 (aged 11 to 16 years old, including those who are in year 6 but still 10).
(These are young people just finishing year 6, not those just finishing year 5.)
Funded places are available for young people receiving South Gloucestershire free school meals, and for young people who meet certain other criteria (see below).
All sessions include a healthy lunch.
PLEASE ENSURE YOU ALLOW EMAILS FROM EEQU INTO YOUR INBOX OR CHECK YOUR JUNK, AS OUR COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES WILL BE VIA EEQU.
WAITING LIST
There is no waiting list on the system so if you would like to be put on a waiting list for a session please use the 'Register Interest' button - but you must specify in the notes which session you are interested in, otherwise we won't know. We will undoubtedly have cancellations nearer the time.
Please read the following info relating to each date before booking so you know which trip/activity you are booking.
THE SESSIONS
*Tuesday 5th August – West Country Water Park Trip – Aquapark*
Meet at The Pod 12.45pm
Pick up at The Pod 4.15pm
Transport provided.
Picnic tea at the Water Park after the session.
An additional waiver will be needed.
Participants must be able to swim 25m and be confident in the water.
Bring swimming costume/clothes for in the water and dry clothes for afterwards.
Wetsuits can be hired if needed for around £7.50 directly from the Water Park
Cost £6
*Wednesday 6th August at The Pod*
Activities will include a DJ workshops with a Bristol DJ, sports, skateboarding/scooters, crafts.
1pm - 4pm at The Pod.
Cost £3
*Thursday 7th August – Mojo Active Trip*
Survival skills and ghilli suits (see more here: https://www.mojoactive.co.uk/activities)
We will be having hot food back at The Pod after the activity.
Transport provided.
Meet at The Pod 12pm
Pick up at The Pod 4pm
We will be signing a group waiver for everyone.
Cost £6
*Tuesday 12th August – Zorb Football with Mojo Active at The Pod*
Mojo Active will be bringing their zorb footballs to The Pod.
Other activities include crafts and team building games.
1pm - 4pm at The Pod
Cost: £3
*Wednesday 13th August – Thornbury Golf Centre Driving Range Games*
Meet at The Pod at 1pm.
Pick up at The Pod 4pm.
We will walk to the golf centre for one hour playing driving range games.
Hot food back at The Pod.
Cost: £3
*Thursday 14th August – Weston-Super-Mare trip*
Meet at The Pod at 11pm.
Pick up at The Pod 4pm.
Transport provided.
Hot food will be provided.
Other spending money may be necessary.
Details of activities to be confirmed.
Cost: £6
*Tuesday 19th August – Mojo Active Trip*
Archery tag and assault course (see more here: https://www.mojoactive.co.uk/activities)
We will be having a picnic at Mojo Active.
Transport provided.
Meet at The Pod 12pm.
Pick up at The Pod 4pm.
We will be signing a group waiver for everyone.
Cost £6
*Wednesday 20th August – Bristol Zoo Project Trip*
Transport provided.
Meet at The Pod 1pm
Pick up at The Pod 4.15pm
A picnic will be provided to eat at the zoo.
You may wish to provide a little spending money for an ice cream etc.
Cost: £6
SUMMER FEST
Thursday 21st August, 2– 6pm
Summer Fest is a family friendly event with loads of fun activities and food stalls, including a climbing wall, inflatables, circus games, graffiti, carnival face paint, bushcraft and more. Thornbury Skate Competition will also be taking place, hosted by King Ramps, with pro-rider demos and workshops.
We have a limited number of funded tickets available to enable each young person to have a free go on some of the activities and also a free bacon roll (or something similar). These tickets are available for young people who receive South Glos free school meals in school year 4 and above.
For more info and to book a funded ticket see our separate Eequ listing here: https://eequ.org/book/summer-fest-25-booking-for-free-ticket-with-krunch-south-west-16570
Note that everyone else can just come along without booking.
This is family event young people should be supervised by an adult. This is not a session where you drop them off and leave them with youth workers!
FUNDED PLACES
Funded places are available for young people receiving South Gloucestershire free school meals.
Children and young people from the following groups, who are not eligible for benefit-related free school meals, may also be considered and must be referred by an agency professional such as a teacher or a social worker. In the case of our activities, we can do the referral.
- Children assessed by the council as being in need, at risk or vulnerable
- Young carers
- Looked-after children or previously looked-after children
- Children with an education, health and care (EHC) plan
If you feel your child would be eligible for a free place at our activities under these guidelines then please book using the Free HAF ticket, and we will get in touch with you and make the necessary referrals if appropriate. If there are no spaces available, please email liz@krunch.org.uk.
All places are offered on a first come first serve basis.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE YOUTH AWARD
Young people who are with us for more than 10 hours across all sessions will have the opportunity to complete the South Gloucestershire Activities Youth Award. This involves taking part in the activities and completing a small booklet. There is not much writing involved! Young people who complete the award will also be invited to a fun awards evening in February where they will be presented with their certificate.
KRUNCH REGISTRATION FORM
If your child has not been to a Krunch activity before, please complete our Krunch Registration form here: https://app.upshot.org.uk/signup/97a0e883/79769663aa36b22c/. (Note that this is separate to the Eequ registration and is not the means to book a child on to one of these activities.) If you tick the box to allow emails via Upshot, you will be among the first to hear about new activities as they become available.
OTHER NOTES
The Pod is next to Thornbury Skate Park (behind Thornbury Leisure Centre), BS35 3JB.
If you haven’t been before do read our All About Us here: https://www.krunch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/All-About-Us-The-Pod.pdf
All activities will be outside, so please dress for the weather. Please bring a named water bottle to each session. In addition, The Pod cafe will be open to purchase additional snacks/tuc if required.
Activities may need to be changed in the event of adverse weather conditions.
For a video of some of our previous HAF activities please go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfUAUH8IDJQ
There are a lot of other HAF activities by other providers for different age groups here, so if you have younger children or need more support over the holidays do take a look. https://eequ.org/southgloucestershirehaf
If you have any questions, please email liz@krunch.org.uk
