MKPA and Arts Gateway MK have partnered to run the Milton Keynes Council Winter Play Activities and Lunch - 20th to 24th of December 2021.
This programme is free, offering crafting and play activity and we will also provided a lunch time meal .
The programme has been put in place to support children who are entitled to Free School Meal benefits*.
*Benefits
Only those, whose families are in receipt of one of the following benefits will be eligible to attend Winter Activities and Lunch;
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- The guaranteed element of Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
- Working Tax Credit run-on – paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
- Universal Credit – if you apply on or after 1 April 2018 your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)
Based on this, we will restrict attendance to only those children who have this provision, I am sure you can understand this restriction.
We would like to thank MK Melting Pot who are preparing the food element of the programme
TYPE OF ACTIVITIES
The Crafting and Play activities will be provided based around children aged 4 to 7 years and 8 to 11 years . When booking please select the class appropriate to the age of the child.
Morning sessions will start at 10 am with activity finishing at 12 noon. Lunch will then be served from 12 noon to 12.30 when the session will finish.
Afternoon sessions will start at 1.30pm with lunch. Activity will start at 2pm until 4pm when the session will close.
Each event will have a number of different zones that the children will move through, with activity like painting, modelling, crafting Christmas decoration and indoor games.
