The cost of the school holidays

This research was commissioned by Glasgow Life, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and the Glasgow Centre for Population Health to inform a working group tasked with improving holiday provision for Glasgow families.

The report highlights the value of existing holiday provision but makes a series of recommendations for possible action including:

• Using dormant school facilities to provide holiday activities
• Providing free, healthy lunches within existing holiday activities
• Addressing  barriers to holiday activities caused by block-booking, advance payment and face-to-face booking requirements
• Reducing transport costs through provision of holiday travel passes 
• Ensuring holiday activities fit with working hours and needs of low income parents and carers.

Download the executive summary (PDF).