Make (Good) Trouble has run Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programmes since 2021. Commissioned by East Sussex County Council, we provide young people in East Sussex with a safe, enriching environment in which to play, learn and unwind. There is a focus on active learning and nutrition with children and young people making food together.

☃️ Our latest winter and Easter workshops were in the beautiful South Downs National Park. Were joined by the amazing people at Dragon Drama. And we’re back there this Summer!

Booking for Summer 2024 opens on Monday 3 June!

2023-4 focus on outdoor activities and learning

Our focus for 2023 and 2024 is outdoor activities around the East Sussex countryside. We provide safe outdoor cooking sessions where possible with healthy homemade menus designed by and for the children.

Our young attendees will learn creative skills and help to create content for our social media channels, alongside outdoor activities such as drama, nature walks and paddle boarding.

This project gives children the opportunity to make good memories, during one of the most uncertain times in recent history, as well as teaching them valuable transferable skills in media production, confidence, team building and hands on learning.

The young people attending the sessions will have time to engage in active games each day in order to maintain a healthy balance of exercise and team building.

The young makers who attend our holiday clubs are awarded Digital Badges for their CV on completion of this project. Make (Good) Trouble is a partner of the RSA Cities of Learning programme, designed to provide practical pathways to employment. In 2020 we awarded 54 Cities Of Learning Digital Badges, accredited by City and Guilds, to young people across the South East.  

South Downs National Park Trust and Clarion Futures support our Easter 2023 club by funding activities.

⭐️ “Amazing. Thank you so much” Parent feedback, December 2021

⭐️ “I’m gonna miss everyone a lot, including the grown upsI” Attendee feedback, Summer 2021

⭐️ “I’ve been coming for the whole summer (4 weeks), I was meant to go on holiday but decided to stay at the club instead.” Attendee feedback, Summer 2021

⭐️ “He came home happy every day and I can’t thank you enough for that.” Parent feedback, Summer 2021

⭐️ “I think the fact that there was a taxi offer was incredible for me, because I’m disabled. So though, I do have a car, driving up and down and up and down, that’d be four trips for me, it would be a lot. So that’s been an incredible bit of funding.” Parent feedback, Summer 2021

⭐️ “She’s got lots of things to tell me at the end of the day – the fact that she’s been trying new things, particularly the photography because she’s been talking about wanting to do GCSE photography forever and I’ve been a bit like, okay, I don’t know where that’s come from. So the fact that she’s had an opportunity to try this out for herself and has just loved it is really, really great, because it could be more than a hobby for her.” Parent feedback, Summer 2021

Make (Good) Trouble created a special film celebrating the success and demonstrating the positive impact of the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme in East Sussex over the summer of 2021.