City Council’s Holiday Fun and Food programme breaks records

Pete Marland, Leader of Milton Keynes City Council, reflects on how local families benefited from this year’s Holiday Fun and Food programme and highlights the latest phase of the city’s Look Again trail. This year, more than 3,200 local children took part in Milton Keynes City Council’s summer Holiday Fun and Food programme, an increase […] The post City Council’s Holiday Fun and Food programme breaks records appeared first on MK Pulse.

Pete Marland, Leader of Milton Keynes City Council, reflects on how local families benefited from this year’s Holiday Fun and Food programme and highlights the latest phase of the city’s Look Again trail.

This year, more than 3,200 local children took part in Milton Keynes City Council’s summer Holiday Fun and Food programme, an increase of around 200 children compared to last year’s events.

The Council-funded programme delivered thousands of FREE activity sessions for children and young people, as well as providing 15,000 healthy meals and snacks over the school summer holidays.

A wide range of indoor and outdoor events took place across more than 50 locations in MK for families with children who usually receive benefit related free school meals. Activities were designed to be as inclusive as possible and this year, more than 1,000 children with special educational needs attended.

Working with local organisations such as schools, clubs and charities, the City Council created a total of 24,000 sessions throughout August, covering sports such as basketball, netball, and football alongside day trips, cookery, crafting and music.

The City Council is inviting all families who attended one or more sessions to give their feedback via a brief questionnaire, available here: https://forms.office.com/e/ym7HTb4KjH

Look Again trail celebrates new additions

Milton Keynes City Council’s Look Again arts and heritage trail has been extended, with eight new information boards and more than 20 additional artwork plaques across the city centre. The latest additions are being unveiled in time for this year’s Heritage Open Days, running from 12–21 September.

First introduced in 2024, Look Again highlights Milton Keynes’ unique modern heritage, art, architecture and design while sharing stories of the people and places that shaped the city. Recognised worldwide as a model for new town planning, Milton Keynes is celebrated through this trail as a living archive of bold ideas.

The trail now spans across the city centre, from Station Square to Campbell Park. Each sign includes a QR code linking to www.lookagainmk.city where visitors can explore the history behind individual artwork, buildings, green spaces and the people who created them.

To mark the new phase of the trail, a programme of walks, talks and film events will take place throughout September, featuring contributions from All Flows organisers Pooleyville, local creatives and university students researching Milton Keynes’ design history. Later in the autumn, MK Lit Fest will host two author-inspired sound walks, with details to be published on the website.

Further event listings and booking information are available via the trail’s archive site: www.mkarchive.city.

Look Again has been developed by the city council, using funding from developers and in partnership with Buckinghamshire Archives, Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre and Living Archive Milton Keynes. The city council is encouraging trail users to share their feedback via the website to help shape the project’s future growth.

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