Better Breaks

The Scottish Government has made a short break fund of £2millions available for short breaks for disabled children, young people and their families.  The Scottish Government aims through this funding to improve the provision of, and access to, quality short breaks for disabled children and their families, especially where children and young people have multiple support needs.  

The new funding will be divided between two grant making programmes - one administered by Shared Care Scotland and the other by the Family Fund.

The Shared Care Scotland funding programme is called Better Breaks.  It provides grants to third sector organisations working in Scotland to develop additional, responsive and creative short break opportunities for disabled children, young people and their families.

Family Fund

Direct funding for families is available through The Family Fund. Their programme is called Take a Break.  Eligible families in Scotland, caring for disabled children and young people, will be able to apply directly to the Fund for financial help to arrange a short break.  More information on how to apply for this funding can be found at www.takeabreakscotland.org.uk. Follow these links to download their application form and terms and conditions.

Better Breaks Applicant Workshops

We want to make sure that any organisation interested in making an application to Better Breaks has the information they need to make their application as strong as possible.

We are holding a series of workshops for potential applicants in locations around Scotland.

Places to the workshops will be allocated on a first-come-first served basis so please reserve your place quickly by downloading and completing the workshop booking form, and sending it to amanda.moffat@sharedcarescotland.com. The workshops will include the opportunity to discuss you ideas on a one-to-one basis with Alison.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided at all workshops. The list of times and places can be seen to the right of this page.

There will also be dedicated phone-in days in January when applicants can discuss their proposals and get advice on preparing their applications. These will be arranged and published here soon.

Need some support with your Better Breaks application but can't get to one of the workshops...

Better Breaks Applicant Phone-In Days

Are you working on your application and want  to discuss your ideas?  Wrestling with your  project budget? Then phone us! We have set aside 4 dates in January for telephone discussions with applicants to Better Breaks and we are keen to hear from you. The dates are:

• Friday 6th January
• Monday 9th January
• Tuesday 10th January
• Friday 13 January

Just phone the Shared Care Scotland  office on 01383 622462 and ask for Alison.