Service Development Fund - Projects Funded in Round 2
About the Short Breaks Fund
The Scottish Government has made the Short Breaks Fund* available to help support and sustain Scottish carers, including young carers and kinship carers, through enabling better access to short breaks or respite care.
Now in its second year, the fund has supported more than 100 projects across Scotland to provide short breaks to more than 6,000 carers.
Projects funded in Round 2 of the Short Breaks Fund are listed below. These are projects that will be running from October 2011 until September 2012.
For more information about the Short Breaks Fund contact the Short Breaks Fund Manager on 01383 622 462.
* The Short Breaks Fund is managed by the National Carers Organisations on behalf of the Scottish Government with secretariat through Shared Care Scotland.
Below is a list of projects that were funded in Round 2 of the Short Breaks Fund. Please contact the individual projects if you require further information.
Any project with this symbol TTL has funding available for individual carers to create their own breaks. Individuals should contact these organisations directly to get details of the application process.
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Western Isles / Orkney / Shetland
Aberdeen / Aberdeenshire / Moray
Clackmannanshire, Falkirk & Stirling
Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley
Scotland Wide
Camp and Trek – Summer Programmes 2012
www.campandtrek.org.uk / 01470 542 444
Awarded £5,000 to provide 10 young carer places to their activity week.
Ocean Youth Trust Scotland – Adventure Under Sail
www.oytscotland.org.uk / 01475 722 722
Awarded £14,900 to provide sailing training experience to 34 young carers.
Speyside Trust - Badaguish Respite Care Centre
www.badaguish.org / 01479 861 285
Awarded £23,750 for bursary places for people with disabilities living in Highlands and across Scotland to attend their centre.
The Roses Charitable Trust - The Roses Project
www.hebrideanpursuits.com/DevelopCourse.html / 01631 710 317
Awarded £24,000 for activities (outdoor centre) for young carers living across Scotland.
Venture Trust – Inspiring Young Carers
www.venturetrust.org.uk / 0131 228 7718
Awarded £7,018 to offer two short break opportunities for young carers.
Western Isles / Orkney / Shetland
Crossroads Lewis - Short Break Service
www.crossroadslewis.co.uk / 01851 705 422
Awarded £11,700 to provide overnight homecare to carers in Lewis so they can access short breaks.
Crossroads Orkney – TTL
www.crossroadsorkney.co.uk / 01856 870 500
Awarded £2,121 to provide direct funding to carers living in Orkney to access short breaks. Carers can apply directly for this funding.
Crossroads Orkney – Summer Playscheme
www.crossroadsorkney.co.uk / 01856 870 500
Awarded £5374
Voluntary Action Shetland – TTL
www.va-shetland.org / 01595 743 923
Awarded £2,403 to provide direct funding to carers living on the Shetland Islands to access short breaks. Carers can apply directly for this funding.
Western Isles Community Care Forum – TTL
01859 502 588
Awarded £3,181 to provide direct funding to carers living on the Western Isles to access short breaks. Carers can apply directly for this funding.
Crossroads Cobhair Bharraigh - Cuideachadh
www.crossroads-scotland.co.uk / 01871 810906
Awarded £8,500 to support carers on Barra to have short break / emergency cover.
The Highlands
Children 1st - Highland Kinship Carers Short Break Project
www.children1st.org.uk / 01381 620 757
Awarded £20,943 for holiday breaks for kinship carers living in the Highlands.
SNAP (Special Needs Action Project) – Sleepovers / Out & Abouts
www.snapinverness.com / 01463 233 006
Awarded £14,000 to provide Saturday outings and ‘Sleepovers’ for children and young people (5-27) with disabilities living in the Highlands.
Speyside Trust - Badaguish Respite Care Centre
www.badaguish.org / 01479 861 285
Awarded £23,750 for bursary places for people with disabilities living in Highlands and across Scotland to attend their centre.
Aberdeen / Aberdeenshire / Moray
Aberdeen Association of Social Service – TTL
www.vsa.org.uk / 01224 212 021
Awarded £36,865 to develop a short breaks fund for Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire carers. Carers, including young carers, can apply to this fund for a short break of their choosing.
Alzheimer Scotland Moray Services – Supper Club
www.alzscot.org / 01343 552 080
Awarded £5,000 to establish a supper club for carers of adults living with dementia in Moray.
Grampian Employment Opportunities – Go Creative Short Breaks
www.grampianopportunities.org.uk / 01467 629 675
Awarded £15,000 to improve access to short break information and raise awareness of short break options and choices for carers and care recipients in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
Kincardine and Deeside Befriending – Short Breaks For Carers
www.kdbefriending.org.uk / 01569 765 714
Awarded £15,000 to develop their befriending service for older carers in the Kincardine and Deeside district of Aberdeenshire.
Quarriers Carer Support Service – Quarriers Short Break Fund TTL
www.quarrierscarerservices.org.uk / 01343 556 031
Awarded £7,919 to create a short breaks fund for Moray carers of children with disabilities and Moray carers with a spouse with disabilities who also have dependent children. Carers can apply for up to £500 for a short break.
The Big Group – Reaching Out
www.big-grampian.org.uk / 01975 581 415
Awarded £5,000 for short breaks for carers of people with a head injury in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray.
Angus / Dundee
Amina The Muslim Women’s Resource Centre – Carers Befriending Project
www.mwrc.org.uk / 0141 585 8026
Awarded £28,600 to extend their Befriending Service for Muslim / BME female carers in Dundee.
Angus Carers Centre – Carefree Project
www.anguscarers.org.uk / 01241 439 157
Awarded £20,000 to develop volunteer services to meet the short break needs of carers in Angus.
Barnardo’s Dundee Family Support Team – Activity Breaks for Children and Families
www.barnardos.org.uk / 01382 224 924
Awarded £5,764 to run activity breaks / holidays for young people with learning disabilities living in Dundee
Perth & Kinross
Perth & Kinross Association of Voluntary Services – Young Carers Homework Club and Follow the Yellow Brick Road
www.pkavs.org.uk / 01738 567 076
Awarded £12,666 to develop a Young Carers Homework Club in Perth & Kinross. Also awarded £12,228 to develop breaks for parent carers from Perth & Kinross.
Fife
CVS Fife – TTL
www.cvsfife.org / 01592 567 001
Awarded £33,688 to develop a short breaks fund for Fife carers. Carers can apply to this fund for a short break of their choosing.
Fife Action on Autism – Short Break Activity
www.fifeactiononautism.org.uk / 01592 779 190
Awarded £3,350 to provide activity holidays for young people with Autism living in Fife.
Respite Fife - The Mini Breaks Project
www.respite-fife.org.uk / 01592 269 399
Awarded £12,390 for mini-breaks for carers of adults with learning difficulties living in Fife.
No Limits - Keilder Holiday 2012
www.nolimitssportsclub.org.uk/ / 01506 855 914
Awarded £13,400 for holiday breaks for children and young people with disabilities living in Edinburgh, Fife, Stirling and West Lothian.
Clackmannanshire, Falkirk & Stirling
Carers Centre (Falkirk and Clackmannanshire) – Short Breaks for Adult Carers and Personalised Breaks for Young Carers TTL
www.carersfalkirk.org.uk / 01324 611 510
Awarded £20,849 to provide direct funding to carers living in Falkirk and Clackmannashire to access short breaks. Carers can apply directly for this funding.
Crossroads Caring Scotland (Dalriada & The Isles) - Children's Holiday Breaks
www.crossroads-scotland.co.uk / 01546 603 082
Awarded £8,000 for a home based service during school holidays to carers in rural West Stirlingshire.
No Limits - Keilder Holiday 2011
http://nolimitssportsclub.org.uk / 01506 855 914
Awarded £13,400 for holiday breaks for children and young people with disabilities living in Edinburgh, Fife, Stirling and West Lothian.
PLUS - Count Me In
www.plus-stirling.org.uk / 01786 450 086
Awarded £50,000 to develop a flexible care service for carers of children with disabilities living in Stirling, Clackmannanshire and Falkirk. The project will pilot an on-line booking system developed by KIDS.
Argyll & Bute
Argyll & Bute Carers Network - TTL
www.abcn.org.uk / 01436 673 444
Awarded £11,226 to develop a short breaks fund for Argyll & Bute carers. Carers can apply to this fund for a short break of their choosing.
PRT North Argyll Carers Centre - TTL
www.carers.org/nargyll / 01631 564 422
Awarded £9,955 to develop a short breaks fund for the most isolated carers in North Argyll. Carers can apply to this fund for a short break of their choosing.
Achievement Bute - Holiday Shorts
01700 505 558
Awarded £16,000 to support families and carers of children with disabilities from the Isle of Bute.
East & West Dunbartonshire
Bield Housing Association - Whitehill Court Evening Opportunities
www.bield.co.uk / 0141 270 7279
Awarded £13,329 to develop evening breaks for carers of people with Dementia living in East Dunbartonshire.
Y Sort It - Young Carers Group
www.ysortit.com / 0141 941 3308
Awarded £16,543 for young carers in West Dunbartonshire to go to Disneyland Paris.
The PRT Carers of West Dunbartonshire - Out of the Blue
www.carers.org/local-centre/dunbartonshire / 0141 941 1550
Awarded £16,000 to support the flexible respite scheme.
East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire Carers Centre – Your Breaks Your Way
www.carers.org / 01563 571 533
Awarded £25,000 to provide short breaks to East Ayrshire carers at their facilities Carlogie House and Dalmellington House.
Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley
Buddies Club Playscheme Glasgow West Ltd. - Adventure Breaks
0141 434 0249
Awarded £15,000 for adventure breaks for children and young people with disabilities living in East Dunbartonshire and Glasgow.
Enable Glasgow - Balshagray Emergency Short Stay Initiative
www.enableglasgow.org.uk / 0141 332 7420
Awarded £11,169 for emergency short stay placements for people with learning disabilities living in Glasgow.
Geeza Break – Kinship Services
www.geezabreak.org.uk / 0141 573 2900
Awarded £11,124 to provide short break services to kinship carers living in Glasgow.
Glasgow Association of Mental Health- Calm Project
www.gamh.org.uk / 0141 404 3769
Awarded £10,787 for the provision of mindfulness groups to mental health carers living in Glasgow.
Princess Royal Trust Glasgow South East Carers Centre - Young Carers
www.carers.org / 0141 423 0728
Awarded £7,400 for activities for young carers living in South East Glasgow.
Quarriers – Chavey Chill Out
www.quarriers.org.uk / 01505 616 112
Awarded £15,000 to develop a social networking group for young people with disabilities living in East Renfrewshire.
Renfrewshire Carers Centre – ADHD Respite Support
www.renfrewshirecarers.com / 0141 887 3643
Awarded £17,251 to provide groups for young people with ADHD living in Renfrewshire.
Strathclyde Autistic Society – Outdoor Kids Week
www.autismstrathclyde.org / 0141 420 3315
Awarded £5,686 to take young people with autism from Glasgow to an outdoor centre in Aberfoyle.
The Linn Park Group – Calvert Trust Trip
0141 649 1825
Awarded £8,845 to take group of young people with disabilities living in Glasgow and East Renfrewshire to the Calvert Trust Centre.
The PRT Greater Pollok Carers Centre – TTL
www.volunteerglasgow.org / 0141 882 4712
Awarded £45,231 to provide direct funding to carers living in Glasgow to access short breaks. Carers can apply directly for this funding through their local Carers Centre.
The PRT Inverclyde Carers Centre – Short Breaks for Carers
www.inverclydecarerscentre.org.uk / 01475 735 180
Awarded £11,000 to expand their sitter service and group breaks to carers living in Inverclyde.
West Glasgow Grandparents Support Group – WGGG Short Breaks
0141 570 6799
Awarded £9,000 to take Kinship Carers and those they care for from Glasgow, West Dunbartonshire and East Dunbartonshire to Alton Towers.
The PRT East Renfrewshire Carers Centre - Carers Respite Support
www.eastrenfrewshirecarers.co.uk - 0141 638 4888
Awarded £3000 to provide short leisure opportunities for older carers.
North & South Lanarkshire
Larkhall Youth Group – Residential Breaks
01698 793 419
Awarded £12,360 to develop new residential breaks for young people with disabilities living in South Lanarkshire.
The Haven – Haven @ Home
01698 727884
Awarded £17,637 to provide home-based respite for carers in North and South Lanarkshire who are caring for someone in the terminal phase of a life limiting illness.
The PRT Lanarkshire Carers Centre – TTL
www.carers.org/lanarkshire / 01698 428 090
Awarded £33,330 to provide direct funding to carers living North Lanarkshire to access short breaks. Carers can apply directly for this funding.
Edinburgh and the Lothians
Care for Carers - Stepping Out
www.care4carers.org.uk / 0131 661 2077
Awarded £25,000 for residential breaks for carers in Edinburgh and the Lothians.
Carers of West Lothian - Time Out Project TTL
www.carers-westlothian.com / 01506 771 750
Awarded £12,303 for direct funding to carers in West Lothian.
Epilepsy Scotland - Lighthouse Short Breaks Service
www.epilepsyscotland.org.uk / 0141 427 4911
Awarded £28,000 to develop a sitter service / out of home care service for carers of children and young people with epilepsy living in Edinburgh, East Lothian and West Lothian.
Leuchie House – Day Respite
www.leuchiehouse.org.uk / 01620 892 864
Awarded £28,650 to develop short day respite facilities for people with physical disabilities.
Multi Cultural Family Base – Nhamtok Project
www.mcfb.org.uk / 0131 467 7052
Awarded £11,245 to develop a culturally sensitive young carers group for BME females in Edinburgh.
No Limits - Keilder Holiday 2011
www.nolimitssportsclub.org.uk / 01506 855 914
Awarded £13,400 for holiday breaks for children and young people with disabilities living in Edinburgh, Fife, Stirling and West Lothian.
NSF (Scotland) Edinburgh Carers Support Project
www.supportinmindscotland.org.uk/ / 0131 662 2280
Awarded £3,745 to access storytelling workshops for carers of people with mental health problems living in Edinburgh and the Lothians.
The Yard Adventure Centre - The Social Club
www.theyardscotland.org.uk / 0131 476 4506
Awarded £13,189 for a club for young people with disabilities living in Edinburgh.
VOCAL - Short Breaks Fund TTL
www.vocal.org.uk / 0131 622 7620
Awarded £41,921 to provide direct funding to carers living in Edinburgh and Midlothian to access short breaks. Carers can apply directly for this funding.
Scottish Borders
Interest Link Borders - Children's Service
www.interestlink.org.uk / 01573 410 760
Awarded £20,072 for befriending services for children with learning disabilities living in the Scottish Borders.
Dumfries and Galloway
PRT Dumfries & Galloway Carers Centre - TTL
www.carers.org/local-centre/dumfries / 01387 248 600
Awarded £16,997 to develop a short breaks fund for Dumfries and Galloway carers, as well as £11,150 to support carers to identify a break of their choosing. Carers can apply to directly to this fund.
Support in Mind - Carers Support
www.supportinmindscotland.org.uk / 0131 662 4359
Awarded £16,000 to enable carers of people with poor mental health to visit a West End show in London.
The Richmond Fellowship Scotland - D & G Shared Lives
www.trfs.org.uk / 0845 013 6300
Awarded £13,760 to recruit and support families who provide care and support to care recipients.
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