Creative Breaks Programme - Funded Projects
Creative Breaks is funded by the Scottish Government as part of their commitment to the development of Short Breaks for the benefit of carers and those they care for.
The programme will distribute a little under £1m of grants to third sector organisations for the provision of breaks.
The purpose of the Creative Breaks Grant Programme is to improve the range, choice and availability of short breaks so that carers and the people they care for have a better quality of life and feel better supported in their caring relationship.
We know that having a short break can make an enormous difference to carers and the people they care for by providing the space to rest, to be themselves, to pursue a hobby, catch up with friends or just relax and recharge. For some people a short break is something they enjoy having together, and for others it is enjoying quality time apart. In particular, we are keen for this fund to be an opportunity to pilot different approaches to the development of personalised short breaks or to embed existing good practice, to support the redesign of services and to stimulate the exchange of good practice.
For more information about the Short Breaks Fund contact the Short Breaks Fund Manager on 01383 622 462.
Below is a list of projects that were funded in the Creative Breaks Programme in October 2012. 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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Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray
Falikirk, Stirling and Clackmannanshire
Glasgow and East Dunbartonshire
North, South, and East Ayrshire
Scotland Wide
Alzheimer Scotland TTL
Awarded £31,200 to provide short break grants to individual carers of people with dementia
www.alzscot.org / 0808 808 3000 / Julie Millar
HIV-AIDS Carers & Family Service Provider Scotland
Awarded £3,600 to provide caravan holidays for families affected by HIV/AIDS
www.hiv-aids-carers.org.uk / 0141 445 8797 / Mary Robertson
Scottish Huntington's Association
Awarded £20,000 to run a summer camp for 55 young carers of adults with Huntingtom's
www.hdscotland.org / 0141 848 0308 / Valerie Ross
Scottish Spina Bifida Association
Awarded £15,000 to host a residential weekend break for carers of adults with spina bifida
www.ssba.org.uk / 01236 794500 / Diane Waugh
Down's Syndrome Scotland TTL
Awarded £22,815 to provide short breaks grants to individual carers of adults with Down's syndrome
www.dsscotland.org.uk / 0131 313 4225 / Sarah Van Putten
MND Scotland TTL
Awarded £5,000 to provide short breaks grants to carers of people with Motor Neurone Disease
www.mndscotland.org.uk / 0141 945 1077 / Virginia Hewitt
Sense Scotland TTL
Awarded £13,186 to provide short break grants to individual carers of people with complex communication support need
www.sensescotland.org.uk / 0141 429 0294 / Isabel McLachlan
Support in Mind Scotland TTL
Awarded £25,480 to provide short break grants to individual carers of people with a mental illness
www.supportinmindscotland.org.uk / 0131 662 4359 / Frances Simpson
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray
Aberdeen Association of Social Service TTL
Awarded 20,231 to provide short breaks grants to individual carers in Aberdeen
www.vsa.org.uk / 01224 212021 / Diane McCabe
Aberdeen Association of Social Service TTL
Awarded £19,775 to provide short breaks grants to individual carers in Aberdeenshire
www.vsa.org.uk / 01224 212021 / Diane McCabe
BIG Group
Awarded £6,000 to pilot a project of individualised short breaks for 6 families with complex care responsibilities in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, and Moray
www.big-grampian.org.uk / 019755 81415 / Joke Wardle
Kincardine & Deeside Befriending
Awarded £20,000 to develop a befreinding scheme for 20 people with dementia in Aberdeenshire
www.kdbefriending.org.uk / 01569 765714 / Brigitte Mathews
Quarriers TTL
Awarded £19,794 to provide short break grants to individual carers in Moray
www.quarriers.org.uk / 01505 612224/616000 / Anna McTaggart
Angus
Angus Carers Centre
Awarded £27,978 to establish new support services for carers in Angus
www.anguscarers.co.uk / 01241 439157 / Mhairi Blyth
Argyll and Bute
Argyll & Bute Carers Network TTL
Awarded £21,000 to provide short break grants to individual carers in Argyll and Bute
www.carersnet.org/contact/memberorgs.php / 01631 562 689 / Tricia Morrison
Dumfries and Galloway
The Princes Royal Trust for Carers, Dumfries & Galloway TTL
Awarded £28,147 to provide short breaks grants to individual carers in Dumfries and Galloway
www.carers.org/local-service/dumfries / 01387 248600 / Claudine Brindle
Dundee
Amina Muslim Womens Resource Centre
Awarded £27,203 to provide befriending and activities to isolated BME carers
www.mwrc.org.uk / 0808 801 0301 / Smina Akhtar
Edinburgh and The Lothians
East Lothian Young Carers Ltd
Awarded £23,555 to run holiday clubs and family days out to support young carers
www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/finding-help-where-you-live/item/1594-east-lothian-young-carers / 0131 665 8990 / Sarah Davies
CA(I)RE Programme
Awarded £10,000 to provide activities and friendship for 30 older carers
www.ericliddell.org/services/caire-programme / 0131 447 4520 / Julie McEwan
Care for Carers
Awarded £15,000 to provide residential weekends and social events for carers
www.care4carers.org.uk / 0131 661 6192 / Ruth MacLennan
Caring in Craigmillar
Awarded £11,219 to run residential holiday breaks for cared-for older people
www.caringincraigmillar-daysupport.co.uk / 0131 659 2920 / Midge Lamb
Edinburgh Young Carers Project
Awarded £8,500 to provide a residential short break for young carers
www.youngcarers.org.uk / 0131 475 2322 / Audrey Peacocke
LifeCare Edinburgh Ltd
Awarded £11,600 to pilot a a short breaks service for 50 carers of people with dementia
www.lifecare-edinburgh.org.uk / 0131 343 0941 / Su Millar
Multi Cultural Family Base
Awarded £14,500 to provide social and cultural activities for young carers from BME communities
www.mcfb.org.uk / 0131 467 7052 / Bina Chaudhry
NSF (Scotland) Edinburgh Carer Support Project
Awarded £4,000 to run a story telling project for 12 carers of people with mental illness
www.supportinmindscotland.org.uk / 0131 662 4359 / Lorraine Keith
The Yard Adventure Centre
Awarded £8,707 to run a Saturday evening social club for young adults with a disability
www.theyardscotland.org.uk / 0131 476 4506 / Jenny MacDonald
VOCAL - Voice of Carers Across Lothian TTL
Awarded £32,257 to provide short breaks grants to individual carers in Edinburgh. Also awarded £11,700 to provide short breaks grants to individual carers in Midlothian
www.vocal.org.uk / 0131 622 6666 / Seb Fischer or Julie Gardner
Epilepsy Scotland
Awarded £15,000 to support 20 families of children with serious epilepsy in Edinburgh, East Lothian and West Lothian
www.epilepsyscotland.org.uk / 0808 8002200 / Debbie MacKinnon
PASDA
Awarded £2,460 to provide social activities for 48 carers of adults with autism in Edinburgh, East Lothian, and West Lothian
www.pasda.org.uk / 0131 220 1075 / Karina Williams
No Limits
Awarded £11,500 to run a family residential short break for 20 carers and disabled young people to Kielder.
nolimitssportsclub.org.uk / 01506 855914 / Paul Weddell
Carers of West Lothian TTL
Awarded £12,500 to provide short breaks grants to individual carers in West Lothian
www.carers-westlothian.com / 01506 771750 / Mary-Denise McKernan
Barnardo's Scotland
Awarded £2,000 to provide support for young carers of a disabled sibling in West Lothian
www.barnardos.org.uk/what_we_do/who_we_are/scotland.htm / 01506 656325 / Fiona Main
Falikirk, Stirling and Clackmannanshire
See No Limts entry in the Edinburgh section
PRT Carers Centre (Falkirk & Clackmannanshire) TTL
Awarded £21,430 to provide short break grants to individual carers in Falkirk and Clackmannanshire
www.carers.org/local-service/falkirk / 01324 611510 / Agnes McMillan
PRT Stirling Carers Centre
Awarded £9,809 to provide a group break to London for 20 young carers
www.carers.org/local-service/stirling / 01786 447 003 / James Marshall
PLUS
Awarded £15,348 to provide individualised short breaks for 20 disabled children
www.plus-stirling.org.uk / 01786 450086 / Susan Rodger
Fife
See No Limts entry in the Edinburgh section
CVS Fife ( Council for Voluntary Service Fife) TTL
Awarded £39,879 to provide short break grants to individual carers in Fife
www.cvsfife.org / 01592 567001 / Carol Patrick
Respite Fife
Awarded £5,969 to provide short-notice breaks to carers of adults with a learning disability
www.respite-fife.org.uk / 01592 269399 / Heather Cleave
Glasgow and East Dunbartonshire
Bield Housing Association
Awarded £9,000 to provide an evening respite service for people with dementia
www.bield.co.uk / 0131 273 4000 / Kevin Rowe
ENABLE Glasgow
Awarded £5,490 to contribute to the cost of an emergency resptie project
www.enableglasgow.org.uk / 0141 332 7420 / Colin Menabney
Geeza Break
Awarded £10,000 to provide youth club places and after school activities for children of kinship care families
www.geezabreak.org.uk / 0141 573 2900 / Doreen Paterson
Kinship for The Future North
Awarded £14,700 to run a short holiday break for 30 kinship care families
0141 336 3317 / Jean Forrester
Quarriers
Awarded £10,725 to provide activities for young carers and young people who live with kinship carers
www.quarriers.org.uk / 01505 612224/616000 / Anna McTaggart
Support in Mind Scotland
Awarded £4,000 to provide short breaks for carers of people with mental illness in Glasgow
www.supportinmindscotland.org.uk / 0131 662 4359 / Alistair Henry
West Glasgow Grandparents Kinship Carers
Awarded £10,500 to provide a caravan break for 16 kinship care families
www.wggg.org.uk / 07950 229384 / Charlotte Reid
Buddies Clubs and Services (Glasgow West Ltd)
Awarded £6,692 to pilot personalised short breaks for 6 young people with complex disabilities
http://buddiesclubs.designedbyoomph.co.uk/ / 0141 434 0201 / Jane Hook
Highland
CHILDREN 1ST
Awarded £21,000 to develop support and short breaks for kinship carers
www.children1st.org.uk / 0131 446 2300 / Les Hood
Highland Community Care Forum TTL
Awarded £25,000 to provide short break grants to individual carers in Highland
www.highlandcommunitycareforum.org.uk / 01463 723561 / Tina Morrow
SNAP
Awarded £14,000 to provide activities and overnight short breaks for 24 young adults with complex support needs. Also awarded £7,500 to provide daytime and residential activities for disabled children
www.snapinverness.com / 01463 233006 / Sharon Fraser
North and South Lanarkshire
Parkinson's Self Help Group (North Lanarkshire)
Awarded £8,320 to provide complementary therapies to carers of people with Parkinson's disease in North lanarkshire
www.parkinsonselfhelp.org.uk / 01236 766350 / Alison Reynolds
SpeakEasy
Awarded £7,200 to provide a group short break for carers of people affected by laryngectomy in North and South Lanarkshire
01555 893184 / Ann Muir
The Haven
Awarded £19,872 to provide complementary therapies at home to people with life limiting conditions and their carers in North and South Lanarkshire
www.thehavencentre.com / 01698 727884 / Connie Postlethwaite
North, South, and East Ayrshire
British Red Cross
Awarded £18,107 to support carers of people with Huntington's in North, South and East Ayrshire
www.redcross.org.uk / 01292 293946 / Robert Noble
Orkney
Crossroads Orkney TTL
Awarded £2,500 to provide short break grants to individual carers on Orkney
www.crossroadsorkney.co.uk / 01856 87 0500 / Olivia Tait
Perth and Kinross
PKAVS Young Carers Project
Awarded £12,421 to run a homework and activities club for young carers
www.pkavs.org.uk / 01738 567076 / Raymond Jamieson
Scottish Borders
Interest Link Borders
Awarded £13,865 to provide befriending for adults with a learning disability
www.interestlink.org.uk / 01573 410760 / Andrew Findlay
New Horizons Borders
Awarded £14,764 to run 4 residential weekends for carers of people with a mental illness and those they care for
www.newhorizonsborders.co.uk / 01896 755510 / Lisa Archibald
PRT Borders Carers Centre TTL
Awarded £13,000 to provide short break grants to individual carers in Scottish Borders
www.carers.org/local-service/galashiels / 01896 752431 / Fiona Morrison
Shetland
Voluntary Action Shetland TTL
Awarded £2,403 to provide short break grants to individual carers on Shetland
www.shetland-communities.org.uk/subsites/vas / 01595 743900 / Jo Jack
West Dunbartonshire
Y Sort It - Youth Info & Support Networks
Awarded £13,208 to run 3 residential activity breaks to benefit 40 young carers
http://ysortit.com / 0141 941 3308 / Gillian Kirkwood
Western Isles
Crossroads Lewis Care Attendant Scheme
Awarded £12,890 to provide a short breaks service to carers on Lewis
crossroadslewis.co.uk / 01851 705422 / Nicky Cowsill
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