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Improving short breaks provision for people with
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Events Shared Care Scotland holds regular events throughout Scotland to enhance knowledge, understanding and best practice in short breaks. Find out more here.

Planning & Funding Your Short Break If you’re thinking about a short break, here’s where to find out more about how to plan it, and your options for funding your break.

Planning & Funding Your Short Break

Short Breaks Directory Our online directory lists over 400 short breaks services across Scotland. You can search for breaks by area, type of service, and the care needs they support.

Short Breaks Directory

Respitality Respitality – Respite + Hospitality – originated in the USA and provides a unique way for Carers Centres and the Scottish Hospitality sector to work together to provide short breaks to full-time unpaid carers.

Learning Exchange The Short Breaks Fund Learning Exchange is a programme to build evidence of what works within short breaks.

Learning Exchange

Short Breaks Fund The Short Breaks Fund provides grants to third sector organisations in Scotland to increase the range, availability and choice of short breaks for carers and those they care for across Scotland.

Short Breaks Fund

Resources A comprehensive set of resources, tools and publications covering all areas of short breaks.

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