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Stepping Out – Short Breaks for Carers

Care for Carers
Stepping Out Residential Short Respite Breaks for Carers
Jacqui Mackay
Care 4 Carers
St Margaret's House
Room 4.25
151 London Road
Edinburgh
EH7 6BR
0131 661 2077
The office is staffed on a part-time basis but most messages are responded to within one working day.
0131 661 6192
admin@care4carers.org.uk
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Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Dundee City, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, East Renfrewshire, Edinburgh City, Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow City, Highland, Inverclyde, Midlothian, Moray, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Orkney Islands, Perth and Kinross, Renfrewshire, Scottish Borders, Shetland Islands, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, West Dunbartonshire, West Lothian, Western Isles
Carer Breaks
Carer Support
Young People, Adults, Older Adults
16
Applications for places are accepted from across Scotland.
Carers can refer directly themselves as can all professionals and practitioners across agencies. We require a simple application form to be completed for each break requested.

Young carers can be allocated a place as long as they are coming on the respite break with an adult guardian, carer or parent.
Places cannot be allocated to former carers.
Our Residential breaks are taken in a variety of different venues, from outdoor leisure accommodation, private guesthouses and quiet retreats. Breaks take place across Scotland, visiting Cities, rural and urban settings, along with our visits to the Scottish Islands of Coll and Lismore. Some of our breaks are themed (Astronomy, retreat, women's only, event Specific). This gives the carer a chance to choose a break that suits them best.
Breaks offer a variety of workshops, therapy sessions, activities, events and the opportunity to share meals, have a rest and socialise with other carers.
We pride ourselves in providing our carers with a relaxed, stress free break, our carers have told us that they feel more relaxed, less stressed and have had a positive and enjoyable experience. They look forward to their residential weekend with us every year, telling us that they feel 'Looked after'.

Stepping Out®™ is open and accessible to all cultures.
We will cater for specific diet needs and can work to support carers with their own religious or cultural needs over the course of the break.
Stepping Out is an organised, structured residential break for carers.
Most of our breaks take place over the weekend's, either a 2 or 3 night stay, however we do have a couple of mid week breaks also.
The breaks are fully inclusive from when we leave until we arrive back, so that we look after the carer from start to finish, ensuring they feel looked after.
The respite needs of carers is a vital part of supporting families to stay together and carers to care for longer in the community.

Since 2000 Care for Carers have been developing and running ‘ Stepping Out®™ ’ short residential breaks for carers. We aim to provide a rolling programme of breaks from March to November, but depending on funding this may be more. We can cater for up to 22 carers on each break, some trips are much smaller groups of 6-8, depending on the venue and destination.

The breaks are structured, organised and managed to give each carer the type of break where they can relax and enjoy the freedom of being away from their caring responsibilities. The breaks incorporate educational, therapeutic, emotional and social support for carers. Although we provide a full programme of organised activities, these are not obligatory and carers are welcome to spend the time relaxing or doing what they would like.

Workshops vary depending on the specific break, some will include a physical activity such as Tai Chi, exercise class, guided walks, however, this will be in the description of the trip so that the carer can select the most suitable for their own needs. Other workshops may involve Mindfulness, Relaxation techniques, Confidence Building, Stress Management, Food and Nutrition, Astronomy and Space Science, Singing for relaxation or Arts and Crafts. There are often trips to places of interest and plenty of time to socialise.

Applications for places are accepted from across Scotland.  We will endeavor to place the carer on the most suitable trip for their needs and availability, we ask them to give us their 1st and 2nd choices and will try where ever possible to match with one of those.

Stepping Out has a number of free places for carers from across Scotland with all residential, activity and catering costs included. Free places will always be allocated first.
Places may be prioritised for specific carer groups depending on funding streams. However, carers are encouraged to access Self Directed Support payments or Time to Live funds and other sources of funding to support the cost of their place if needed. This enables us to offer more places to carers once our 'free' allocation has been used up.
If a carer would like to purchase either an additional place or the free spaces have all been already allocated, then the subsidised cost of a carer place on Stepping Out®™ varies depending on which break the carer is interested in. Please contact us for up to date pricing information
The residential breaks are inclusive of travel, residential, catering and activity costs. Allocations of places are made after taking everything into consideration for suitability of each trip.
Unfortunately we cannot provide respite costs for the cared for person at home.
Transport from the meeting point onwards is covered, the point of contact varies for each break.
The weekend is run by up to 4 residential leaders, depending on the size of group, who are available all weekend to give information, emotional and informal support to carers over the course of the break. The service has been evaluated and highly recommended by carers, especially in connecting them to other carers, making friendships and enjoying themselves without any caring responsibilities to worry about.
Stepping Out ®™ is open to carers from across all areas of Scotland.
Care for Carers
OSCR, Investing in Volunteers
Single, Twin
Level entry wet floor shower
We have a number of different venues and each will have different standards from being fully accessible to partly accessible, please contact us for more information on the venue.
Level entry to premises or ramp available, Parking available by premises, Accessible bedroom(s) on the ground floor, Accessible bedroom(s) on the upper floors (lift available)

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