Support for grant holders
We work in partnership with our grant holders, providing a range of support and guidance to ensure that your project achieves the greatest possible impact for the people you support. We do this in various ways including:
- 1:1 support
- learning events
- project visits
We also encourage our grant holders to keep in touch. Please don’t hesitate to contact us to share good news, ask for advice or discuss any aspect of your funded project.
Reporting
Grant holders are required to submit a mid-grant impact report halfway through the project period and an end-of-grant impact report after the project has concluded. We send guidance on the report formats and how to complete them nearer the time.
The mid-grant impact report is a light-touch update on progress. It's chance for you to share your successes as well as any challenges encountered and is submitted to the Short Breaks Fund team.
The end-of-grant impact report is a more detailed review of what you have achieved over the course of the year and includes case studies that demonstrate the impact your project has made to carers and those that they care for.
These reports are a vital source of information and learning. They enable us to monitor and evaluate the performance of the fund, ensuring that it is doing what it sets out to do.
Crucially, your reports also help inform other areas of Shared Care Scotland’s work, such as influencing policy and practice at all levels.
Our approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI)
At Shared Care Scotland, we are committed to transparency and accountability in the administration of the Short Breaks Fund. In line with this, we wish to acknowledge that Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, such as language models, may be used to support the drafting and preparation of funding and related documentation, including funding applications and preparation of mid-grant and end-of-year grant impact reports.
Find out more about our approach to AI usage.
Acknowledging funding
We encourage grant holders to publicise their funded project. Please let us know if you are planning any events or press coverage so that we can provide support. You can email us at comms@sharedcarescotland.com. If you are posting on social media about your project, please use #ShortBreaksFund.
Using the logo
Projects funded through Creative or Better Breaks will be provided with a copy of the Shared Care Scotland and Short Breaks Fund logos during the grant award process. The Short Breaks Fund logo should be included:
- in your annual report that covers the funded year
- on your organisation’s website
- when advertising the project
Where it is not possible to include the logo, please acknowledge the fund with this statement:
Funded by the Short Breaks Fund
Find our transparent background logo here.
Adding your service to the directory
The Shared Care Scotland short breaks directory provides online access to short breaks information to carers, people with care needs, and organisations that work with them.
Many local authorities signpost the Shared Care Scotland directory as a source of good quality information as part of their Short Breaks Services Statement. With this in mind, we would encourage you to add your short break service or project to the directory.
Better Breaks
"We continue to appreciate not only the funding that short breaks provides but also the supportive and helpful team coordinating the Short Breaks fund. Everyone has been extremely helpful and supportive."Better Breaks funded project
Creative Breaks
"We welcome working with the Short Breaks Fund team, they are approachable, helpful and friendly. The funding allows us to be creative and model the project around ongoing feedback. The team offer flexibility which is vital due to outside pressures."Creative Breaks funded project