Short breaks for carers

Policy and guidance for families who care for an adult and use our short breaks services. You can also use our booking form to apply for your short break stay.

Guidance and booking

Important information

Please use the table below as a guide for your booking request dates. If we're unable to accommodate any of your requests, we may suggest alternative date(s) – subject to availability.

Non-flexible booking requests should only be used for dates or periods you consider to be 'non-flexible'. In all cases, these should be supported by further explanation and the service will consider if the request reason/purpose fulfils the risk criteria to be considered under exceptional circumstance(s).

Due to Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) systems that remain in situ to keep all of our service users safe, all check-in and check-out arrangements will be co-ordinated on either a Monday, Wednesday, or Friday*

* Note: There are no restrictions on the number of nights taken, as long as they fall within your allocation. Regular requests for weekend bookings (Friday to Monday) may not always be possible and will depend on service availability.

We understand how important it is for you to secure a short break stay. The above guidance supports us to plan and manage service resource and capacity more effectively, increasing opportunities for all our service users to secure a short break stay with us.

The application form is now closed. The deadline to submit applications was 4 January 2026.