We have a winner!

Congratulations to Jane Hewitt of Worcester!

She has won a night for two in a top Bristol hotel and two passes to Explore-at-Bristol after entering our Tell A Friend competition.

Read more about Jane and her short break caring in the forthcoming edition of share .

 

Give me a break . . .

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On 7 October we launched our Tell A Friend campaign, Give me a break.. . , to encourage existing short break carers to tell their friends, family and colleagues about the need for more short break carers.

We are encouraging existing short break carers to send a Tell a friend postcard.pdf postcard to anyone they think may be interested in finding out more about becoming a short break carer. Further infomation is also available from Become a short break carer

In our Fourth national survey 2007 73% of schemes said word of mouth was the most effective method to recruit short break carers. This has increased since the last survey, when 60% of schemes stated that this was the most effective method. Our research has also shown that many short break carers already knew the child before they became a short break carer.

If existing providers and recipients of short breaks 'Tell A Friend' about the rewarding role they can play in the lives of a disabled child and their family, we can reach our target to double the number of disabled children receiving a short break by 2012.

Success stories
If you have successfully recruited one of your friends as a short break carer we would love to hear from you.