Deadline: 25-May-23
The Shared Care Scotland is seeking applications for the 2023 Creative Breaks Programme to increase the range, availability, and choice of short breaks for carers and those they care for across Scotland.
Creative Breaks is a funding programme of the Short Breaks Fund, operated by Shared Care Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government. The Short Breaks Fund aims to make a lasting positive impact to carers and the people that they care for, to funded organisations, and to wider short breaks policy and practice.
The Creative Breaks programme provides grant funding to third sector organisations to develop and deliver short breaks projects and services for unpaid carers of adults (aged 21 years and over) and young carers (caring for children or adults), and the people that they care for. For the purposes of determining eligibility, the meaning of (adult) carer and young carer is defined by the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016.
The Creative Breaks programme funds a wide range of different short breaks activities including breaks away, days out, and/or regular activities. To be eligible for Creative Breaks funding, activities must be designed to enable carers to have a life outside or alongside their caring role, and to support their health and wellbeing.
Funding Information
- A total of around £1.1 million is available for the 2023 round of the Creative Breaks funding programme. Grants are for 12 months only. The funding period is 1 October 2023 – 30 September 2024 and all funded activities must take place within this period.
- Grants will be awarded in September 2023. The maximum grant award is £35,000, however please be aware that the average grant award in previous years has been around £15,000. If you are an unincorporated organisation, please note that the maximum grant that you can apply for is £10,000.
Outcomes
The Creative Breaks programme seeks to achieve three key outcomes, you must show how your project will contribute directly to the achievement of at least two of these outcomes:
- Carers will have more opportunities to enjoy a life outside of their caring role.
- Carers will feel better supported to sustain their caring role.
- Carers and the people they care for will have improved wellbeing.
Funded Activities
- The Creative Breaks programme provides funding for projects and services that enable carers and the people that they care for to access short breaks. Short breaks give carers and the people that they care for a much-needed break from the caring routine. Short breaks give carers and the people that they care for the space to rest, to be themselves, and to be refreshed by engaging in outside interests and hobbies, holidays, and other fun activities.
- As the name suggests, the Creative Breaks programme seeks to encourage creative thinking in the design and delivery of short breaks. Applicants to the Creative Breaks programme are encouraged to develop new and different ways to enable carers and the people they care for to take a break from the daily caring routine.
- We welcome applications for existing projects and activities that are ‘tried and tested’, and for new projects and activities. We do fund pilot projects and projects with an element of development activity in them; however, every funded project must deliver short breaks for carers and the people that they care for within the funded period.
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible organisations must:
- be a third sector (voluntary) organisation operating in Scotland.
- be a registered charity OR a constituted organisation that has only charitable purpose(s) and that delivers public benefit
- hold all relevant registrations, policies and procedures required for your work in place (e.g., PVG checks, safeguarding, Care Inspectorate registration etc.)
- have appropriate and effective governance and financial management arrangements, and a bank account in the name of the organisation that requires at least two signatories.
- Eligible organisations can apply for more than one grant, provided the projects are in different local authority areas and/or for different groups of beneficiaries.
- We welcome applications from organisations and projects that are currently or have previously been funded by Creative Breaks and/or other Short Breaks Fund programmes, as well as from organisations that are new to the fund.
- We also welcome applications from organisations that have previously made unsuccessful applications to the fund.
Ineligible
- Individual carers or families
- Statutory/public bodies
- For-profit organisations
For more information, visit Shared Care Scotland.