Holidays and respite breaks
It can be difficult to arrange a break if you have a mental health problem or care for someone who does. This page details organisations offering holidays and respite breaks for individuals and families in this situation.
The Crescent Residential Care Home is a registered care home in Newquay, Cornwall, for people with mental disorder aged 25 and older.
Tel: 01637 874493
Email: cresent874493@hotmail.com
Four Seasons - planned and emergency respite services in a homely environment provided by national care home providers. Specialist mental health respite services in Belfast, Hartlepool, Londonderry and Stockport.
Penumbra Respite Care offers respite care in Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Contact for Edinburgh Tel: 0131 313 5081 or email: cairdeashouse@yahoo.co.uk
For Aberdeen Tel: 01224 623 291 or e-mail north@penumbra.org.uk
The Kiloran Trust in West London provides residential and supportive breaks for carers. Accommodation is for four or five people at one time.
Tel: 020 7602 7404 or email: info@kilorantrust.org.uk
The Maytree Respite Centre is a respite centre for people in crisis, offering somewhere to stay for a few nights and someone to talk to. It can be accessed one time only.
Tel: 020 7263 7070
Email: maytree@maytree.org.uk
Orme House, Llandudo. Registered Residential home, providing accommodation & support for fourteen older adults with mental illness and complex needs.
Tel: 01492 877024
Email: ormehouse@potensial.co.uk
The Orchard Centre, Epsom Surrey: provides activity-focused care and mental health support, including respite care, for people aged 50 or over in a safe and stress-free environment.
Tel: 01372 730090
Email: orchard.centre@careuk.com
Respite House Bolton aims to provide a supportive alternative for people with mental health needs who are facing a time in their lives when they or their families/carers need to seek respite.
Tel: 01204 337 830
Benfield Hall, Sunderland provides both planned and crisis respite care. Service users are often referred for a short stay as an alternative to hospital admission during a mental health crisis.
Tel: 01207 591020
E-mail: sbh@mentalhealthcare.co.uk
Oakfield, Tracscare, Cheltenham is in the countryside of Gloucestershire near the Cotswolds.
Tel: 08701 020202
E-mail: info@tracscare.co.uk
Charities which provide direct holidays
The Family Holiday Association is a small UK-wide charity which helps around 1000 disadvantaged children and their families to have a holiday each year.
Address: 16 Mortimer Street, London, W1T 3JL
Tel: 020 7436 3304
Email: info@fhaonline.org.uk
Web: www.fhaonline.org.uk
Charitable trusts which provide funding towards a holiday
The Margaret Champney Rest and Holiday Fund (Part of the Ogilvies Charities) is a trust fund that gives small grants to carers.
The Ogilvies Charities.
Address: The Gate House, 9 Burkitt Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4JJ
Tel: 01394 388746 Hours 9-4pm (closed 1-2pm) Monday – Friday
Email: ogilviecharities@btconnect.com
Web: www.theogilvietrust.org.uk
The Frederick Andrew Convalescent Trust provides one-off grants for women who require convalescence.
Address: c/o Karen Armitage, Solicitors, St Swithin‟s Square, Lincoln, LN2 1HB
Tel: 01522 512123
The Victoria Convalescent Trust Fund makes grants to pay for convalescence and periods of respite care for those who do not have the financial resources.
Contact the Trust for further details, or to obtain a form.
62 Wilson Street, London, EC2A 2BU
Tel: 0207 782 0007
Family Action makes grants to families and individuals in need. Funding is not made available for holidays but can be used to pay for carers services to give the carer a break.
Address: Grants Administrator, 501-505 Kingsland Road, London, E8 4AU
Tel: 020 7254 6251
Email: fwa.headoffice@fwa.org.uk
The R L Glasspool Charity Trust provides one-off grants to people in need for holidays.
Address: Administrator 182 Hoe Street, London, E17 4QH
Tel: 020 8520 4354
3H Fund (Help the handicapped holiday fund) provides grants for holidays.
Address: 147A Camden Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 2RA
Tel: 01892 547 474
Email: info@3hfund.org.uk
The League of the Helping Hand, for families who are in financial need through physical or mental illness.
The Secretary, LHH, PO Box 342, Burgess Hill, RH15 5AQ
Tel: 01444 236099
Email: secretary@lhh.org.uk
