Information for parents

Short Breaks services are an opportunity for disabled children and young people to have fun, gain independence, learn, and develop new skills, while families get to take a much needed break from 24-hour caring.

Every disabled child or young person and their family has the right to short breaks. Action for Children offers community short breaks in London Boroughs of Camden and Islington.

For Camden residents
You can go through the Shorts break
Telephone: 020 7974 4181
or through your social worker or Disabled Children's team

For Islington residents
You can go through the Shorts breaks 020 7527 8611
or through your social worker or Disabled Children's team

We need you to complete our registration forms which covers an overview of your child, photo and data consent, medication consent & medical card, sun cream permission.

EHCP- Education, Health, Care plan
Behaviour plan if applicable 
Dietary plans if applicable
Gastro Plans if applicable
Any specialist plans such as positioning

Your child will not be able to start until we have all of this information

When your child attends, they need to bring

- Healthy packed lunch - **NO NUTS,** no fizzy drinks, no chocolate

- Spare clothes

- Personal care items - nappies, sanitary towels

- Medications - emergency and daily if needs to be taken while with us (consent form needs to be completed for us to be able to administer

- Spring/Summer- sun cream (if not using ours - we need you to have signed consent form), hats, swim wear

- Winter -hats, scarfs, wellies - if your child will wear them

Clothes wearing & spare- have to be labelled

Ring the office number: 0207 278 7966 - 24 hours before if possible

Cancellations done on the morning or when the bus rings you will still be charged to your budget due to the fact we book in staff to cover the number of children attending.