Help & Advice Useful Services Respite Respite care is a chance for you and the person you are caring for to take a break. Ask your local authority for a carers’ assessment. This determines what help you might be able receive from social services, including respite care. In this section you can find a list of services that offer respite opportunities: National Happy Days Children’s Charity This charity can provide holidays or day out for children from 3-17 with a diagnosed SEN. Click here to visit website. KidsOut Provides disadvantaged children across the UK with exciting memories to cherish. Click here to visit website. Revitalise Leading UK provider of breaks and holidays for disabled people. They create lasting experiences that stay with guests long after returning home. Click here to visit website. Essex Essex Local Offer Information about services and local opportunities for children and young people with SEND in Essex. Click here to visit website. Accuro Accuro operates a Holiday Support Scheme during each school holiday for children aged 8-19 with a disability. This service provides opportunities to participate in a very wide range of leisure and social activities. Click here to visit website. Brighter Opportunities for Special People BOSP improves the lives of children and young adults with complex disabilities or life-limiting conditions, and their families, by providing high-quality, fun, educational activities, support and respite care. Click here to visit website Carers Choices Respite for carers in Essex, one of their highly qualified care workers can visit you at home or your loved one can attend one of their excellent day centres. Click here to visit website. Colchester Catalyst Colchester Catalyst has a list of respite care providers that they are in partnership with. Click here to visit website. Essex Respite and Care Association Provide care and respite for people with a mental health diagnosis and their carers. Click here to visit website. Families in Focus Periodically host special indulgence days for parent/carers of children with special needs. Also provide fun activities for brothers and sisters (age 8+) of a child with a disability or special needs. Click here to visit website. InterAct Interact offers support and activity opportunities in Essex. You can visit their website to view upcoming events and find more information on short breaks, overnight stays, and more. Click here to visit website. Provide Essex Palliative Care Children’s Respite Service (EPIC) provides short-break care within the home to children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. Click here to visit website. Short Breaks Essex Find and apply for short breaks and respite for disabled children in Essex. Enjoy time away together with days out, clubs, caravan breaks and more. Click here to visit website. Suffolk Suffolk Info Link Information about services and local opportunities for children and young people with SEND in Suffolk. Click here to visit website. Seesaw Child Services Activities and respite care for children with learning disabilities. Click here to visit website. Leading Lives Leading Lives is developing and delivering activities aimed at young people during the daytime, evening, weekends and for holiday experiences. Also offer a personal assistant service to support young people in the home and in the community to do the things that they want to do. Click here to visit website. Norfolk Norfolk Local Offer Information about services and local opportunities for children and young people with SEND in Norfolk. Click here to visit website. Thera Trust Thera East Anglia can provide short breaks (also known as respite) for people with a learning disability in Norfolk, Peterborough and Cambridgeshire. Click here to visit website. Manage Cookie Preferences