Short breaks
Short Breaks Funding
For some children and young people with disabilities and/or additional needs, additional support, training or resources may be needed. This could be because of the higher costs to run a specialist scheme; or funding to enable a mainstream activity provider to include the child/young person. There are different types of grants available, please read the summary below and contact the Short Breaks team if you need any advice about our funding and we will be happy to discuss with you.
How to Apply: Applications can be made to Hampshire County Council using the electronic application form or by requesting a paper form from the Short Breaks Team. For all information about how to apply for Short Breaks grants please go to the grants homepage. When applying for a grant please make sure you select the correct department and grant stream from the drop down menu. Unfortunately any previous application forms can no longer be accepted.
Below is a short summary of the types of funding available and the dates for applications. Please read the full information about eligibility at the grants homepage before applying to Short Breaks.
If you are eligible to apply, please always use the guidance notes for Short Breaks grants when completing your application.
1. Short Breaks For Disabled Children grants - (including Inspiring You): up to £5,000
For activities taking place between 1st April 2013 and 31st March 2014: Open for applications throughout the year up to and including 28th February 2014.
Applications are reviewed usually on a fortnightly basis throughout the year.
A grant available (maximum amount of £5,000) to organisations who provide any type of short breaks activities - out of school hours activities, play schemes/youth clubs for children and young people with disabilities and/or additional needs. (This will include grants previously applied for as “Inspiring You” grants). Organisations might be specialist providers of services for children with disabilities; or providers of activities for all children who want to include children with disabilities and additional needs. Activities / events can be a series of sessions, for example a weekly sports coaching session for 10 weeks, or a one-off event aimed at raising awareness of provision or services.
Supplementary questions: If you are applying for multiple projects within one grant application, these are the two Supplementary Questions documents you need to include along with your online application.
Supplementary questions form (Qs 8b, 9) 
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Financial supplementary questions form (Q12) 91 kB.
2. Support for Individuals - to support individuals to participate in mainstream activities (up to £5,000)
For activities during 1st April 2013 to 31st March 2014: Open for applications throughout the year up to and including 28th February 2014
Applications are reviewed usually on a fortnightly basis throughout the year.
Support for individuals funding has been made available to help out-of-school activity providers meet individual children’s requirements. This funding is to help towards the additional costs that providers may have in order to fully and successfully include children and young people with disabilities and/or additional needs. Examples might include support that enables a child to join a sports lesson at a leisure centre, or their local Brownies/Cub Scouts.
Please note, if you are a childcare provider (e.g. a childminder, nursery or pre-school), please also discuss the individual child/young person's needs with your local Area Inclusion Coordinator before applying to Short Breaks. Area Inclusion Coordinators can also advise about appropriate support and funding. More information about this service can be found at the Inclusion Co-ordinator pages or phone 01962 847070 to find out contact details for your local Area Inclusion Coordinator.
We have introduced the Gateway Card to simplify the funding process so that you can add the Gateway Card number to the application form rather than families completing several additional forms. Please go to Gateway Card for more information.
To apply please go to the grants homepage. Please make sure you select Support for Individuals from the drop down menu. Please always use the guidance notes for Short Breaks Support for individuals grants when completing your application and the team will be happy to help if you wish to contact us.
3. Short Breaks For Disabled Children - larger grants for 2013-14: over £5,000
A grant available to organisations who provide any type of short breaks activities - out of school hours activities, play schemes/youth clubs for children and young people with disabilities and/or additional needs. Organisations might be specialist providers of services for disabled children; or providers of activities for all children who want to include children with disabilities.
For 1st April 2013 up to 31st March 2014, all larger grants (over £5,000) are now allocated and there are no further larger grant rounds planned for the current financial year.
Recommendations for these Grants are made by local Grant Panels including parent representatives and final Decisions are made by the Executive Lead Member for Children’s Services. We expect the next larger Grants Round ( for provision from 1st April 2014 – 31st March 2015) to be held during Autumn 2013 and dates will be be posted on this page when available
Gateway Card
Information for activity providers about the Gateway Card
Parent participation
Parent Voice - a network of parents and carers of children and young people with disabilities and/or additional needs to provide you with information and advice.
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