“This is an exciting and unique opportunity for the council to work with Barnwood Trust, children, young people and their families to develop, test and learn from different approaches to delivering short breaks. The additional funding from Barnwood provides a real boost to the support we can offer families and will help to provide a greater choice of inclusive short breaks designed to meet the needs of children and families in the county.  By working in partnership with children, young people and families, the Barnwood Trust and the Gloucestershire VCS Alliance, we can use our resources to collectively design and deliver an improved short break offer which will benefit families for years to come. “

“This is a great opportunity to enable long-term, sustainable change to the provision of short breaks for disabled children, young people and their families in Gloucestershire. This provision will meet the needs families have identified and how they, and the service providers, would like to see services delivered. We look forward to being part of the Community of Practice with the short breaks providers and Gloucestershire County Council Children’s Services that will sit alongside this project to enable learning for us all. “

“This is an exciting opportunity for local VCSE organisations and groups to deliver more support to disabled children and their families. We’re fully behind this ambitious and creative project not only so VCSE providers can get more involved in short break delivery, but also because we will learn a lot about how to unlock the potential of better connection between statutory bodies, philanthropic money and the skills of local VCSE organisations. “