The Sharing the Care Short Break Service means that children with disabilities can spend some time with other families who are carefully chosen and vetted by Trust staff.
The purpose of this is two-fold:

1. To enhance the quality of a child’s life by providing opportunities to make new friends, and the chance to enjoy new experiences.
2. To offer parents with a disabled child some respite, which literally means a ‘period of rest’. During that time they can ‘recharge their batteries’, spend some free time together, or with other family members, thereby enabling them to cope better with the demands of disabilities.

Contact information

Ballymena Service, Slemish Community Services Centre

Braid Valley Hospital Site Cushandall Road Ballymena
Telephone: 028 2563 5640

Carrickfergus Service

Ellis Street Complex Ellis Street Carrickfergus
Telephone: 028 9331 5114

Ballymoney Service

Armour Day Centre, 6 Newal Road, Ballymoney BT53 6HD
Telephone: 018 2766 1840

Magherafelt Service

Sperrin House 43, Queens Avenue Magherafelt
Telephone: 028 7930 1700