Working with Parents and Carers in Hampshire Short Breaks

Mandy Johnson – Short Breaks Team Manager, Hampshire County Council Sharon Smith – Chair, Hampshire Parent / Carer Network

“I love Olly Murs” Tanzie, age 7

Short breaks for all Overall, over 3,000 children and young people using short breaks programme Individual support – over 300 children /young people Over 40 Specialist playschemes/clubs and many mainstream playschemes/clubs with supported places Community Buddy Scheme

Increasing Participation Parent reps always members of regular panel looking at individual support and smaller grants Parent representation now stronger on project team – overall planning and development Yearly commissioning of large projects – pilot to hold panels more locally

“We don't have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.” Howard Zinn

“So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.” JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit

What families are saying…

“My model for business is The Beatles. They were four guys who kept each other’s kind of negative tendencies in check. They balanced each other and the total was greater than the sum of the parts. That's how I see business: great things in business are never done by one person, they're done by a team of people.” Steve Jobs