Short Breaks and shared care

Short breaks


Children's Disability Register

All local authorities must have a Disabled Children's Register (DCR), otherwise known as 'The Record'. It is a register of families with children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) aged 0 to 25 years.

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Children's Disability Register

Disabled children and young people

Our aim is that disabled children, young people and their families have the support they need to be fully participating members of the Bolton family.

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Disabled children and young people

Short breaks overview

Short breaks provide a specialist service which aims to support disabled children and their families, over and above those opportunities available to all families.

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Teens social

Become a short break carer

We recruit enthusiastic, caring people who enjoy children’s company and who can make a regular commitment to spend time with a child who has a physical and/or learning disability.

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Bolton shared care