Term Time Only Short Breaks

Bath and North East Somerset Council have been reviewing their Short Break for Disabled Children's provision. These are commissioned activities that take place outside of the school day targeted at children aged 0-21 years, with Special Educational Needs & Disability (SEND) and/ or additional needs. As part of the review the Council consulted with a number of stakeholders. The consultation results have given the Council the mandate to commission the previous Targeted Term Time Only provision differently.

Targeted Term Time Only provision are activities and clubs offered to eligible children to attend outside of the school day and during the school term only.

In the future there will be an annual opportunity to apply for funding in order to offer existing or new activities and clubs. In order to access these opportunities on an annual basis Providers will need to join the Council's framework for Term Time Only Short Breaks, which will be advertised soon.

The Council has made every effort to ensure the application process is not onerous and to encourage smaller organisations to apply for funding. The application process will be open from October 2022 and will reopen for applications on a yearly basis. Providers should ensure they are registered on the supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk portal as the process will be manged through the portal and all communication about future applications will be advertised here.

If you would like to find out more about this opportunity, the Council are holding a market engagement event 27th September 2022 10.30am -12.00pm via teams. In order to register for this session please email kay_sibley@bathnes.gov.uk