Grant Application Dates

01/10/2024 10:00 AM - 31/03/2025 11:59 PM
Applications must be submitted by 31 January 2025 at 5:00 PM

Please note that the grant is a limited fund, and the Local Authority will close the submission deadline earlier if the number of applications is likely to exceed the available funds.

Any applications received once our limit has been reached will be unprocessed. We apologise in advance for any disappointment.

NEW APPLICATION

BEFORE YOU APPLY

⇒ Only ask for the amount you need, this enables more families to benefit

⇒ Applications are limited to one application per grant period

⇒ Maximum amount of the award for this period will be no more than £400
£75 for those already in receipt of other short breaks funded by the Local Authority

⇒ Ensure all unspent monies or proof of spends have been returned from any previous application

⇒ If approved - receipts must be sent within 2 weeks of any monies being used;
any unused monies must be returned via link on https://www.stockton.gov.uk/short-breaks

⇒ Have available image(s) of relevant supporting documents to upload

  • For child/young person with higher-level Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
    - image of front page of DLA award

  • For child/young person with Enhanced Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
    - image of front page of PIP award

  • For child/young person formally triaged or is current on Autism MAAT pathway
    - image of relevant EHCP assessment form or letter

  • For support care worker's time
    - image of relevant photographic evidence such as passport or photo driving licence

⇒ Each image must be a PDF, JPG or PNG and be no larger than 50MB in size

Stockton Borough Council uses your information in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation.

The purpose for collecting your data is to process the Short Break Grant application. The Council will process your information where there is a lawful basis to do so.

We will keep your information for a period of 18 months. After that time it will be deleted.

For further information on how we use your personal data, please see our privacy notices page https://www.stockton.gov.uk/article/6493/Privacy-notices