Fun and Breaks - the FAB service

Caring for a child or young person with a disability is demanding and, at times, exhausting. Carers need a break from caring to recharge their batteries in all sorts of different ways. Finding someone who can take care of their child under these circumstances can be a major problem.

Our Fun and Breaks (FAB) service (formerly the Sitting Service) provides volunteer carers for families with children with disabilities. This allows parents to take a much needed break from caring. You can find out more about the service through West Sussex video - you can find our video under 'People'.

The service aims to provide a family with support for about four hours every fortnight, at a time that has been agreed between the family and the volunteer.

Your child disability team social worker can access the service as part of your family's care plan - you can find their contact details here.

If you have no existing contact with the County Council we will arrange for someone to visit you to decide whether the service is appropriate for your family.

Volunteering with Fun and Breaks

Volunteering can involve evening sits or daytime care and activities. It can also include taking children out depending on the availability of the volunteer and the needs of the children and their families.

If you think you would like to help a family with a disabled child and can offer about 4 hours each fortnight to look after a child in his or her own home, the Fun and Breaks coordinators would love to hear from you.

Email: fab@westsussex.gov.uk

Or, complete our online enquiry form if you have any questions about volunteering or the FAB service which you would like us to answer.