Time2Care
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The Family Holiday Association's millennium project In the lead-up to the millennium the Family Holiday Association organised a project called Time2Care. The project meant that the charity was able to offer a holiday to all children in residential care homes in the UK. Time2Care was evaluated by a team from the National Children's Bureau. You can download the NCB's full report and report summary.
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The Project's HistoryDevised to make a difference in the millennium year, the project was extended into 2001. With the support of the travel industry, which offered free and discounted holidays, Time2Care provided a range of holiday experiences which included Mediterranean beach holidays, activity holidays in centres around Britain, camping holidays in France and football training holidays at Premier and Football League clubs
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The Aims of the ProjectTo help build happier stronger children better able to face the future By providing a break Time2Care gave something most children take for granted. A holiday has benefits even when the fun and laughter are done.
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The Young People and The Social ServicesIn 2000 some 8,500 children were in local authority care At the time it was estimated that of all Looked After young people there are around 8,500 living in residential homes in the UK.
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Time2Care 2000 : a CelebrationFeedback showed the experience has been beneficial and has met the aims we set out to fulfill The Family Holiday Association’s initiative – Time2Care – has been an enormous success. Four thousand looked-after young people, and their carers, were sent on a week’s activity or beach holiday, abroad or in the UK. Feedback showed the experience has been beneficial and has met the aims we set out to fulfill.
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Proving the benefits: evaluating Time2Care Using a variety of methods, including questionnaires, group discussions and interactive games, NCB worked with a sample of the young people to find out what they felt they had gained from the holiday. The results were very positive.
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Time2Care Steering CommitteeProfessionals from social services, travel, charity and communications The charity used a wide range of people and skills to construct, manage and promote this scheme
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Project AdvisorsList includes Directors of Social Services and childcare charities The charity built an advisory board to support and complement the project's steering committee
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Corporate SupportersThe UK travel trade united to support the project The number of corporate supporters and the value of donated holidays was quite without precedent.
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