Enjoying a Malta easer break!

No - not Kirkcaldy prom - another sunny day in Malta

For one lucky carer the driech gloom of a Scottish Autumn was lifted by a week away on an all expenses paid holiday in Malta.  Judith Aitken heard about the Saga Respite for Carers Trust holidays through Fife Carers Centre and was encouraged to apply.  When she hadn’t hear from them for over a year she thought that she had been unsuccessful - but this summer to her great surprise and delight she was contacted by Saga Respite for Carers Trust and offered a holiday.  Judith and her sister went to Malta for a week and enjoyed a break in a 4 star hotel with great facilities, good food, pleasant company and a couple of excursions.  In the meantime Judith’s caring responsibilities were also taken care of and although Judith contributed some of her respite time towards the break the majority of it was paid for by SAGA.

Judith told us “Being in Malta was just wonderful. It’s lovely to be able to go on holiday and just relax – I enjoyed the whole experience.”

The Saga Respite for Carers Trust aims to give carers a break from their caring responsibilities by providing free holidays for carers and a companion and ensuring their loved ones receive care whilst they are away.  If you would like to be considered for a break you can nominate yourself.  Nominations will open on January 1, 2011 and any nominations received between now and that date will not be considered until then. Nominees who were unsuccessful in 2010 will be able to re-apply for 2011.

To qualify as a nominee, you must be over 50, have been caring for someone for more than a year, not taken a holiday away from your caring responsibilities within the last year and not be a professional carer.

You can apply yourself or nominate someone you think deserves it online at www.saga.co.uk or if you have no access to the internet you can either contact us at Fife Carers Centre to do it for you or nomination forms can also be obtained by post from January 1, 2011. Please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: The Trust Manager, Saga Respite for Carers Trust, The Saga Building, Enbrook Park, Folkestone, Kent CT20 3SE.