- The Short Breaks Prepaid Card is used by almost every respondent in this cohort (99%). This is expected as all families with a prepaid card were invited to take part in the survey.
- A majority of respondents also use the Enable Ability Specialist Holiday Playscheme (52%).
- Across the board, every type of Short Breaks service listed is considered important by a majority of the parents and carers who use them.
- The Short Breaks Prepaid Card and the Enable Ability Specialist Holiday Playscheme were rated the most highly by their users (98% and 95% ‘important’ and ‘very important).
Importance of services and activities
Summary
Usage of different types of Short Breaks services and activities
Base (2021 sample): Currently use any type of Short Breaks service - top to bottom (243) | (243) | (239)| (231)| (236) | (233) | (233)
The following chart shows the level of usage of different Short Breaks services – the prepaid card is the most used by the sample.
How important to you are the Short Breaks services and activities that you currently use?
Base (2021 sample): Currently use any type of Short Breaks service - top to bottom (241) | (127) | (64)| (107)| (81) | (79) | (73)
The following chart shows how respondents rate the importance of the different Short Breaks services that they use – the prepaid card is rated important by 98% of respondents, followed by the Enable Ability Specialist Holiday Playscheme (95%).
