Carers in Bath will be given the chance to take some time out and treat themselves thanks to a new charity fund.

The Carers’ Centre has been presented with £1,500 Bill’s Breaks fund, which is designed to allow people to do something they enjoy, such as a museum or theatre trip, a computer course, help finding employment, shopping days or even a 1940s-style tea party.

Thanks to the fund all the treats are free for carers and can include free transport and help to look after the cared-for person.

Sonia Hutchison, chief executive of the Bath and north east Somerset Carers’ Centre, said it was important that all carers took the time to do something for themselves from time to time.

She said: “We want to encourage more carers to take a break with us for the first time, and have a huge range of options for them to choose from.

“Thanks to a fund in memory of our valued trustee, Bill Davies, who died in April, we can offer these extra breaks opportunities and we know that Bill, who was a carer himself, would have approved.”

Thanks to the generosity of Mr Davies’ friends and family, £1,500 was presented to the centre at a service at St Peter’s Church, in Englishcombe.

If you look after someone who is ill, frail, disabled or has a problem with drugs or alcohol, you are a carer and could benefit from Bill’s Breaks.

Take the first step to some time for yourself by calling Sarah Dixon at the Carers’ Centre on 0800 0388885 or email sarah.dixon@banes carerscentre.org.uk for more information.

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