Holidays for people with learning disabilities
or for those who may need support for their mental health condition
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FEATURED LISTINGS
The following organisations are members of TFA, and are committed to offering accessible services and facilities
Breakaway Holidays & Weekends Ltd.
Breakaway Active
Breakaway and Breakaway Active offer a wide range of holidays and short breaks in the UK, Europe and the USA for small groups and individuals with learning disabilities aged 17+. We offer special interest mini-breaks in the spring and autumn - Ladies Spa, Granny's Kitchen, Green Fingers, Cooking for Christmas, and a full range of holidays throughout the year.
Breakaway active holidays are ideal for young people aged between about 17 and 35 who are looking for a lively, activity-based holiday. All holidays come with an appropriate level of support from our small team of experienced couriers.
We offer door-door upgrades from anywhere in the UK
http://www.breakawayhols.co.uk/ and http://www.breakawayactive.co.uk/
Tel: 01245 260330 Email: breakawayhols@aol.com or breakawayactive@aol.com
Door to Door Holidays
Fun filled learning disability holidays in the UK, Europe, and the USA. Their dedicated, caring, professional staff provide 24 hour care for adults with a learning disability while on holiday:
They pick you up from your residence, anywhere in the UK, and drop you back again.
They offer holidays to those who also have a physical disability and who require extra support.
Many of their holidays have accommodation designed or adapted for wheelchair access www.doortodoorholidays.co.uk/
Tel: 07811 166306 or 07974 730439 Email: Use contact form on website
Options Holidays
Options Holidays is a not-for-profit organisation running escorted traditional-style holidays for adults with learning difficulties. We run holidays throughout the year, in the UK, the Mediterranean and far-away places. All our holidays are different, aiming to meet our clients’ desires – sightseeing, relaxing by the pool or beach, evening entertainment, learning about the local area and cultures, theatre outings, excursions.
Tel: 01285 740491 Email: office@optionsholidays.co.uk
Papillon Holidays
Our holidays are designed to promote independence whilst offering all the support the holiday maker 
needs, whether it be personal care or physical assistance. Our usual clients would have a learning or physical disability, but it would be possible to design an itinerary to suit the needs of the more mature individual or group who require support and good company. These individual holidays designed solely for the elderly group will have an itinerary designed to suit the individual or group needs and be priced accordingly. Long or short break holidays are available.
www.papillonholidays.co.uk
Tel: 07749 598423 or 07747 882671 Email: enquiries@papillonholidays.co.uk
Rethink - Forresters
Forresters is a haven of tranquility in a country house on the edge of the New Forest. We offer holidays and respite breaks for people who experience mental health problems and their carers. We have 21 bedrooms, 13 are ensuite, (single and twin available), 8 are single rooms that share a bathroom with one other room. We have one ground floor room designated for guests with secondary physical disabilities. www.rethink.org/forresters
Tel: 023 8084 3042 Email: forresters@rethink.org
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Drym Valley Centre
Day care and respite holiday facility for adults with mental illness and learning difficulties. Rural and social activities on site.
www.drym.co.uk
Tel: 01736 850707 Email: drymvalleycen@aol.com
Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays organises Holidays for adults with a learning disability, the elderly and those who need help, such as Parkinsons Disease. The holiday starts at the destination (UK) or UK Airport (for foreign holidays).
www.happyholidaysuk.co.uk
Tel: 01244 531 054 Email: mfwarren100@hotmail.com or use contact form on website
Jewish Association for the mentally ill (JAMI)
Day services for adults with a range of mental illnesses but not for those with learning disabilities.
www.jamiuk.org
Tel: 020 8458 2223 Email: info@jamiuk.org or use contact form on website
Manor Farm Oxford
A respite service for people affected by mental health (carers and service users).
www.manorfarmoxford.co.uk
Tel: 01865 249 089 Email: info@manorfarmoxford.co.uk
Mountain House
Activity holidays and short breaks in the Peak District and Southern Spain, specially designed for people with a learning disability.
www.mountain-house.co.uk
Tel: 01433 639368 Email: info@mountain-house.co.uk or use contact form on website
Sea Sanctuary
This charity is a service aimed at young people and occasionally adults. 
Sea Sanctuary is an innovative project and is the 1st of its kind in European waters. We will provide comprehensive mental health care onboard a 43ft classic yacht. The support will be through therapy, education/training and respite care and will be available to individuals principally within Cornwall, but also the wider UK. Sea Sanctuary will seek to address the very real issue of mental health well-being for those who most need it.
http://www.sea-sanctuary.co.uk/
Tel: (01326) 378919
Email: joesabien@sea-sanctuary.co.uk
Smile Holidays
Smile Holidays is an exciting specialist provider of all inclusive holidays for people with learning disabilities. With a variety of destinations in England, Wales and France, each location has been carefully chosen to offer a choice of excursions, attractions, entertainment and fun! Our complete holiday package philosophy ensures that transport (including local pick up points where possible), accommodation, support and care are planned and provided on a person centred basis. Our aim is to provide holidays which offer clients real life opportunities, skill building, choice and social participation with the support of the caring and experienced Smile team.
www.smilehols.com
Tel: 01273 439240 Email: enquiries@smilehols.com
Trevanion House, Wadebridge
Provides supported independent holidays for the adult with a learning disability. Full package, escorted activities, hotel-type accommodation. Registered with CSCI.
www.trevanion.co.uk
Tel: 01208 814903
(Last Updated: 28-05-2010)