Carers Break sponsor the Cornwall Heroes award for ‘Carer of the year 2025’…
On Friday 24th October 2025, a delegation of representatives form Carers Break attended the Cornwall’s Rewind Radio ‘Cornwall Hero Awards 2025’ at Tregenna Castle, St Ives. It was a fantastic and inspiring event where several hundred of Cornwall’s best gathered to recognise the award winners in each of the Hero’s categories. There were around 17 […]
Carers Break CIC are breaking the myths around employing younger workers…
For many years it has been an urban myth that we cannot employ under 18’s to work in Social Care. However, this is not the case. https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/resources/documents/Recruitment-support/Widen-your-talent-pool/Employing-16-17-year-olds/Guidance-on-employing-workers-aged-16-and-17.pdf Carers Break recently employed two 2nd year ‘A’ level students. One of which is studying to be a midwife and the other a Forensic Phycologist. Working with Carers […]
Carers Break Training open to all…
Working with ‘Trusted Training’, Carers Break offer a comprehensive training programme all year around. This ‘Face to Face’ classroom-based training covers many subjects that are available to any Care provider in Cornwall or beyond and also, where suitable any Company or individual from other sectors. Courses include: Oliver McGowan Tier 1 and Tier 2 […]
Carers Break & DWP creating solutions together
During the last few months Carers Break and Department of work and Pensions staff in Cornwall have been working together on an innovative solution to solve the recruitment challenge in Social Care. The Fast track into care courses are held in Pool and Bodmin. Working together with the jobs coaches around the County, candidates have […]
Carers Break Director cycles 355 miles for Cornwall Hospice Care
September 15th to 20th 2025, Reuben Jenkins, Director of Carers Break CIC, was one of 29 cyclists and 6 support team from Cornwall Hospice care and Clive Mitchell cycles who travelled to Ouistreham in Normandy by ferry from Portsmouth Harbour to embark on a 355 mile cycle ride back to Mt Edgecumbe Hopsice via Roskoff, […]
Carers Break co-sponsors Cornwall’s Rewind Radio 48 hour Radiothon
October 2024 and Richard Woods, MD of Cornwall’s Rewind Radio set out to break his own 24 hour record from the previous year by planning to host his own station’s desk for a whole 48 hours non stop. Richard needed two sponsors to ensure the event could go ahead and along with Focus Technology (Europe), […]
New Address
We are still providing the same excellent quality Care & Support all over Cornwall but our office has moved from it’s home of 11 years in Roche to open our new admin & training facility in Redruth.
Carers Break are Proud to Care in Cornwall
From 9th November 2020 Proud to Care Cornwall are running a joint systrem recruitment campaign.
Carers Break £3000 gift to Merlin MS Centre
“I have seen how much of a lifeline this is for people whose condition means they are not going to get better”…Claire Le Bailly
Carers Break Support ‘Moments’ Memory Cafe Plymouth
Carers Break are proud to have supported Memory Matters SW with a donation of £3874. This amount ensured that with only 2 days to go on this fantastic Crowdfunding project, the £16k stretch target was achieved. Check out the link below for full details of the project. Carers Break wish to thank all of their […]