Apply for Short Breaks membership

You can apply for a Short Breaks membership card online or by post.  It's free to join!

For both types of application, you will need to:

  • complete the application form
  • provide a passport-sized photograph with your child's or young person’s name and online form reference number written on the back of the photo
  • send the photograph to us within 14 days of submitting your form to our freepost address.


Over 700 children and young people now have Short Breaks membership cards.

If you apply by post, download a copy of our Short Breaks application form (PDF, 183.7KB, 4 pages), follow the instructions provided and post to:

FREEPOST - RTCJ-HYSH-CSYL
Short Breaks,
Children Services,
Floor 3,
Isle of Wight Council,
County Hall,
High Street,
Newport,
Isle of Wight,
PO30 1UD.

Short Breaks membership card

􀀠 Eligible children will need to register for a Short Breaks

membership card to access activities funded by the

Isle of Wight Council’s Short Breaks programme.

􀀠 Each Short Breaks membership card contains a unique

reference number which will be specific

to each child or young person.

􀀠 You will need to show activity providers

your child’s Short Breaks membership

card when booking/attending.

􀀠 Parents/carers and siblings do not

require a Short Breaks membership

card to support their child or young

person in accessing the Short Breaks programme.

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