This is a link to the blog site of one of the families that use Silverton Short breaks services. Well worth a read!
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Our redeveloped garden!

These are some photos of the work recently carried out redeveloping our garden area.

The work was carried out during school hours and as such the garden was out of bounds to our visitors for the duration.

Thankfully as you can see the workmen had the best of the weather to carry out the work.

Here you can see the foundations of was to become our sandpit and water feature.

On the far left you can see the building of the stage area has begun.

Shhh! No one talk to the guys.....we don't want to delay them too much!

In the background you can see the 'Hobbit house' is coming together.

Work is coming to a conclusion now. Not long to wait!

All that's needed now is some flowers for the new beds.

....and here we have it. Our new garden area!

In the foreground you can see our water feature with hand pump.

Here you can see the completed 'Hobbit house' and stage area alongside our raised flower bed.
There is still some more work to be done in other areas of the garden which will allow the trampoline to be re-positioned and yet another raised flower bed to be built. It's getting there though!

Who are we?

Welcome to the new blog for Silverton Short Breaks. We are an Action for Children respite project based in Hamilton Scotland. We provide overnight respite to young people with additional needs. We are a purpose built unit with six themed rooms as well as a play room, a sensory room and a conservatory that is soon to become our new reading/computer room. We have also recently redeveloped our garden to include a sandpit with water feature, a 'Hobbit' style house, a covered stage area and raised flower beds. Making the garden an even more accessible and fun area for all of our guests. 
Our staff are fully trained and have many years experience of working in this field.

In addition to overnight respite we also provide an outreach program where the young people have a chance to experience a variety of activities outwith the project. 

We also run a number of clubs at the weekend at various venues across South Lanarkshire.

Through this blog we will keep you updated on what is happening at Silverton over the coming months. We'll also include  lots of photos of events and activities.

Be sure to check in as often as you can!