The service provides befrienders and carers who will take disabledchildren on an outing two or three times a month to give the parents andcarers a chance to relax or spend more time with their other children.The service also offers disabled children an alternative to staying in arespite care home and gives them the opportunity to build a long-termrelationship with a carer.
Kensington and Chelsea decided to team up with neighbouring Hammersmithand Fulham after failing to get its own service off the ground.
Conservative councillor Shireen Ritchie, Kensington and Chelsea'scabinet member for family and children's services, said: "Working inpartnership with Hammersmith and Fulham has allowed us to promote theservice more widely."
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