Safebreaks Devon CIC

1. Why we're here

   For a lot of adults with additional needs, the gap isn't formal care. It's the rest of life. Friendship. Things to do on a Tuesday evening. A sport that's actually accessible. Somewhere familiar to drop into. People who know your name.

   That's the gap Safebreaks fills. We're not a personal care provider. We're not a residential service. We run activities, social clubs, and partnerships across Newton Abbot and the wider area, alongside support that helps people get more out of the rest of their week.

2. What we do

   A typical week at Safebreaks includes:

   • Monday evening social clubs. Drop in, see who's around, do something or just hang out.
   • Disability football, gym, swimming. Real sport, supported the way each member needs it.
   • Art, photography, fishing. Creative and outdoor activities that aren't just "stimulating". They're things people genuinely want to do.

   Beyond the weekly rhythm, there are the bigger things. Monthly discos. The summer fair. And the partnerships, places like Forde Park Community Cafe, where our members aren't visitors, they're regulars.

3. What we've done so far

   Safebreaks has been operating in Devon for over a decade. The current management took over in January 2025 to steady the organisation through a period of change and bring fresh focus to the work. The first year was about getting the basics right. Stable rotas. Predictable staff hours. Sound relationships with members, families, and partner organisations. The kind of quiet operational discipline that makes everything else possible.

   We're now in a position where the day-to-day runs smoothly enough that we can plan the next chapter rather than firefight the last one. That's part of why this page exists.

4. Where we're going

   Three priorities for the next twelve months.

   Growing the offer. More activities, more partnerships, more days of the week where there's somewhere to go. Where we have a waiting list, that's a problem worth solving.

   Investing in the team. Training that goes beyond the regulatory minimum. Time and attention for the people doing the hardest work, so they're set up to do it well.

   Improving how we communicate. This website is part of that. A calendar of what's on. Clearer information for families and referrers. A journey log so you can see what we've actually been up to, not what we'd like to claim.

Our registered details

Company number

12106234

Registered office

Riviera House, Salisbury Road, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 2DF

Director

Luke Williams

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1. 4Aug2026Update

   A New Way Of Working

   Luke Williams, Director

   Some of the commitments Safebreaks inherited when it changed hands are now coming to an end, and they are finishing around twelve months earlier than we had planned for. That has taken a couple of years of steady work in the background, none of which was ever meant to be visible from the front door, and it puts the CIC in a considerably stronger position going into next year.

   Alongside that, we are introducing a new record system over the coming month. It brings together the way we plan and deliver care, the way our teams record and report on it, and the way the organisation is run day to day, in one place rather than several. It also introduces new ways of working for our staff teams, developed with them rather than handed down, and makes careful use of AI to take the repetitive administrative load off people so that more of their time goes where it should, which is with our members. All of it has been built alongside enhanced data protection measures, because the information families trust us with deserves to be handled properly.

   None of this changes what happens on the day. Clubs, day service and our sports and activity sessions carry on exactly as they are. What it changes is how much time is spent on paperwork behind the scenes, how quickly we can answer a question when a family asks one, and how confidently we can plan further than a few months ahead.

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2. 30Apr2026Update

   New Website

   Luke Williams, Director

   This website is new in April 2026. The previous one had served its purpose, but it had grown awkward to keep up to date, and members, families, and referrers were ending up out of date or having to ask for things that should have been on the page in the first place.

   The aim of the new site is simple. Tell people what they need to know without making them work for it. A calendar of clubs, events, and closures that managers can update from anywhere. Plain-English information for families and referrers about what Safebreaks is and what we offer. A way to subscribe to changes so people are not relying on word of mouth or social media to know that an open day has been moved.

   It sits alongside other work this past year that does not always show up at the door. A quieter operating rhythm now that rotas and supplier relationships are settled. Summer fair planning starting earlier than usual. The partnership with Forde Park Community Café moving from one-off visits to regular slots. Disability football, gym, and swimming all running uninterrupted through the year.

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3. 30Sept2025Update

   Mid 2025 Update

   Luke Williams, Director

   Nine months in, the operational work has settled. Staff rotas now go up two weeks ahead, predictably. Suppliers are paid on time. The relationship with the bank is in a much better place than it was at the start of the year. None of it shows up on the door of a Monday evening social club, but it's why those clubs still happen reliably.

   We've also been quietly investing in the systems that make the work possible. Better tools for managing the business mean less time spent firefighting and more time spent thinking about what we actually want Safebreaks to be in the next few years.

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4. 20Jan2025Milestone

   A change of hands

   Luke Williams, Director

   Luke Williams became director of Safebreaks in January 2025, after more than a decade with the organisation in various roles. The team running day-to-day operations are mostly the same people who were running them before, including Luke.
   The first weeks were spent learning the role from a new vantage point. Members and families noticed very little change at the door. The activities, clubs, and partnerships kept running.

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