If you or someone living in your home has a disability, you may qualify for a disabled facilities grant.

Disabled facilities grants can assist in making your home more suitable to live in, and help disabled occupiers live more independently. To qualify, the disabled occupier must be either registered or eligible to be registered as a disabled person.

In addition, disabled facilities grants are subject to a means test which assesses how much, if anything, the applicant must contribute towards the cost of the works.

Before a grant can be considered, the needs of the disabled occupier will be assessed by an occupational therapist. Only those adaptations considered appropriate and necessary will be eligible for grant assistance.

If you or another disabled occupier are experiencing difficulty living independently in your house, you should initially contact Swindon Borough Council's Social Services Department to arrange for an assessment:

A Preliminary Grant Enquiry Form can then be completed, and one of our Officers will contact you.

PDF Version - Grant Preliminary Enquiry - (25Kb)

Online Version - Grant Prelimary Enquiry

Further Information

Further information about applying for a grant is available in a downloadable pdf file:

Disabled Facilities Grants Leaflet

Whether or not grant assistance is available, advice and help may be available from Swindon's local Home Improvement Agency, 'Swindon Care & Repair Agency'.  Please follow the following link to their website:  www.ridgewaycommunity.org.uk

You may prefer to browse our own page on Swindon Care & Repair Agency by following this link: Internal web page describing the work of Swindon Care & Repair Agency.

Contact

Adult Care Line: Freephone 0800 085 6666

Child Health Team: 01793 614839