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Disabled Facilities Grants (Dfgs) If You (Or Someone Living in Your Home) Have a Substantial Disability Assess Physical Difficulties To apply contact: The Contact Centre 0303 333 4300 A brief guide to Or call in to any Direct Link Office. Halton Lea Direct Link Widnes Direct Link Concourse Level 7 Brook Street Disabled Rutland House, Widnes, Halton Lea WA8 6NB Facilities Runcorn Direct Link Granville Street Grants Runcorn, WA7 1NE If you need this leaflet in a different format, such as audiotape, Braille, or another language, please contact us. A grant to help pay for essential adaptations Halton Borough Council c/o Town Hall to make it easier for you to manage at home Heath Road Runcorn WA7 5TD www.halton.gov.uk/housing Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) If you (or someone living in your home) have a substantial disability assess physical difficulties. If adaptations are essential to make your and are unable to use essential facilities in your home (like the home better suited to your needs, a recommendation will be made. bathroom or kitchen) you may be able to adapt your home to make it However, a grant will not always be necessary, as there may be other easier for you to get around and live more independently. ways to offer assistance. For instance there are a wide variety of A Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) is a local council grant. Used equipment available, or a minor adaptation may be more appropriate towards the cost of adapting your home. If the Council considers the Important things to consider changes are necessary and appropriate and that the works are rea- sonable and practicable. The Council wants to ensure that as many people as possible get the adaptations they need to help them stay independent. However, What types of adaptation can the DFG be used for? because there is a limit to the money available, we need to ensure Examples include: that grant money is used fairly and efficiently. To this end: Installing a stairlift so you can use a bedroom or bathroom We always look for the simplest, least disruptive and most cost Building ramps and widening doors to help you in/out of your home effective adaptation to meet your needs Adapting your bathroom so you can use it Your adaptations should be designed to fit within the existing structure Adapting your kitchen so you can prepare meals of your home – we will only give a grant for an extension if there are no other options How much grant is available? Grants will not be given for work already started or completed This depends on the cost of the work you need and your financial situ- ation – It is a means tested grant based on a financial assessment; Sometimes it may not be practical to adapt your existing home, in with exceptions for those for young children and young people. which case, advice and assistance will be offered to help you move to a more suitable property. Who can apply for a DFG? Are there any conditions? You can apply for a DFG for yourself or on behalf of a disabled person living in your home. You may be a home owner, a private tenant or a If your property is sold within ten years of completing the work, grant housing association tenant. monies exceeding £5,000 are repayable up to a maximum of £10,000. How do I apply? Who do I contact? Before you can apply for a DFG your needs must be assessed by a Ring the Contact Centre on 0303 333 4300 specialist. Halton Council employs specialists e.g. Occupational or call into any Direct Link Office (see overleaf) Therapists and Community Care Workers who will visit you and your Updated 2012 .
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