If you decide you need our help all you need to do is contact us and let us know about your needs.

The team can advise on:

• Applying for Local Authority Grants (where available)
• Interest only loans and capital release schemes
• Social Fund Loans
• Claiming benefit entitlement
• Help with form filling
• Insurance claims

We can help people who:

• Are aged over 65 or have a disability
• Live in Wyre or Fylde
• Need repairs or adaptations to their home
• Want help to arrange works to their home
• May need guidance on obtaining funds for works

Advice and home visits are free of charge. Some charges are made for other services, but full details would be provided before the work goes ahead.

Care and Repair aims to assist people who are seeking a reputable contractor. It is not an agent for either the householder or the contractor but a facilitator for which a fee is charged to the client for services relating to any building work.

By telephone (01253 887569), fax (01253 887568), email (careandrepair@wyre.gov.uk) or by calling in to Wyre Council offices in Poulton le Fylde.

Once you have contacted us a caseworker will arrange to visit you in your home to assess the type of work required. They will discuss your options with you.

If you decide to go ahead with one of the options, Care and Repair staff will arrange for estimates from reliable contractors and will then oversee the work from start to finish.