What works can be carried out:

Mandatory Disabled Facilities Grant are available for:

- Making it easier to get in to and out of your home;
- Making it easier to get to your bedroom, bathroom, living room and kitchen;
- Making it easier to use the toilet, bath and shower;
- Making it easier to prepare and cook food;
- Improving or installing a suitable heating system to meet the needs of the disabled person,
- Helping you control lighting, power and heating;
- Making it easier to get around your home to help you care for another person;
- Making your home safe for you and other people who live in it; and- Making it easier to get in and out of your garden

Does the Council have to give a grant? If recommendations are made by the Occupational Therapist, the Council will then determine whether the works are reasonable and practical. We can refuse a grant if we consider the scheme to be unreasonable or impractical.