Disabled facilities grant

Disabled facilities grants are awarded for essential adaptations that improve disabled persons' freedom of movement around their homes. This work includes:

• widening doors
• installing ramps
• providing a specially adapted room in which it is safe to leave a disabled person unattended
• installing a stair lift to improve access to a bathroom, kitchen, or bedroom
• installing a downstairs bathroom
• improving or installing a heating system suitable for the disabled person
• adapting heating or lighting controls so that they are easier to use by a disabled person.