Home adaptations, aids and other options

If you are an owner, occupier or private tenant

We provide assistance to homeowners and private renting tenants to modify their homes for disabled access.

NHS Occupational Therapy (OT) Practitioners make assessments for equipment and adaptations. Contact:

Once the Occupational Therapist has visited you and made their recommendations, they will refer you to Care and Repair Services if your home needs to be adapted. The Care and Repair Service will then help you find a contractor and manage the works. They can also help you apply for financial assistance.

Help with small adaptations

The Handyperson service helps disabled residents and residents over 65 to make simple changes to their home.

Help organising larger adaptations

Care and Repair Services can help people over the age of 65 and people with disabilities or injuries, who live in privately owned or rented housing to organise home improvements.

Financial assistance

We can help improve the safety and accessibility of your home so that it meets your needs (including bathroom adaptations, stairlifts and ramps).

Once assessed, we can offer around 80% or more of the cost of works (allowances may reduce this grant level).

If you receive Income Support or the Guarantee Element of Pension Credit you do not need to pay for the adaptations.

We do not normally fund works over £20,000. If your property needs more works than this, we can help you look at other housing options.

Adaptations to your home leaflet