Fire Safety and Crime Prevention Grant

If you are worried about fire safety and security in your home you may qualify for a Fire Safety and Crime Prevention Grant. The type of work for which financial assistance may be given include:

• Fitting smoke or heat detectors.
• Fitting security chains or stay and spy hole fitted to main access doorway to dwelling.
• Fitting security light.
• Repair defective window catches.
• Repair window to secure condition.
• Provide and fit deadlocking security lock to front door.
• Provide and fit security deadlocks to all windows.
• Provide and deadlocking security bolt to rear door.
• Carry out work recommended by Crime Prevention Officer.

To qualify for grant assistance an applicant must:

• Be aged 18 years or over on the date of application.
• Be an owner-occupier or a private tenant, or an occupant who occupies the dwelling under a right of exclusive occupation grant for his life or for a period of more than three years.
• Be on an income- related benefit.
  Guarantee Pension Credit
  Income Support
  Housing Benefit
  Council Tax Benefit
  Disabled Persons Tax Credit
• Have a power to carry out the work.
• Have lived in the dwelling for a period of 3 years prior to the application.
• Not been awarded a minor grant by this Council within the last 3 years prior to application.

The maximum grant for this work is £1000.

We regret that a grant cannot be paid for work, which has started or completed prior to grant approval.