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Disabled Facilities Grant

If you or someone living in your home is disabled you may qualify for a disabled facilities grant towards the cost of providing adaptations or improvements to enable the disabled person to continue living there. All grant applications will be subject to a test of the financial resources of the disabled person and their spouse or partners, which assesses how much, if anything they must contribute to the costs of the work. Where a contribution has to be made further assistance may be available from the council in the form of a "Top-up Loan". The amount of grant is what is needed to meet the cost of the works over and above the applicant's contribution. The maximum grant that can be paid is currently restricted to a limit of £25,000.

The type of work for which a grant may be given are: stairlifts, door widening, ramps, replacing baths with level access showers, provision of bath and toilet on ground floor and improvement of lighting and heating. As part of the service an Occupational Therapist from Surrey County Council Social Services department will visit the disabled person in the home to agree with him or her the works that are necessary and appropriate to enable the disabled person to remain safely within his or her home.

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

Relocation Grant

If you are disabled you may find moving to a more suitable property which meets your needs may be better than adapting your existing property. For example if you live in a house and because of your disability you need an extension to provide bathroom and toilet facilities on the ground floor you may prefer to move into a ground floor flat, bungalow or house which already has these facilities on the ground floor. The amount of relocation grant would be related to the cost of carrying out the adaptations to the existing property. The maximum grant would be £10,000.