Disabled Facilities Grant

You can get a Disabled Facilities Grant, (DFG), from your local council to pay for adaptations to help disabled people stay in their own homes in England and Wales. The grant will pay for for changes the council consider "necessary to meet your needs" and the work must be "reasonable and practical" 

The changes may include:

• Widening doors
• Installing stairlifts and / or ramps
• Building or making changes to a bathroom or bedroom

The council will only pay for certain products and up to an agreed price. So, if you want a more expensive product or additional work completed you will have to pay the extra cost yourself.

Before you apply for the grant you should establish the adaptations or facilities you need and find out the approximate cost

For strucutral changes it may be best to employ a qualified architect or surveyor to plan and oversee the work – if you get a grant, the cost of their fees can be included in the cost of the works.

The council may ask to see any plans or drawings provided by your architect or surveyor and will normally want two written estimates before deciding on the cost of the works eligible for grant.

You should make sure the council agrees to pay for the changes first as the grant will not be paid if work is started before the council approves the application.

You can find more information here