We award this grant for you to pay for essential, urgent works and adaptations to help:
- prevent admission to hospital
- prevent admission to a care or nursing home
- assist with speedy discharge from hospital
The grant can cover a wide range of works but they must support one of the situations above.
The grant award is for a maximum of £2,500 per application.
There will be no formal means test.
Conditions
You must be a permanent resident of Bracknell Forest and the property must be your permanent address.
There will be no land charge registered against the property.
A maximum of one application per admission, or per year in the case of prevention, is allowed.
How to apply
You can apply for this grant through the Disabled Facilities Grant service.
Funding will be awarded on a case by case basis at the discretion of the council’s senior management.
If you want to make an application for this grant, email dfg@bracknell-forest.gov.uk to request an application form.