Wednesday 21 September 2011

Disabled Facilities Grants|Stairlifts Funding Advice

Stairlifts Grants - How you can get a lift for less or even a free stairlift! 

Q)Do you or someone you care about need help on the stairs?

A)We can save you time and money.

We've done the legwork for you on stairlifts grants and funding, so just click our link and remember our name to get the best deal on stairlifts prices.

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Call today on 0800 007 6959 for free advice and assistance.

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For Disabled Facilities Grants go to your area link below, or keep reading to find out about our other sources of stairlifts grants funding, that happy customers of ours have used.  Some of this stairlifts grants information is so little known, it's almost secret, that is unless you have the experience and the successful customer applications behind you, to know about it.  The local authority links below go directly to the exact correct page on your local councils website - no wasted effort searching through all their website pages, trying to find the right one.


Stairlifts Grants - How to apply?


All Disabled Facilites Grants are means tested, and some councils might only part-fund adaptations like stairlifts, depending on your income and savings levels.  Even if the preliminary test of financial resources reveals that you can afford to pay for a stairlift, it is advisable to still apply for a grant as although you won't get any money from the council towards it, you may get your costs taken into account if you go on to need more alterations in your property within the next 10 years. You will have to have a Social Services referral and Occupational Therapy Assessment to qualify.
You do not always have to fill in a form to begin with although full details of the disabled persons finances with supporting evidence will be required when they do submit their application and you will need to be visited in your own home by a number of people including OT, Social Worker, Stairlift Surveyor and Council Grant Officer.  You are welcome to invite a friend or family member to accompany you at these times.
Installation times from application can be up to 2 years within some local authorities, and you will have to repay any grant if you move home within 5 years of installation. It can of course be impossible, see this Daily Mail article - so explore as many  avenues as possible.

If you still want to buy a lift now then you can scroll to the bottom of the page for further information on obtaining alternative stairlifts funding grants from private bodies and charities, that other customers of ours have found useful in the past.
If your need is urgent and you don't have savings to cover a purchase straight away then Castle Comfort can arrange a rental stairlift for you quickly and easily, which might be more manageable for you.
Give us a call today on 0800 007 6959 for free advice.


Local Councils in the West Midlands

Herefordshire
Herefordshire

Shropshire
Shropshire
Telford

Staffordshire
Cannock
East Staffordshire
Lichfield
Newcastle-u-Lyme
South Staffordshire
Stafford
Staffordshire
Staffordshire Moorlands
Stoke-on-Trent
Tamworth

Warwickshire
North Warwickshire
Nuneaton and Bedworth
Rugby
Stratford on Avon
Warwick
Warwickshire

Give us a call today on 0800 007 6959 for free advice. 

West Midlands
Birmingham
Coventry
Dudley
Sandwell
Solihull
Walsall
Wolverhampton

Worcestershire
Bromsgrove
Malvern
Redditch
Worcester
Worcestershire
Wychavon
Wyre Forest
Give us a call today on 0800 007 6959 for free advice.


Local Councils in the North West

Cheshire East
Cheshire West
Halton
Warrington

Cumbria
Allerdale
Copeland
Barrow
Carlisle
Cumbria
Eden
South Lakeland

Give us a call today on 0800 007 6959 for free advice. 

Greater Manchester
Bolton
Bury
Manchester City
Oldham
Rochdale
Salford
Stockport
Tameside
Trafford
Wigan


Lancashire
Blackburn
Blackpool
Burnley
Chorley
Fylde
Hyndburn
Lancashire County
Lancaster City
Pendle
Preston
Ribble Valley
Rossendale
South Ribble
West Lancashire
Wyre

Merseyside
Knowsley Metropolitan
Liverpool
Sefton
St Helens
Wirral

Give us a call today on 0800 007 6959 for free advice.

Local Councils in the East Midlands

Derbyshire
Amber Valley
Bolsover
Chesterfield
Derby City
Derbyshire County
Derbyshire Dales
Erewash
High Peak
North East Derbyshire
South Derbyshire

Leicestershire
Blaby
Charnwood
Harborough
Hinckley and Bosworth
Leicester City
Leicestershire County
Melton
North West Leicestershire
Oadby and Wigston

Lincolnshire
Boston
East Lindsey
Lincoln City
Lincolnshire County
North Kesteven
South Holland
South Kesteven
West Lindsey

Northamptonshire 
Corby
Daventry
East Northamptonshire
Kettering
Northampton Town
Northamptonshire County
South Northamptonshire
Wellingborough

Nottinghamshire
Ashfield
Bassetlaw
Broxtowe
Gedling
Mansfield
Newark and Sherwood
Nottingham City
Nottinghamshire County
Rushcliffe

Rutland
Rutland

Give us a call today on 0800 007 6959 for free advice.

Local Councils in the East of England


Bedfordshire
Bedford
Central Bedfordshire
Luton

Cambridgeshire
Cambridge City
Cambridgeshire County
East Cambridgeshire
Fenland
Huntingdonshire
Peterborough
South Cambridgeshire

Essex
Basildon
Braintree
Brentwood
Castle Point
Chelmsford
Colchester
Epping Forest
Essex
Harlow
Maldon
Rochford
Southend on Sea
Tendring
Thurrock

Hertfordshire
Broxbourne
Dacorum
East Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire County
Hertsmere
North Hertfordshire
St Albans
Stevenage
Three Rivers
Watford
Welwyn Hatfield

Norfolk
Breckland
Broadland
Great Yarmouth
Kings Lynn
Norfolk County
North Norfolk
Norwich City
South Norfolk


Suffolk
Babergh
West Suffolk
Ipswich
Mid Suffolk
Suffolk Coastal
Waveney District

Give us a call today on 0800 007 6959 for free advice.

Local Councils in the North East of England

Durham

Durham

Northumberland

Northumberland

Tees Valley
Darlington
Hartlepool
Middlesbrough
Redcar and Cleveland
Stockton on Tees

Tyne and Wear
Gateshead
Newcastle upon Tyne
North Tyneside
South Tyneside
Sunderland

Give us a call today on 0800 007 6959 for free advice.



London 
Barking and Dagenham
Barnet
Bexley
Brent
Bromley
Camden
City
Croydon
Ealing
Enfield
Greenwich
Hackney
Hammersmith and Fulham
Haringey
Harrow
Havering
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Islington
Kensington and Chelsea
Lambeth
Lewisham
Merton
Newham
Redbridge
Richmond
Kingston
Southwark
Sutton
Tower Hamlets
Waltham Forest
Wandsworth
Westminster

Call the number on the video below for free advice.


More organisations to help you with stairlift grants


Ssafa.org.uk/This charity is the welfare support organisation for the armed forces.  They offer to help even if you or a family member only served for a day.  We have supported customers to access these funds.
 http://www.bwcharity.org.uk/services     is charity is for ex employees of any of the companies that are working in the BANKING SECTOR, which we have worked with a number of times, to help towards stairlifts funding.


Turn2us.org.uk
A charity that helps people get all their welfare benefits and access welfare funds from their list of 3,500 different charities.  They also have a free and confidential helpline that's open 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday.

If in the Coventry or Warwickshire area you can make an application here for funding for a full purchase or part payment on a stairlift.
http://www.warwickshirehealthcharity.org.uk/grants-for-stairlifts

Margarets Fund
A charity that helps women in ill health, who may require grant assistance toards a stairlift.


Other Sources of Charity Funding for StairliftsA guide to grants for individuals in need is published by the Directory of Social Change which lists organisations that give funding grants and includes a template application form to use when applying.  A copy can usually be found in your local library or citizens advice bureau, but if not then give us a call on 0800 007 6959 with your requirements and we'll see who we can put you in touch with.

Lastly previous or current employers of a family member in need of a stairlift may have funds available to help.  Here is a list of the biggest and best companies in the UK with contact details.  If you worked for a different company not on this list it is still worth asking as sometimes the funds may be available, which has happened for us on more than one occasion.



Airbus - info@airbus-fyi.com
AMEC - careers@amec.com
Amey - enquiry@amey.co.uk
Arup - manchester@arup.com
ASDA - http://bit.ly/5Nclqr
Astra Zeneca - azqueries@aah.co.uk
Atkins - chris.ball@atkinsglobal.com
Aviva - aviva.info@aviva.com
Axa - http://bit.ly/qSvAAx
BAE Systems - baesystemsrecruitmentra@hr.exchanging.com
Balfour Beatty - enquiry@bbesl.com
BBC - http://bit.ly/noxq4D
Boots - enquiries@allianceboots.com
BP – careline@bp.com
British Airways - http://bit.ly/q82X7m
BUPA - http://bit.ly/o80LxI
Capgemini - http://bit.ly/ckhmrS
Capita - http://bit.ly/r8w77t
Carillion - http://bit.ly/ntI87d
Citigroup - http://citi.us/4EN6qF
Civil Service - http://bit.ly/nDUqjt
CSC - http://bit.ly/prc9kn
Deloitte - http://bit.ly/l8DHIr
Deutsche Bank - http://bit.ly/pF3S3g
DHL - http://bit.ly/mXTt0Y
Diageo - http://bit.ly/p2UBfV
EDF Energy - customer_correspondence@edfenergy.com
EDS - http://bit.ly/oPx7o6
EON - http://bit.ly/gBX1Hj
Ericsson - http://bit.ly/pS4D5g
Ernst and Young - http://bit.ly/qVzEhl
Fujitsu – http://bit.ly/nBBks5
General Electric - ukinfo@ge.com
GSK - customer.enquiries@gsk.com
Hewlett Packard - http://bit.ly/9DiRZG
Hilton – http://bit.ly/pmCLOU
Honeywell - http://bit.ly/ngttoD
IBM - http://bit.ly/bHDHwW
ITV - itv.comsupport@itv.com
JP Morgan - http://bit.ly/ppodfp
KPMG - http://bit.ly/mOTx48
Logica - http://bit.ly/o1AheE
Marks and Spencer - http://bit.ly/rrL7VY
Microsoft - http://bit.ly/nAS4u1
Morgan Stanley - instfeed@ms.com
Morrison’s - http://bit.ly/mWepQR
Mouchel - http://bit.ly/rbT2E5
National Grid - ross.hayman@uk.ngrid.com
Network Rail - http://bit.ly/cripNC
NHS - http://bit.ly/glDI0m
Nokia - http://bit.ly/fRFWMG
O2 - http://bit.ly/w17cZ
Oracle - eduquery_uk@oracle.com
PricewaterhouseCoopers - http://pwc.to/ovcjFR
PWC - http://pwc.to/ovcjFR
Qinetiq - http://bit.ly/oGyDFr
RAF - http://bit.ly/qeIhFs
Rolls-Royce - http://bit.ly/pNv9KS
Royal Mail - http://bit.ly/9Fr79g
RSA - theresa.wallace@rsa.org.uk
Sainsburys - http://bit.ly/9hqLNn
Santander - http://bit.ly/rsSopM
SBS Worldwide - man@sbsworldwide.com
Serco - marketing.solutions@serco.com
Shell - feedback-uk@shell.com
Siemens - info.cc.uk@siemens.com
Specsavers - http://bit.ly/pqHurc
Tesco - tescodirect@tesco.co.uk
Thomson Reuters - general.info@thomsonreuters.com
UBS - http://bit.ly/oS9Y3G
Unilever - http://bit.ly/9hq2Vt
Virgin Media - http://bit.ly/lWDqsH
Vodafone - http://bit.ly/JhPl0
Xerox - http://bit.ly/o0Foth

0% APR Finance

We have an agreement with a UK manufacturer to offer 0% APR finance deals on lifts bought through us.  Applicants are welcome from homeowners or those in rental properties as long as an income to cover the monthly payments is available.  A stair lift can be pricy for some when bought in one lump sum, but by spreading the cost over a full year, a high quality reliable lift can be secured which is yours.  

A rental lift can be less reliable than a new lift, because in most cases it will be a secondhand lift put through a refurbishment process to bring it up to scratch.  All our new lifts are fully guaranteed and come with a complete 24 hour 7 days a week warranty for at least 12 months.

Again if you need assistance with grants, funding or any help at all we would be glad to help.  Kindly call 0800 007 6959 and we will do our best to help.

10 comments:

  1. This is excellent information for anyone looking for extra help when buying their stairlift.
    Dr Neil Stirling MB ChB

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  2. I agree with Dr. Stirling. Valuable information indeed.

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  3. This is an excellent resource for people who don't know where to start when looking for a disability grant. Its all here!

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  4. Trust Castle Comfort Centre to look out for those who might need help and advice on getting help with the cost of a stairlift. There are many who would not know where to begin, so well done for customer care and service, as usual ! Ten out of ten !

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  5. With the economy in a bit of a dip this information can help people to stay in there own homes by affording a stairlift by getting a charity grant.

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  6. Fantastic info for sure. Did not know where to start the researching process on Stairlifts & Grants

    Lucky for Me I found this website. All the information I required on one single page

    Please keep up this great resource on Stairlifts and Stairlift Grants

    Mary

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  7. This blog should be seen by everyone, it is so informative and must surely be the best out there in terms of nationwide coverage of the issue. No matter where you live you can find the right info here.........keep up the good work!!

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  8. Stairlifts? Interest free credit ? just what is needed, no saving and people can be safe on their stairs straight away. Keep up the good work Castle Comfort

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  9. I have a little monety saved up, but not enough for a brnad new stairlift. Do you think you could help me to get one? I live in Aberdeenshire.

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  10. I was sent this link today by a friend who works in local government. As many borough councils are trying to cut back on expenditure it does show that there are many other ways that one can acquire a stairlift, without resorting to the lengthy delays sometimes associated with a local authority application for a disabled facilities grant. I am glad this information is out there to be found.

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