Before you begin this application, you will need to have been assessed by an Occupational Therapist.

If you have not been assessed by an Occupational Therapist, please complete the contact us form to request an assessment for adults, or visit NELFT Redbridge occupational therapy service to request an assessment for a child.

If you are completing the form for someone else, please provide their details.  There will be an opportunity for you to provide your contact details later on

You may receive a maximum of £30,000, dependening on what is decided as a reasonable cost for the work you need.

If the works amount to more than £19,000, a charge will be placed on your property. This means if you sell your house within 5 years of completing the work you have to repay the full amount or £10,000 whichever is the lesser.

If you require assistance completing the form, please contact the Home Improvement Team.

The Home Improvement Team of the London Borough of Redbridge will be collecting this information to process your application for a grant.

Some of the data we collect will be personal data about you. This will include amongst other things: name, residential address and date of birth. We will also collect details of household income, benefits and all those living at your address.

We review our retention periods of the information we hold about you on a regular basis. We are legally required to hold some types of information to fulfil our statutory obligations. We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as it is necessary for the service that we provide to you, or as required by law.

The information you provide may be shared with other enforcement agencies and local authorities nationally where breaches of statutory legislation are suspected. We may also be obligated to share your personal details with other organisations for the prevention or detection of crime, the capture or prosecution of offenders; and the assessment or collection of tax or duty under section 29 of the Data Protection Act.

We will not use your information for marketing.

For further information about your rights and how we process your data please visit www.redbridge.gov.uk/about-the-council/privacy-notices (opens in new window)

By providing the financial information in the next part, we will be able to assess whether you or the disabled adult you are applying on behalf of are eligible for additional funding to help with the cost of the adaptation.

If you choose not to provide this information, the maximum grant available will be limited to £19,000 and you will have to pay any costs exceeding that amount.

If during your application, we identify the need for additional funding, we will give you the opportunity to answer these questions again in a paper form.

Please read the following carefully before choosing your preferred method of contractor

• Redbridge Council carrying out the work on your behalf.

  When carrying out the work on your behalf the Council operates a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to support disabled adaption grant applicants and those in need of minor building works to meet their home environmental needs in engaging with reputable and compliant contractors. Independence Community Interest Company manage the DPS on behalf of the London Borough of Redbridge.

• Sourcing your own contractor.

  If you choose to source your own contractor to undertake the adaption work, you will need to submit 2 or 3 quotations for the adaptation(s) from an approved contractor to ensure that the grant awarded is fair value. You must provide an itemised quotation to demonstrate that you have met the Occupational Therapist's specification. You will also need to provide a valid invoice for the Council to pay the grant.

Please read the following carefully before choosing the disabled adults preferred method of contractor

• Redbridge Council carrying out the work on behalf of the disabled adult.

  When carrying out the work on the behalf of the disabled adult the Council operates a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to support disabled adaption grant applicants and those in need of minor building works to meet their home environmental needs in engaging with reputable and compliant contractors. Independence Community Interest Company manage the DPS on behalf of the London Borough of Redbridge.

• Sourcing your own contractor on behalf of the disabled adult.

  If you choose to source your own contractor to undertake the adaption work on behalf of the disabled adult, you will need to submit 2 or 3 quotations for the adaptation(s) from an approved contractor to ensure that the grant awarded is fair value. You must provide an itemised quotation to demonstrate that the disabled adult has met the Occupational Therapist's specification and you will also need to provide a valid invoice for the Council to pay the grant.