{"id":73303,"date":"2026-02-19T11:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/?page_id=73303"},"modified":"2026-02-24T10:33:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T10:33:04","slug":"disabled-facilities-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/money\/disabled-facilities-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Disabled Facilities Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you\u2019re disabled and need to make changes to your home, you may be able to get a Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) from your local council. In Devon these grants are manged by your local district, borough or city council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Disabled Facilities Grant\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/yZrxlRq-Qpw?feature=oembed&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who might get a grant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You may be able to get a DFG if you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>are physically disabled<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>have a learning disability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>have age-related needs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>are autistic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>have a cognitive impairment, like dementia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>have a progressive condition, like motor neurone disease<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>have a terminal illness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>have a mental health condition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What the grant can cover<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Changes or adaptations you may need to make to your home include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>widening doors and installing ramps or grab rails<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>improving access to rooms and facilities, for example with a stairlift, or level access shower<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>improving access to your garden<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>building an extension, for example a downstairs bedroom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>providing a heating system suitable for your needs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>adapting heating or lighting controls to make them easier to use<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A Disabled Facilities Grant will not affect any benefits you get.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What you may get<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The maximum grant value in England is up to \u00a330,000, however this depends on your household income and any household savings (over \u00a36,000).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Disabled children under the age of 18 can get a grant without their parents&#8217; income being taken into account.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Find out more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For the full details about Disabled Facilities Grants, including eligibility, planning permission requirements, how to apply and how grants are paid go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/disabled-facilities-grants\" rel=\"noopener\">GOV.UK &#8211; Disabled Facilities Grants<\/a>.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re disabled and need to make changes to your home, you may be able to get a Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) from your local [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":981,"featured_media":0,"parent":124,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-73303","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 16:30:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/981"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73303"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73433,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73303\/revisions\/73433"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}