GRANT FUNDING
"Can the home ever be safe?" The Winners
| AGE CONCERN BEDFORDSHIRE KAREN BIRKIN – 01234 360510 |
| Target group: Residents of Bedfordshire (excl Luton), 65 years and over, identified as at risk from falling. Action: Provision of second handrail to staircases and grail rails to bath and WC, to a minimum of 60 households. |
| AGE CONCERN, PETERBOROUGH JAMES HOPGOOD – 01733 568870 |
| Target group: Older people and parents with small children living on the Dogthorpe and Bluebell estates. Action: Window restrictors, handrails and grab rails to be fitted as appropriate to approx 100 homes. |
| BRIDGNORTH DISTRICT COUNCIL KELLY MORGAN – 01746 713156 |
| Target group: Owner occupiers and private tenants within Bridgnorth District who are over 65 and identified as being at risk of falling. Action: Provision of second handrails to staircases to 300 households. |
| EAST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HOUSING ALISTAIR MACKAY – 01933 415364 |
| Target group: Supported housing residents, over 55 years old, on six housing schemes. Action: Installation of thermostatic mixer valves (TMVs) to bath water supplies in 168 households. |
| EASTBOURNE CARE AND REPAIR STEPHEN WILL – 01323 415355 |
| Target group: Those at risk of falls, mainly vulnerable older or disabled people, where statutory funding is not available. Action: Fitting 100 handrails to 100 homes. |
| FLINTSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL STEVE WILLIAMS – 01352 703398 |
| Target group: Current and future tenants within properties refurbished under the Council Empty Homes Scheme. Action: Installation of secure cupboards (internal and external), window restrictors, TMVs to baths, handrails to stairs, grab rails to bath and WC, to 19 homes. |
| HOME ACCIDENT PREVENTION NORTHERN IRELAND JANICE BISP/TRUDY BROWN – 02890 501160 |
| Target group: Families with children under 5 living in an already identified area of substantial social and economic disadvantage in Newtownabbey District Council. Action: Provision of secure cupboards, and installation of window restrictors and TMVs to baths in at least 70 homes. |
| LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL JOHN HELME – 01524 586812 |
| Target group: Vulnerable low-income households, within the Poulton area of Morecambe which is a designated Renewal area. Action: Fitting of all five recommendations in the policy document (ie window restrictors, secure cupboards, TMVs, handrails and grab rails), with an anticipated 186 households receiving at least one item of equipment. |
| LEEDS MULTI-AGENCY ACCIDENT PREVENTION GROUP ANNACRONIN DE CHAVEZ – 0113 3057346 |
| Target group: Families with children under 5 living in Council housing in Leeds LA area, with priority given to those families with especially vulnerable circumstances. Action: Fitting of window restrictors to at least 600 homes (5 restrictors per home). |
| NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE COUNCIL TREVOR PARKIN – 01724 297616 |
| Target group: Older people (over 65) and families with children under 5, who are disadvantaged or living in areas of deprivation. Action: Provision and fitting of secure cupboards and window restrictors in 300 homes with under 5s, plus handrails and grab rails in a further 300 homes of older people. |
| CARE AND REPAIR IN POWYS SALLY DAVISON – 01597 828032 |
| Target group: Powys residents age 60 or over (and those under 60 with a disability) who are homeowners or private tenants. Action: Supply and fit 60 handrails, 60 grab rails, 20 TMVs, and 15 secure cupboards, with an estimate that over 100 households will benefit. |
| WESTERN H.A.Z./WESTERN HOME SAFETY CHECK SCHEME, STRABANE COLETTE BROLLY – 02871 880221 |
| Target group: Families with children under five targeted through the "Home Safe Home" scheme. Action: Provision of secure cupboards to approximately 600 homes, equally divided between five areas (Limavady, Derry, Strabane, Omagh and Fermanagh). |
| WEAVER VALE HOUSING TRUST, NORTHWICH, CHESHIRE STEPHEN McKENNA – 01606 813316 |
| Target group: Residents in ten sheltered housing units for older people in the Cheshire county. Action: Provision of second handrail to staircases and grab rails to bath and WC, with approximately 250 residents benefiting. |
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