Disabled Facilities Grant

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1. Llŷn Area

• E-mail - oedolionllyn@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
• Phone (09:00-17:00) - 01758 704 099
• Emergency out of hours phone (any other times and on Bank Holidays) - 01248 353 551
• On-line form

2. Caernarfon Area

• E-mail -oedolioncaernarfon@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
• Phone (09:00-17:00) - 01286 679 099
• Emergency out of hours phone (any other times and on Bank Holidays)  - 01248 353 551
• On-line form

3. Bangor Area

• E-mail - oedolionbangor@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
• Phone (09:00-17:00) - 01248 363 240
• Emergency out of hours phone (any other times and on Bank Holidays) - 01248 353 551
• On-line form

4. Eifionydd and Meirionnydd North

• E-mail - oedolioneifionydd/gogmeirionnydd@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
• Phone- (09:00-17:00) - 01766 510 300
• Emergency out of hours phone (any other times and on Bank Holidays)- 01248 353 551
• On-line form

5. South Meirionnydd Area

• E-mail - oedoliondemeirionnydd@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
• Phone  (09:00-17:00) - 01341 424 572 
• Emergency out of hours phone (any other times and on Bank Holidays)-- 01248 353 551
• On-line form

1)     A formal referral is made from the Occupational Therapy Section of the Adult, Health and Wellbeing Department of Gwynedd Council.

2)     An OT will visit you and they will discuss the proposed adaptations with you to ensure all your essential needs are addressed.

3)     If required, the Grants Officer will visit with the OT to ascertain whether the proposed adaptations to your home can be carried out. If a decision is taken to proceed, the work will be carried out in the most effective way.

It is a statutory requirement that all grants are means tested.  An initial means test may be carried out prior to any referral by an Occupational Therapist if required. 

• The means test is carried out on the Disabled Person and his/her spouse
• Mortgage/rent, household bills and Council Tax payments are taken into account on a collective basis
• All income, assets, capital and savings must be declared
• You will have to submit original documents such as payslips, bajnk statements for a 12 month period as part of the means test

Certain benefits allow the disabled person to be ‘passported’ through.

If the required work is for a disabled child, NO means test is required.

• The Grants Department receives the referral from the Occupational Therapist and will then contact you to complete the application form and carry out a formal means test.
• The schedule for completion will vary according to the scale and nature of the adaptation. The Schedule of works is then agreed with both yourself and the OT before obtaining prices from relevant Contractors.
• Once the prices are agreed, the grant is approved and the contractor is obliged to commence the work within 6 weeks.
• The average length of time taken from first point of contact with the OT, to completion of the work is approximately 9 months.

The grant awarded will be the difference between your contribution as determined by the means test and the total cost of eligible works.

Yes, conditions are as follows:

1)     You have to prove ownership of the property. We try to do this direct with the Land Registry where possible, but if the property is not registered, you will be required to ask a Solicitor or your Mortgage Lender to complete a ‘Certificate of Title’.

2)     You must pay your contribution (if any) in full prior to the commencement of any work.

3)     Where an applicant has already received a DFG at the property, the Council reserves the right to only consider subsequent adaptation of the same nature, at another property under exceptional circumstances. The presumption will be against funding essentially the same work on two properties for the same person.

4)     Where the final cost of the grant is greater than £5,000, and the grant applicant has a qualifying owner’s interest, the Council will demand repayment of the grant of such part of the grant that exceeds £5,000 should the grant conditions not be met in full throughout the stated period. The Council may not demand a sum larger than £10,000. This grant repayment condition will be implemented should the property be sold within 10 years of the date on the Certificate of Completion of the works. After 10 years the grant conditions will be expired, and no repayment will be requested.

5)     The applicant is responsible for the maintenance of any appliance/adaptation once the initial maintenance period has expired and the Council will not consider providing or replacing the same adaptation when the reason for the breakdown is due to the applicant’s failure to properly maintain any equipment in accordance with the manufacturer’s and installers requirements