Home Improvement Agency
Our Home Improvement Agency Service is dedicated to helping older people, younger disabled people or low income households do just that.
It provides real help, support and assistance to people who need help with building repairs, improvements, adaptations. It offers practical help, advice and assistance to elderly homeowners who sometimes find keeping their homes in a suitable condition a burden. We help people apply for any available funding, obtain estimates, find an appropriate contractor and ensure that the job is completed satisfactorily. We also help people with disabilities live in their own home through practical assistance and advice concerning any adaptation needed.
The agency is supported by the Government and we work with local authorities and other organisations to access funding and practical solutions to building repairs and maintenance problems.
Our offices
Home improvement Service
Home Improvement Agency – Cannock
South Notts Home Improvement Agency (SNHIA)
Handy van service
Handy person scheme (Derby)
Uplift Handy Person Service (Derbyshire Dales)
Preventative Adaptation Service (PAS)
Handyvan – Broxtowe, Gedling and Rushcliffe
Home Improvement Service
This office works with homeowners in the following local authority areas:- Derby City
- Derbyshire Dales
- Amber Valley
- South Derbyshire
- High Peak
- Erewash.
They offer help in accessing grants for home improvements, building repairs and adaptations. The small repairs and maintenance work, is undertaken by the Handyvan Service, Handyperson Scheme (Derby), and the Uplift Handy Person Service (Derbyshire Dales). We can also offer advice on a range of safety and security products in older people’s homes.
For more information on the services they can offer ring 0845 8508013.
Home Improvement Agency Cannock
This office works with homeowners in the following local authority areas:- Lichfield
- Tamworth
- South Staffordshire
- Cannock Chase.
They offer help in accessing grants for home improvements, building repairs and adaptations. The handy man service offers small repairs and maintenance work for elderly people on qualifying benefits.
For more information on the services they can offer ring 01543 460780.
South Notts Home Improvement Agency (SNHIA)
This office works with people in the following local authority areas:- Rushcliffe
- Gedling
- Broxtowe.
They offer help in accessing grants for home improvements, building repairs and adaptations. The Preventative Adaptation Service offers help with grab rails, hand rails and half steps, while the Handyvan service covers small repairs and maintenance work for older people.
For more information on the services they can offer please call 0115 988 7160.
Handyvan Service
This service is run in conjunction with Help the Aged for people aged 60 and over. We can provide and fit a range of safety and security products in older people’s homes including:
- Smoke alarms
- Door chains
- Mortice locks
- Mortice bolts
- Window locks
- Door viewers
- Locks available for uPVC doors and windows
- Carbon Monoxide alarms
Cost: There is no cost for this service.
Handyperson Scheme (Derby)
This service is run in conjunction with Derby City Council for people aged 60 and over, who are in receipt of a qualifying benefit. The service is also available to people who are on certain disability benefits. They will undertake small repairs and maintenance jobs such as:
- Clean gutters and repair leaking joints
- Renew light bulbs & fluorescent tubes
- Small plumbing jobs
- Small joinery jobs
Cost: The labour is free of charge but you will be charged for the materials used.
Uplift Handy Person Service (Derbyshire Dales)
This service is run in conjunction with the following town/parish councils for people who live in those areas and are aged 65 and over:
- Derbyshire Dales District Council
- Bakewell Town Council
- Baslow and Bubnell Parish Council
- Cromford Parish Council
- Darley Dale Town Council
- South Darley Parish Council
They will undertake small repairs and maintenance jobs such as:
- Clean gutters and repair leaking joints
- Relay small areas of uneven slabs
- Renew light bulbs and fluorescent tubes
- Small plumbing jobs (for example)
- Repair or replace leaking or faulty taps
- Unblock sinks and wash hand basins
- Repairs to w.c. cisterns (eg replace ball cocks)
- Small joinery jobs (for example)
- Ease ill fitting doors
- Put up shelves and cupboards
- Repair cupboard doors
Cost: The labour is free but there is a cost for the materials used.
Preventative Adaptation Service
This service is for people aged 70 and over who live in Broxtowe, Gedling & Rushcliffe Council areas. The service offers help with grab rails, hand rails and half steps.
Cost: There is a cost of £10/visit for unlimited number of grab rails.
Handyvan
This service is for people aged 60 and over or registered disabled people who live in Broxtowe, Gedling & Rushcliffe Council areas. (In the Broxtowe area only, the service is run in conjunction with the Stapleford Volunteer Bureau). The service offers help with grab rails, hand rails and half steps. They will undertake small repairs and maintenance jobs.
Cost: There is a small hourly charge for this service which varies dependant upon benefit entitlement.