aids and adaptations

For residents of CDS Co-operatives only

You may need aids or adaptations to be made to your home to enable you to continue to live in your property.  CDS Co-operatives can assist you.

If you feel you would benefit from an aid or adaptation to assist you to live in your home then please speak to your Co-operative Support Officer or contact the Development and Maintenance Administrator at the CDS Co-operatives’ Head Office.

If the aid or adaptation is relatively minor and will cost under £500 CDS Co-operatives has set up a “fast track” scheme which enables us to provide these types of adaptations without the need for an Occupational Therapist.  See Minor Adaptations Without Delay for more information.  This scheme applies to tenants of CDS Co-operatives.

If your adaptation is more substantial (such as a level access shower, a hoist or a stair lift) there will be a need for an Occupational Therapist to advise you and us as to what is required.

When you contact us for a more substantial adaptation we will advise you to get an Occupational Therapist from the local authority to assess your needs and supply a report. We can help you by putting you in touch with the relevant Occupational Therapy team.

The Occupational Therapist will visit you to assess your needs and will then give us a report.  If the work is less than £5,000 we will normally fund this ourselves  (however if you are not a tenant of CDS Co-operatives but a tenant of an independent housing co-operative we will need to get your co-operative’s consent to finance the works).

If we are able to finance the works we will then draw up a specification and place the works out to competitive tender.  We would aim to do this within 4 weeks of obtaining the Occupational Therapist’s report on your requirements.  The works contract should then be let within the following two weeks and the contractor awarded the work will contact you to arrange to have the works done.

If we cannot finance the works then we will advise you as to how best to apply for a Disabled Facilities Grant from the relevant local authority.  We may be able to undertake some minor works whilst you are awaiting the decision of the local authority on the Disabled Facilities Grant.

The range of adaptations available under this scheme

Minor Adaptations without Delay

(These works normally cost less than £500 and we will do these without an Occupational Therapist’s involvement - see Minor Adaptations without Delay)

• Hand Rails
• Grab Rails
• Lever Taps
• Kitchen Cupboard Handles
• WC Lever Flush Handles
• Door/Wall Protectors
• Door Entry System
• Internal Door Threshold Ramps
• Ramps (to main entrance)

Larger works

(We will normally be able to undertake these works if they cost less than £5,000, depending on resources being available)

• Stair lifts
• Ceiling hoists
• Internal Lifts
• Level access showers

Disabled Facility Grants

For larger and more extensive adaptations (such as house extensions) we will normally assist you in making an application to the local authority for a Disabled Facility Grant.

How to make your request for an adaptation 

You can contact us in a variety of ways:

Email: Helpdesk@cds.coop

Telephone: 03333 21 30 30

Write to us at the address below with your address, contact telephone number and a suitable time to contact you. One of our team will then phone you to take the details of your requirements.

Adaptations

CDS Co-operatives

Marshalsea Road

London SE1 1EP