The Design, Manufacture and Installation of Modular Ramps and Associated Services

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BMBC Administers Disabled Facilities Grant adaptations for Privately Owned, Housing Association or Private Rented properties in Barnsley. The existing framework for design, build and installation of ramps ceased 31st March 2028. The DFG Team process around 30 modular ramped access installations per year, to include low level threshold door and other associated works. The annual expenditure is anticipated to be around £100,000 per annum. The ramped access referrals come from the Occupational Therapy Team, who will medically assess a person's requirements for level access to and from a property, if deemed that a modular ramped access would meet their current and long term need, a recommendation is made to the DFG Team to process a Disabled Facilities Grant to fund all or part of the costings towards the installation or the modular ramped access