Handyperson Help at Home Service - Grant Application

 

As part of the wider preventative health agenda to be delivered across South Derbyshire, we are seeking to offer an annual grant for the provision of handy persons services to support elderly and vulnerable households in the private sector to remain living independently in their homes for longer.

 

This service specifically aims to address the following issues:

Enable independent living

  • To link and coordinate health, housing and social support so that vulnerable or disabled residents can continue living safely and independently at home.

 

Provide a person‑centred, holistic service

  • To deliver a tailored, needs‑based offer where solutions are designed around the individual's personal circumstances, wellbeing, and risks.

 

Improve health and wellbeing

  • To remove or reduce hazards in the home that could negatively affect a person’s physical or mental health.

 

Reduce avoidable hospital admissions

  • To reduce slips, trips, falls and other risks that lead to emergency admissions, thereby decreasing pressure on acute services, rehabilitation and bed‑based care.

 

Support faster hospital discharge

  • To prepare homes for discharge and work closely with discharge teams to enable safe and timely returns home.

 

Deliver financial and system‑wide savings

  • To create material savings for each avoided hospital admission and for avoided non elective admissions, rehabilitation for slips, trips and falls, contributing to the principles of the Better Care Fund.

 

To provide additional wrap‑around support including:

  • reducing loneliness and isolation
  • improving social connection and activity
  • benefit maximisation
  • signposting to other services
  • help with warmth, nutrition and wider wellbeing factors
  • practical help to mitigate hazards in the home

 

Closing Date for submissions: 20th March 2026

Please complete the Expression of Interest form below:

South Derbyshire - EOI HHH Scheme (docx, 103kb)

Please send the completed form to: Stategic.Housing@southderbyshire.gov.uk

 

The Project is funded by the Council’s DFG Allocation (part of the Better Care Fund)

‘reform and strengthen neighbourhood services across health and social care, with the goal of:

  • providing more care closer to home
  • increasing the focus on prevention so that people are living healthier and more independent lives
  • harnessing digital technology to transform care

For people with more complex health and care needs, this relies on having joined-up health and social care services that work to provide co-ordinated, person-centred care and support, drawing upon effective use of data and technology.’

Source: Better Care Fund policy framework 2025 to 2026 - GOV.UK