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To Find Out More and if you are Elegible For The Switchover Help Scheme click Here:
LIFT Scheme
A new scheme aimed at helping people on low incomes who want to own their own
homes but who cannot afford to pay the full price. Aimed at first-time buyers but also applicable to those whose life
circumstances have changed through marital breakdown, disability and illness, etc.
Check now to see if you could be eligible
The Switchover Help Scheme can help you make the switch to digital TV.We
can help you convert your TV to digital if you: - are aged 75 or over; or
- get or could get Disability
Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance, Constant Attendance Allowance or mobility supplement; or
- have lived in a care
home for six months or more; or
- are registered blind or partially sighted.
Margaret Blackwood Housing Association provides flexible tailored support and care packages and housing for disabled
people, older people and people with general housing needs in small, mixed community developments across Scotland, including
several in Fife.
An architectural design consultancy which can redesign your current home to make it more accessible or design you a whole
new home. as a subsidiary of Margaret Blackwood Housing Association, which has 1500 tenants across Scotland - three
quarters of whom are disabled, we have extensive experience in this area.
Links to other housing organisations and downloadable forms available soon. If you
would like to see a link to your organisation on this site, please contact us.
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ACCESS TO LOCKED PUBLIC TOILETS
What is
RADAR? The Royal Association for Disability
and Rehabilitation (RADAR) is a national organisation of and for disabled people. What is a RADAR Key?
The RADAR Key allows
independent access for people with disabilities to around 7,000 fully accessible toilets in the UK. Who can get a RADAR Key? Anyone
with a disability or their carer can obtain a key by providing proof of eligibility (e.g. European Blue Parking Badge, Disability Living Allowance with mobility component, Attendance Allowance). How long can I keep the key for? The
key is yours as long as you require it. How much will it cost How do I get a Radar Key?
For more information.click
on the Links for the FIDN OR Visit your local supplier FIDN Click the link for your local supplier Fife Independant Disability Network
 PROPOSED NEW SCHEMEOF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR ADAPTIONS. The Scottish Government is currently running a consultation (Until
July 1 2008) on proposals for a new scheme of financial assistance, including grants for adaptions. The Housing
(Scotland) Act 2006 gives new powers and duties to local authorities which opens the way to a new approach to helping
home owners to adapt property to suit disabled occupants. This is the biggest change in national
policy on this issue in 30 years. The draft regulations set out proposals for a mandatory grant for adaptions and minimum
percentages to be applied to mandatory grant. Do you have any comments on the proposals? If you would like your feedback to be included in a response
to the Government, please let us know by contacting the office. If you are a homeowner
or are planning to become a homeowner you may find the Ownership Options in Scotland website helpful and interesting: Here are some other interesting links for you to explore: www.accessiblefeatures.org.uk
The Scottish Governments Paper Green Paper on the Future of
Housing in Scotland: Firm Foundations
What does it all mean? DPHS(Fife)
were recently involved in consultation with the Governments Green Paper for the future of housing in Scotland called Firm
Foundations.It was decided at the most recent meeting of Scottish Accessible Housing Network that each DPHS in
Scotland would submit its own response for several reasons – housing is accessed differently in different local authority
areas of Scotland and therefore the mix of work of DPHSs differs in each area.DPHS(Fife) were involved in workshops
with Fife Council and have also submitted this response to the Housing Service. DPHS(Fife) used information
from our customer databases, workers experiences with customers, partnership working with housing and other organisations,
and viewpoint of Board members to inform our response. Many of the questions and issues raised will
continue to be revisited during the course of our work. You may wish to read the full
Government paper by following this link:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/10/30153156/0
DPHS(Fife)
have given permission for the Scottish Government to contact us again about this consultation. So here
is your chance! If you have any comments on the contents of the Green Paper or the DPHS (Fife) responses
please do get in touch to let us know.
The DPHS(F) response to the questions raised can be found here:
click here to download FirmFoundationsfile
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Fife Federation of Tenants & Residents Associations Who are we? The Federation
is a voluntary umbrella organisation, covering the Central and West areas of Fife. Set up and managed by tenants for
the benefit of tenants and residents. We provide help, advice, assistance and guidance on setting up and running Tenants &
Residents Associations and also information, advice and analysis on housing issues and legislation and relevant training for
committees and individuals
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