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Funding Options

92% of Safespaces products were fully funded in 2023!

There are many funding options available for our innovative product range. We have listed a number of options below.

If you would like to speak to our expert team we can offer further guidance and discuss the best options for you to consider.

Statutory Services

If you are caring for a disabled child, your local authority has an obligation to assess their needs and to provide an appropriate solution. We recommend contacting a healthcare professional such as an Occupational Therapist, as you may be entitled to the provision of a Safespaces product following an assessment of need.

Please note: The law says that every local authority has “a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children within their area who are in need, by providing a range and level of services appropriate to those children’s needs”. Your child does not need to have a diagnosis. Any child who meets the criteria for disability is ‘in need’.

Please refer to the BHTA’s Help for Families leaflet for more information.

Disabled Facilities Grants (DFG)

Many local authorities fund our products through Disabled Facilities Grants (DFG). These grants are used to pay for additional facilities or home adaptations which improve the level of independence of a disabled person or make caring for them easier. A Safespace is classed as a home adaptation and therefore can be funded by a DFG.  

The grant is not means tested if the disabled person is under 18, but you will be required to undergo a means test if they are 18 or over before a grant can be obtained. The current maximum grant is £30,000.

An Occupational Therapist will be required to access your circumstances in order to recommend a Safespaces product. You will need to contact your local authority to organise a visit from the Occupational Therapist, if you don’t already have one. If they would like us to explain how our products might be able to help or how they meet the criteria for a DFG then please get in touch and we’ll be happy to help.

We can also provide the details of local authorities who have funded a Safespace using the Disabled Facilities Grant and we are more than happy to put your Occupational Therapist or council in touch with other, often neighbouring councils who have been through the approval process.

Social Services Grant

There are a number of different budgets available for equipment and home adaptations.

The Safespace can be supplied as a free-standing piece of equipment and it can also be funded as a home adaptation.

Our beds and travel products are often bought using the equipment budget.

Community Equipment Loan Service

Safespaces products can be purchased through community equipment or hospital loan services. They are purchased and loaned out to you on a long-term basis and remain the property of the community or hospital loan store. Your healthcare professional will be able to advise if this service is available to you.

Community Equipment Services may be funded by the local authority, NHS or both.

Integrated Care Boards (ICBs)

Integrated care boards have funded all Safespaces products. Contact your healthcare professional to request more information.

NHS Budgets

Our products can also be purchased through NHS Budgets for people at home or in order to access medical treatment in hospital in an appropriate and safe bed.

Charities

There are many charities that are able to provide funding for Safespaces products. We have a list of charities that have funded our products to date. Request our list below.

In some cases, charities may ask you to apply for funding via statutory sources such as a DFG or Social Services Grant prior to considering your application. 

VAT Exemption

If the product is being purchased for a disabled person through funds from a Disabled Facilities Grant, a registered charity or by a family who is paying for it themselves, VAT will not be charged.