When their boiler broke down, Trudy and Brian Urquhart couldn’t afford to replace it and managed for months with heat from a coal fire and water boiled on the stove. But when Brian faced a major cancer operation last winter, it looked unlikely that the hospital would allow him to return home to such conditions.
Thanks to a Macmillan nurse who was supporting the Urquharts, the couple discovered that their local council, Carlisle, might help them through the creative use of the disabled facilities grant (DFG). With the assistance of Homelife Carlisle, the council’s award-winning home improvement agency, they successfully applied for discretionary funding for a new boiler, and subsequently a replacement fire surround and repairs to their leaking roof.
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