Creating Safe, Secure & Healthy Homes for Independent Living
An independent home improvement agency based in Preston, established in 1993 to support older, disabled, and vulnerable individuals in the area. Their vision is to provide safe, secure, and warm homes to enable independent living and improve health. Services offered include home repairs, adaptations, maintenance, healthy home assessments, and a handyperson service. They cater to people over 60, registered disabled individuals, those with long-term health conditions affecting mobility, and other vulnerable persons in the community.
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Creating safe, secure & healthy homes for independent living
Who We Are We are an independent home improvement agency with charitable status. We were established in 1993 to support older, disabled and vulnerable people in the Preston area. Over the last 25 years we have grown to cover Preston, South Ribble, Chorley, West Lancashire, Fylde and Pendle. We deliver a wide range of services to help older, disabled and vulnerable people stay safe, secure, warm and independent in their own homes. Creating safe, secure & healthy homes for independent living
Vision Our vision is safe, secure, warm homes for all enabling independent living and improving health and well being. We will achieve this by listening and responding to our clients, working with our partners and engaging with local communities to develop and deliver high quality services. Creating safe, secure & healthy homes for independent living
Our Services We help with home repairs, adaptations and maintenance and other aspects of being safe, secure, warm and independent. Our services are tailored to meet individual needs, but broadly fall into the following areas of work: Handyperson Service Minor Works Service Minor Adaptations Service Larger Adaptations & Repairs Advice & Support Our services are for people over 60; or registered disabled; or over 18 with a long term health condition that affects their mobility in the home, or any other vulnerable person. Creating safe, secure & healthy homes for independent living
Healthy Home Assessment Our Healthy Homes Caseworker will provide a comprehensive assessment based on the themes of: Safe Home Secure Home Warm Home Independent Home We will provide advice and guidance on what steps the client may wish to take to improve the health of their home. Where appropriate - and with the clients consent - we will also signpost or refer them to other agencies that may be able to help them. Creating safe, secure & healthy homes for independent living
Handyperson Service Our trusted Handyperson Service will help our clients to stay on top of household repairs and DIY. No job is too small we can help with everything from changing a light bulb or putting up a curtain rail through to more complex jobs such as repairs to fixtures and fittings, small plumbing jobs and joinery. The handyperson Service is available at a subsidised hourly rate plus the cost of any materials. Creating safe, secure & healthy homes for independent living
Handyperson Service Practical help for people to stay safe & independent at home. Types of work (definitely not exhaustive): Supplying and fitting grab-rails Moving bed downstairs and re-arranging other furniture Tacking down or taping loose or fraying carpets Relocating and/or fixing trailing flexes Changing light bulbs Removing clutter to create safe walkways especially on stairs Put up/taking down curtains Fitting draft excluders Small repairs to paths and steps. Home fire safety checks and improvements Home security checks and improvements Energy efficiency advice and improvements Building flat pack furniture Jet washing access routes (Falls Prevention) Creating safe, secure & healthy homes for independent living
Handyperson Service Notable exclusions: Electrical work (anything other than changing bulbs) Major plumbing & gas Painting and decorating Garden maintenance Creating safe, secure & healthy homes for independent living
Sanctuary Scheme The Sanctuary Scheme is designed to enable victims of domestic abuse to remain in their own homes, where it is safe for them to do so and where it is their own choice. The service also ensures that when clients move in to their new home security measures can be installed. The service is designed to offer another option for those who would otherwise have to move house and leave everything and everyone behind at a time when they need the support networks the most. This is done by providing additional security at the property. Creating safe, secure & healthy homes for independent living
Our Approach We don t expect our clients to fully understand all the different complexities of our contracts, services, projects and partnerships We will help people to navigate their way through We will make sure clients get access to all of the relevant services and support to help meet their needs (both internally and externally) We have a no wrong door approach if we can t help, we ll help to find someone who can We have an open, pragmatic approach to delivery. We want the best for our clients and we actively seek the best ways to achieve that Creating safe, secure & healthy homes for independent living
Our Team Summed up in 4 words: Experienced Qualified Professional Caring More than 85 years experience and expertise of delivering home improvement services across the team Wide range of relevant qualifications and training Committed to service excellent and continuous improvement Genuinely care about what they do and doing the right thing for our clients Creating safe, secure & healthy homes for independent living
We are always happy to help. Contact us: Tel: 01772 204096 Email: info@carerepair.org Creating safe, secure & healthy homes for independent living
