Healthy Homes

There is a lot you can do to make your home a better place in which to live, particularly when your needs may have changed. Starting to make changes where they are needed can keep you doing all the normal things you enjoy doing in your daily life.

Through our Healthy Homes project, Care Network now offers expert knowledge, advice and support to help you to achieve a warm, safe, hazard free and energy efficient home.

Help to achieve your own healthy home...

We can visit you at home and help you to identify potential hazards in your home and provide advice on how to address these. Our friendly staff have “trusted assessor” accreditation and have a wealth of knowledge on local services.

Call us on 01254 507255 (option 1) or get in touch using the contact form here

We can arrange a home visit and give you advice and guidance on:

Your general health and wellbeing
The condition of your property
How to stay warm at home
Keeping your home secure
Fire safety
Your mobility around your home
Your general safety
Outdoor areas
Signposts and referrals to other services who can offer support

What are trusted assessors?

Care Network’s Trusted Assessors can identify, safety issues and what equipment to use to make moving around the home easier and safer e.g. chair raisers, bed raisers and rails, toilet equipment and rails, banisters and outdoor rails and household equipment.

We can help to identify solutions to make your home a better environment for your continued health and wellbeing.

Who is eligible for a Healthy Homes visit?

Our new Healthy Homes service is free and offered to Blackburn with Darwen residents, who:

are over 65 years old or
live with long term health conditions or
have a child under the age of 5

Will a Healthy Homes visit cost me any money?

We will help you to identify free support and services wherever possible to help you to achieve a healthy home environment.

Some of the solutions that may be identified during a visit may incur costs, this will vary and is dependent on each individual visit and the needs identified for your home.

You will have full access to our safe trader scheme which offers free no obligation quotes for your consideration.

We can also check whether you are entitled to any financial help (for example money to help you repair or maintain your home, grants available for heating and accessing charitable funds).

Latest

Work with us

We are currently recruiting for a part-time Helpdesk Officer to join our team at Care Network. If you are passionate about making a real difference to people's lives, a role at Care Network could be for you.
Passive Sensor Frequently Asked Questions

Some Frequently Asked Questions about the Passive Sensor Project
Passive Sensor Pilot Project

The Passive Sensor Project is a trial to see if having a small sensor fitted in people's homes could help keep them comfortable, safe, well and independent in their own homes.
Healthy homes workshops

Short, informative and interactive workshops for adults of all ages to help you think about simple and easy ways to create healthy, safe, hazard free and warm homes.

Passive Sensor Pilot Project

The Passive Sensor Project is a trial to see if having a small sensor fitted in people's homes could help keep them comfortable, safe, well and independent in their own homes.
Healthy homes workshops

Short, informative and interactive workshops for adults of all ages to help you think about simple and easy ways to create healthy, safe, hazard free and warm homes.
Volunteer of the Year 2018

Stephen supports and facilitates a range of mental health and wellbeing peer support groups. Stephen goes above and beyond to support the work of Care Network and people who use our services.
Assistive Technology

Assistive Technology are gadgets, devices and technologies that can make getting on with life easier and safer. We promote these products as a helpful element to living independently and safely.
Minor aids and adaptations

We can help you identify safety issues and advise you about basic items and equipment that you can use to make moving around your home easier and safer.
Damp, mould and condensation

Our Healthy Homes team can come visit you at home and let you know about ways you can combat damp, mould and condensation, so that you too can help yourself to a Healthy Home.
Keeping safe at home

Home visits from our Healthy Homes team will help you to prevent accidents such as trips, falls, burns and scalds so that you remain healthy and safe.
Keeping warm at home

We can help you to identify the things that can be done to keep your home warmer and more energy efficient.
Wellbeing at home

Whether you need meals on wheels, a podiatrist, hairdresser or optician to visit you at home or if you have a furry friend who needs wellbeing services of their own, Care Network can help you access reputable services, quickly and easily.
Cleaning

A clean home is a healthy home. If doing the cleaning has become too much we can put you in touch with a range of agencies who provide specialist cleaning services.

Contact details

We try and make ourselves as easy to contact as possible. Here are the details of the different ways you can get in touch.
About us

Care Network believes that everyone is entitled to an independent, healthy and safe life. Whether it's support for you or someone close to you, support at home or in your community. We will do everything we can to inform you and connect you with quality services for your continued wellbeing.
Care Network Hub

A multi agency hub in Blackburn with Darwen for the whole community with information on activities and support available borough wide.
Caring about safe, trusted, local traders...

Over 50 quality assured local businesses so that vulnerable people in Blackburn with Darwen can arrange home improvements easily and with peace of mind.
We're looking for Trustees

Fantastic, inspiring people with a passion for Blackburn with Darwen to help lead us to success.
Home maintenance

We work with trustworthy and skilled local traders so that you can quickly and easily arrange for jobs to be carried out to maintain your home.
Make a referral

Whether you want to refer yourself or someone you support, just fill in one simple form and we will get in touch with you.
James Hadleigh, Chief Executive Officer

Passionate and determined to make a real difference to the lives of local residents, James has a very rewarding role and is ably assisted by his fantastic team who genuinely make a big difference to the lives of all who use our services.
Debbie Summersgill, Operations and Services Manager

Debbie has many years’ experience helping residents of the borough remain safe and independent at home. Debbie manages two busy helpdesks, one providing the Safe Trader Scheme and the other providing the information and signposting service at the Help Link Hub.
Carol Ward, Disability & Diversity Services Coordinator

Lead for disability, diversity and Third Party Hate Crime Reporting, Carole is driven, passionate and caring and is motivated by helping every individual that crosses her path.