Cumbria County Council’s Extra Care Housing Delivery Programme aims to support partner organisations to develop additional Extra Care Housing services in Cumbria.

One of the key strands of this programme is the Extra Care Housing Grant Award Programme which provides an opportunity for developers to come forward with proposals for new Extra Care Housing schemes. The Council can periodically open grant application windows which may target developments in a particular area of Key Service Centre. Further details can be found within our Grant Prospectus.

The Council has identified Barrow-in-Furness as a key priority area for the development of Extra Care Housing.

The County Council has opened a application window for its Extra Care Housing Grant Award Programme.  This application window is open for s of Interest between 16 June 2021 and 14 July 2021 followed by clarification meetings and submission of final applications. The application window is targeted specifically for potential developments in Barrow-in-Furness and the Council reserves the right to not review applications for developments outside of this area.

Full details about the grant award programme (including how to apply, criteria for funding etc) can be found on the Extra Care Housing pages of the Council’s website www.cumbria.gov.uk/healthsocialcare/ech. Applicants are required to complete the following documents:

• Site Suitability Tool: https://cumbria.gov.uk/elibrary/view.aspx?id=92089
• Grant Application Form: https://cumbria.gov.uk/elibrary/view.aspx?id=92090

If you would like to discuss potential schemes or have any queries then please contact the commissioning team at ECH_SLDevelopment@cumbria.gov.uk.