Helping Hand Loan Scheme

Do you need help to tackle home repairs or are you struggling to afford essential home improvements?

In partnership with your local Council, we are here to give you a helping hand.

One of the aims of your local Council is to help homeowners to improve the warmth, comfort, safety and security of local homes. Homes that are unsuitable to live in can have a negative affect on an individuals health, or their ability to continue to live independently, while homes that are poorly maintained, or even left empty can have a much wider detrimental affect on the pride and sustainability of whole neighbourhoods.

If you are a homeowner and are struggling to carry out repairs, essential improvements, or adaptations to your home we can help. You may only need advice to help you to undertake the works yourself, to give you the confidence to engage a contractor and tell him what is required.  Financial help, in the form of an affordable loan and step by step support is available if you cannot afford to pay for essential works yourself.

Visit the Helping Hand website to find out more information or to make an enquiry by clicking here.

Five Lamps is the Loans Administrator for Helping Hand. As an experienced and qualified not-for-profit specialist lender we won't offer you a loan that you are unable to repay.

In 2011/12, 247 customers across the North East were provided with an affordable home improvement loan