We know that your home is more than just bricks and mortar. As the Home Improvement Agency for Blackburn with Darwen we are dedicated to helping people live in safety and with dignity at home. We offer a range of services to support you to maintain and move around your home and remain healthy, safe and comfortable, so that you can continue to live as independently as possible for as long as possible.
Caring about safe, trusted, local traders...
Over 50 local businesses have been through our rigorous quality assurance checks and specialist training so that vulnerable people in Blackburn with Darwen can arrange for home improvements easily and with peace of mind.
Simply one point of contact for all your home maintenance needs. Our friendly helpdesk team takes the stress out of getting work done at home. We coordinate the work you require with our team of skilled local businesses. We'll chase them up if they need chasing and we'll help if there are ever any problems - not that we expect there to be!
You will be provided with a free, written, no obligation quote by the provider so you know how much the job is going to cost before you decide to go ahead with the work. This is something all our providers sign up to in the code of conduct when they sign up to the Safe Trader Scheme.
Our handyperson service can do small repairs for a low price. If there's any small jobs that you need a handy person to help you with call Care Network today on 01254 507255
Our team of handy people will help you put up curtain rails, shelves and pictures, change a light bulb, assemble your flat pack furniture and lots more.
All our handyperson jobs promise
The handyperson service is provided by local businesses who Care Network quality assures for your peace of mind.
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.
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:
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.
Our new Healthy Homes service is free and offered to Blackburn with Darwen residents, who:
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).