Can you access funding towards your accommodation costs?

If a standard (wash basin) room in Halls cannot meet your disability related needs, you may be eligible for financial assistance towards the additional costs of an adapted room or an en-suite room.

Accommodation Contribution Eligibility Criteria

You may be eligible for an accommodation contribution if you meet the conditions below:

• You live in University Halls Accommodation – see list below: (Benyon Hall, Bridges Hall and Bridges Town Houses, Childs Hall, Creighton Court, Dunsden Crescent, Greenow Hall, McCombie Hall, Mackinder Hall, Northcourt Hall, Sherfield Hall, Stenton Hall, Stenton Townhouses, St Patricks Hall, St Georges Hall, Wantage Hall, Winsor Hall, Wessex Hall)
• You are able to provide supporting documentation of a disability or long-term medical condition and are registered with DAS.
• Standard (wash basin) accommodation does not meet your disability needs or you are able to provide documentation that shows you would be placed at a substantial disadvantage in standard accommodation.
• Your needs cannot be accommodated in other ways.

You might be able to claim back the difference between a standard room cost and an en-suite or adapted room cost. To find out more about details of costs, please email disability@reading.ac.uk.

To apply for the accommodation contribution:

• Register with the Disability Advisory Service.
• Complete accommodation contribution form.

To claim, you will need to provide proof of payment each term and ensure your bank details are entered and up to date on the student portal (RISIS). 

• You only need to submit the Application Form with your first receipt.
• Reimbursements will be processed termly.
• Claims can only be made for the current academic year.
• All claims must be submitted by the end of May for the current academic year.
• Receipts must state your name, date of payment, and that the payment is for university halls accommodation. 
• The instalments for each payment you have made for your accommodation are weighted at 40% (term 1), 40% (term 2), 20% (term 3) and the reimbursements will be made to reflect this.

Please note: en-suite rooms, and adapted accommodation may be limited in number, and are assigned on a first-come first-served basis, therefore we cannot guarantee you will be placed in your first-choice of room, though you can ask to be added to a waitlist for your first-choice, should it become available.