Green Deal MSE Guide Discussion

first, a little background about me.
i started work at 17 and finished 5.5years ago. during that time, i was made redundant 3 times. once, i found a new job straight away, once i went a year without finding a new job and once i retrained for 1year.
during all this time, i suffered from severe asthma, which escalated to COPD. i always did my best to carry on all aspects of life, including physical activities outside work and quite strenuous work.
in 2007, i had to quit through ill health but had worked hard and paid off the mortgage, so at least the house was ours (been married several years).
the pay in my last job was not sufficient to live on but i was lucky enough access to a small pension from a previous employer. that obviously has reduced income until i officially retire.
my boiler is a good 20years old, so when i saw government schemes for boiler replacement, i checked out.
the 'free boiler' isn't available to me as i am on the wrong benefit. so, even at 62 YOA, and on a annual income of fractionally over £9k, including my early acquired pension, i cant get a free boiler. i found that to be extremely discriminatory, but typical of this government's attitude towards anyone that is unable to work until they drop, thus saving even the OAP from being paid out.
when i looked at this 'Green Deal' and had a BG guy come and do an assessment, i found the average price of a new boiler of £2300 a joke! all i needed on top of a boiler was a 4mtr pipe changed from 15mm to 22mm and a new hot water tank with included immersion. the price i was given was £3607! i struggle to think how a new tank and immersion are worth £1300!
when i was then told how much it would cost over various terms to repay the amount if it was added to my energy bills, i was quite amazed! even for 12 months, the extra amount was £30/month! how am i supposed to pay that off? i cant even get a reduction on my council tax!
my wife has numerous qualifications but has been unable to find a job, has exhausted her JSA and obviously moved on to a different list, so is effectively out of the Governments hair and off their statistics list.
i was told i could increase my income by claiming extra for her on my IB. that would have meant £10/week but if she became employed, i would have to tell the benefits office, obviously, but then ALL money would stop, not just the extra. it took a year of fighting to get that benefit in the first place! the other alternative of getting pension credit could increase income by about £100/month. the same thing then happens and it stops if she gets a job.
i paid into the system for £37 years, but now i need help in return, the Government wants to put the onus on to her and then penalise me further by saying that, even in your 60s, on an income less than £15,800, you are not entitled to anything, so suffer and get on with it!
anyone going after this 'Green Deal' be aware of what you are letting your self in for! it is definitely not a 'Deal' for you, but a money spinner for the energy companies and the Government!
now there's a surprise!!

sorry for the length of the post, but i feel better now!!

Well I've had to give up trying as I have found out,via some advisory service,that under the ECO/affordable warmth part the companies involved are not obliged to cover all the various installations and can choose what measures they wish to cover.
The woman who sent me the email was trying to help and came back after a week as she said she would have to do some research on it.
You could tell she was disappointed with the result.
I could get some grant from the micro regeneration scheme but it's only £1300 and I was looking in to air pumps but they don't cover air to air only air to wet systems i.e. radiators.
Which brings me back to square one as I don't have central heating.
The cost would be astronomical if I had to have radiators installed so that's it.
Another Govt. scheme that doesn't work!!

I've found the reply I received from Yougen but as I am a new user this site won't let me post the link or even cut/paste so if anyone can supply me with an email I'll send the link and possibly,in the interest of knowledge,you could post on my behalf?? thanks

Ok just go to yougen dot co dot uk then click on "blog"
in the blog search enter:
what help can I get with heating under the affordable warmth scheme?
you should now get my post starting "I have a typical sixties semi"

It's quite long but the first half of the answer is the official reply she received followed by her response.
thanks