Energy Saving Grants

MSE_Martin

The Energy Saving Trust has an 'Energy Grants' search facility. Plug in your post cost and it tells you what is available in your area.

The only warning note i would sound is that some of the grants are power company promotions rather than grants. So do always check out alternative costs, while it's in the grant section, it doesn't automatically mean it is the cheapest way to do something.

Find out available grants

pak2

Government grants for insulation and heating.

Available to people that privately rent or own their own home.

I work for EAGA and can arrange direct appointments with the local EAGA surveyor, avoiding forms and delays

It's a 100% grant scheme not a sales pitch from them

I am also not on commision. Send me a PM, I will send a PM back to you detailing more info upon request.

AIMS

The aim of these grants is to reduce your fuel bills, keep your home warm and free of damp and reduce carbon dioxide emissions through lower energy use.

Most of the grants are offered to householders meeting certain eligibility criteria. These include whether or not you receive an income of disability-related benefit, whether your home is rented or owned, where you live and how energy efficient your home currently is.

The Warm Front grant provides a package, up to the value of £1500, of energy efficiency and heating measures specifically tailored to the needs of your property. Energy efficiency advice, tailored to each household, is provided by Eaga Partnership's Home Visits team in accordance with the Energy Savings Trust's Code of Practice. This grant is subject to funding availability, however our staff will advise you about this.

The following may be able to claim a grant of up to £1500 under Warm Front:

Householders who 1) have a child under 16 or 2) are pregnant and have been given a maternity certificate MAT B1, and are also in receipt of one or more of the following benefits:

• Income Support
• Housing Benefit
• Council Tax Benefit
• Income Based Job Seekers Allowance

Householders who are in receipt of one or more of the following benefits:

• Working Tax Credit
  (which must include a disability premium and with an income of less than £14,600).
  
• Child Tax Credit
  (with income less than £14,600)
• Income Support
  (which must include a disability premium).
• Housing Benefit
  (which must include a disability premium).
• Council Tax Benefit
  (which must include a disability premium).
• Attendance Allowance
• Disability Living Allowance
• Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
  (which must include Constant Attendance Allowance).
• War Disablement Pension
  (which must include the mobility supplement or Constant Attendance Allowance).

The Warm Front Plus Grant - England

The Warm Front Plus grant provides a package of energy efficiency and heating measures, including central heating, specifically tailored to the needs of your property. Energy efficiency advice, tailored to each household, is provided by Eaga Partnership's Home Visits team in accordance with the Energy Savings Trust's Code of Practice. This grant is subject to available funding, however, our staff will advise you about this.

To qualify for the Warm Front Plus grant , householders should be 60 or over, and receiving one or more of the following benefits:

• Pension Credit
  (This includes either, or both, of the Guarantee Credit or Savings Credit parts of Pension Credit).
• Income Support
• Council Tax Benefit
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Housing Benefit

Pak

pak2

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Pak

MENALHYLCHICK

We were given a gov. grant from 'The Warm Front Team' (EAGA), it was for energy light bulbs & window insulation. It took them over 18mths, and many phone calls from me for them to actually come and do the work!!
So be warned, stick to your guns, if they give you a grant make sure they carry it out!

COS

Government grants for insulation and heating.

Available to people that privately rent or own their own home.

I work for EAGA and can arrange direct appointments with the local EAGA surveyor, avoiding forms and delays

It's a 100% grant scheme not a sales pitch from them

I am also not on commision.  Send me a PM,  I will send a PM back to you detailing more info upon request.

AIMS  

The aim of these grants is to reduce your fuel bills, keep your home warm and free of damp and reduce carbon dioxide emissions through lower energy use.

Most of the grants are offered to householders meeting certain eligibility criteria. These include whether or not you receive an income of disability-related benefit, whether your home is rented or owned, where you live and how energy efficient your home currently is.

The Warm Front grant  provides a package, up to the value of £1500, of energy efficiency and heating measures specifically tailored to the needs of your property. Energy efficiency advice, tailored to each household, is provided by Eaga Partnership's Home Visits team in accordance with the Energy Savings Trust's Code of Practice. This grant is subject to funding availability, however our staff will advise you about this.

The following may be able to claim a grant of up to £1500 under Warm Front:

Householders who 1) have a child under 16 or 2) are pregnant and have been given a maternity certificate MAT B1, and are also in receipt of one or more of the following benefits:

• Income Support
• Housing Benefit
• Council Tax Benefit
• Income Based Job Seekers Allowance

Householders who are in receipt of one or more of the following benefits:

• Working Tax Credit  
  (which must include a disability premium and with an income of less than £14,600).
  
• Child Tax Credit
  (with income less than £14,600)
• Income Support
  (which must include a disability premium).
• Housing Benefit
  (which must include a disability premium).
• Council Tax Benefit
  (which must include a disability premium).
• Attendance Allowance
• Disability Living Allowance
• Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
  (which must include Constant Attendance Allowance).
• War Disablement Pension
  (which must include the mobility supplement or Constant Attendance Allowance).

The Warm Front Plus Grant  - England

The Warm Front Plus grant provides a package of energy efficiency and heating measures, including central heating, specifically tailored to the needs of your property. Energy efficiency advice, tailored to each household, is provided by Eaga Partnership's Home Visits team in accordance with the Energy Savings Trust's Code of Practice. This grant is subject to available funding, however, our staff will advise you about this.

To qualify for the Warm Front Plus grant  , householders should be 60 or over, and receiving one or more of the following benefits:

• Pension Credit
  (This includes either, or both, of the Guarantee Credit or Savings Credit parts of Pension Credit).
• Income Support
• Council Tax Benefit
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Housing Benefit  

Pak

Small world as I use to do the surveys on the Private and Council sector properties and also utilise the grants EAGA and HARAG.

Please apply for this as the Goverment have to fufill the obligation of getting the work done as they are given money from Europe each year and if not used can be cut. Also it allows councils to use this scheme of which they can claim back and use for other properties saving them and us money in the long term.

To add to Pak Man. There is also a grants available from your local council for essential home repairs to the property you reside in ie: Roof, Double glazing. electrical work. The criteria is that you have less than £8000 pound in the bank and that you are on a benifit or a certain age.

There is not an endless pot of money but this is the time of the year to apply as Councils pull on reserves so not to have the budgets cut next year.

Just emailyour local Council Help Desk.

COS

Actually Martin it might be a good time to dig up some of the old topics or do your annual report on Energy grants, free light bulbs etc etc etc.........as its coming to that time of year when us old ones like you and I need a little warmth in our lifes ho sorry forgot to give Judi a mention, how could I forget :-[ it gets pretty cold in her neck of the woods

shrek101

EAGA came to my house in Jan 2003 to install loft insulation. A few months before that an inspector came to few what could be done. Orginal it was going to be loft insulation and caity wall on an extension. As the house is an old terraced house it doesnt have cavity walls. He said teh extension (10 years old) doenst need it. So in January 2003 they turned up and lay some loft insulation over some old insulation.

Be warned the workers may be slopy the laid the insualtion over everything including xmas tree and large boxes. We all have access items we store in the loft so it aint unreasonabel for them to at leats move things aside. Its particualr difficult when its a small house and very little space. I move onto teh space bit next.

Last January aftre shoving tree back up and due to know where for my kids to play even outside our house the damn pavements are used for idiotic drivers. I though I would turn the small loft into a play room as it aint large enough to stand up in.

I found out they laid the insulation only in the middle where you could see in, then I wondered why last winter I had problems with condentation from the celings, and damn running down the walls because of the watre from condentation.