A new Council initiative - The Brighton & Hove Warm-Homes project - has just been launched to tackle challenges of energy efficiency and fuel poverty. Under this initiative, Brighton and Hove residents may be eligible for grants of up to 100% to cover the costs of • Heating • Cavity Wall Insulation and • Loft Insulation.
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Many parts of Brighton and Hove are windy and cold at this time of year, especially in Sea Front locations or on hills. The city's housing stock is also fairly old, so there are many homes with poor energy-efficiency, which may lack cavity wall &/or loft insulation.
Residents who could most benefit from this generous scheme may be fairly isolated and without Internet access. If you have friends, relatives or acquaintances in this position, living in any part of Brighton and Hove, you might consider printing this out or getting details sent to them by the Council, if they have not already been informed. The scheme aims to make Brighton and Hove residents' homes warmer and more energy efficient, and to reduce their fuel bills.
Grants of up to 100% (*) available for:
• Heating
• Cavity Wall Insulation
• Loft Insulation
We can also offer you a free confidential Benefit Entitlement Check. To apply or for information call free on:
0800 048 0727
(*) If you receive certain qualifying benefits or meet age or income criteria, you may qualify for the work to be carried out free of charge. For a full list of benefits & qualifying criteria please call freephone 0800 048 0727.
A generous scheme regardless of circumstances
For those who do not meet qualifying criteria loft & cavity wall insulation will each be charged at £199 inc VAT for most properties.
This offer is subject to a site survey & additional charges may be payable for larger properties. This offer is available for residents in Brighton & Hove City Council area only.
Who is funding and delivering this scheme?
Brighton & Hove Warm-Homes is a new proactive area-based fuel poverty initiative that is being led by Brighton & Hove City Council. This project has been made possible as a result of a successful bid for a government grant under Defra’s Community Energy Efficiency Fund (CEEF) programme. The funding will be used to finance the initial stages of developing and launching the project, which is scheduled to continue until 2010.
Tackling local fuel poverty is a high priority for the council, and this initiative will enable us to help many residents of Brighton & Hove to enjoy the benefits of affordable warmth. The council is working with Climate Energy (its appointed Managing Partner), EDF Energy and Anchor Staying Put Brighton & Hove in delivering Brighton & Hove Warm-Homes.
Climate Energy will manage delivery of the project by means of:
· Targeted mail shots with follow-up visits by trained assessors
· Citywide publicity
· Provision of benefit entitlement checks
· Arranging property surveys
· Organising installation of energy efficiency measures
Climate Energy will also be responsible for providing a high standard of customer care and for quality control.
EDF Energy have committed to making a major financial contribution towards the cost of energy efficiency measures delivered through this programme. This contribution will constitute a key element of EDF Energy’s Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) programme. Specifically, EDF Energy will fund the whole cost of insulation measures (loft insulation and cavity wall insulation) for householders who receive qualifying benefits and will part-fund such measures for other residents.
Anchor Staying Put Brighton & Hove’s ‘Keep the Home Fires Burning’ project will provide assistance to older people with health problems and families with disabled children in arranging to have insulation measures and/or heating improvements carried out to their homes.
The Council’s Benefits Take-up Team will provide additional support to vulnerable householders who require assistance in making a claim for benefits.
For more information or to apply for any of the services available through Brighton & Hove Warm-Homes telephone:
Freephone 0800 048 0727
Brighton & Hove Warm-Homes Project
