The Warm Front scheme provides heating and insulation improvements to households on certain income-related benefits living in properties that are poorly insulated and/or do not have a working central heating system.
You must own your own home or rent it from a private landlord.
Grants are available for improvements such as:
- Gas, electric, liquid petroleum gas or oil heating
- loft insulation
- draughtproofing
- cavity wall insulation
- hot water tank insulation
- glass-fronted fire - the Warm Front scheme can convert your solid-fuel open glass-fronted fire
Qualifying households can get improvements worth up to £3,500 (£6,000 where oil central heating and other alternative technologies are recommended) Applicants meeting the following criteria may be eligible for a Warm Front Grant - Eligible applicants are those awarded:
- Pension Credit or;
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance that includes a work-related or support component (this includes contribution based ESA customers in the support group who get an income related top up because they automatically qualify for the enhanced disability premium payable with income related ESA)
And those awarded:
- Income Support or
- Income - based Jobseeker’s Allowance, or
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance in the assessment phase (first 13 weeks of the claim)
Who must also have one of the following:
- a pensioner premium. Or;
- a disability or severe disability premium, or;
- an award of child tax credit that also includes anelement for a disabled, or disabled child or young person, or;
- a child under the age of five living with you
Bring your bills down this winter and make huge savings. Ring us and we will be able to help assess whether you are eligible for the Warm Front Grant
