Warm Front Energy Grants Scheme

Warm Front Energy Grants Scheme is only available to homes in England. It was launched in June 2000 with the aim to help tackle fuel poverty.

If you own your home, or rent it from a private landlord, you may be able to claim a heating and insulation grant of up to £2,700 under the Warm Front Scheme. The except where oil central heating is installed or repaired where a maximum grant of £4,000 is available.

To qualify you need to be in of of the following groups:

Householders aged 60 or over and in the receipt of at least one of the following benefits:

Income Support
Housing Benefit
Council Tax Benefit
Income Based Job Seekers Allowance
Pension Credit

Or be a householder who either have a child under 16 or are pregnant with maternity certificate MAT B1 in relation to the pregnancy concerned and are also in the receipt of at least one of the following:

One of the five benefits above that are stated above
Child Tax Credit with an income of less than £15,000
Or householders in the receipt of at least one of the following;
Working Tax Credit with income of less than £15,000 which must include a disability element
Disability Living Allowance
Child Tax Credit with an income of less than £15,000
Housing Benefit + Disability Premium
Income Support + Disability Premium
Council Tax Benefit + Disability Premium
War Disablement Pension (+ Constant Attendance Allowance or Mobility Supplement)
Attendance Allowance

If you wish to apply for a Warm Front Energy Grant you need to contact the Warm front Scheme directly.

Warm Front Scheme

write to Customer Response team at eaga House, Archbold Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 1DB

Email customer.response@eaga.co.uk

Visit their web site on www.warmfront.co.uk

Or call free on 0800 316 2805

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