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Help with heating your home
If you need help to pay for heating or to improve insulation in your home, you may be able to get money from a government grant scheme, depending on where you live.
Warm Front in England and Wales
Warm Front is a government-funded initiative that provides a package of home insulation and heating improvements.
If you're aged 60 or over and own your own home or rent it from a private landlord, you may get a maximum Warm Front Plus grant of £2,700 if you receive one of the qualifying income-related benefits. If you are installing an oil-fired central heating system you could receive a grant of up to £4,000.
Energy Assistance Package in Scotland
The Energy Assistance Package delivers a range of initiatives aimed at reducing fuel bills and improving the energy efficiency of homes.
You can get free expert energy advice by calling the Energy Savings Scotland Advice Centre on 0800 512 012. You may be entitled to further assistance, such as free insulation measures or the installation of a new central heating system.
Who is eligible?
You will qualify for a grant if you, or your partner, receive one of the following qualifying benefits:
- Attendance Allowance
- Council Tax Benefit
- Disability Living Allowance
- Disability Working Allowance
- Disabled Person's Tax Credit
- Family Credit
- Housing Benefit
- Income-based Jobseekers Allowance
- Income Support
- Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit, which must include Constant Attendance Allowance
- War Disablement Pension, which must include the mobility supplement or Constant Attendance Allowance
- Working Tax Credit
If you are aged 60 or over and do not receive one of the qualifying benefits, you could be entitled to a grant of up to £125.
How to apply
To find out more about Warm Deal or to arrange a no-obligation survey, visit the Scottish Government website or phone free on 0800 316 6009. A minicom number is available for people who have difficulty with hearing or speech on 0131 244 1829. You can call from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm, Monday to Friday.
Central Heating Programme in Scotland
The Scottish Government's Central Heating Programme helps people to install central heating systems in their homes. The programme also offers a range of home insulation measures.
Who is eligible?
To qualify for the Central Heating Programme, you:
- must be aged 60 or over
- must be resident in Scotland and have lived at your address for the last 12 months
- must own your own home or rent from a private landlord
- have a central-heating system which is broken and beyond repair, or not have one at all
If you are aged 80 or over, own your own home or rent from a private landlord and have a partial or inefficient central-heating system, you may apply to have a full or replacement heating system fitted.
How to apply
To find out more about the Central Heating Programme, visit the Scottish Government internet site or phone free on 0800 316 1653.
Keeping warm in winter service in your local area
You may find information and advice on keeping warm in winter in your local area. The following link will let you enter details of where you live and then take you to your local authority website.
