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Household Support Fund

The Household Support Fund is available to improve home energy efficiency for eligible residents within Northumberland, whether you are a homeowner or private or social housing tenant.

All applicants will receive a home visit from a Community Retrofit Advisor to determine eligibility and the needs of the household.

The fund covers the following:

Energy Advice and Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)
Energy advice including adding to priority services registers.
Repair, replacement, servicing or safety checks of appliances and boilers (including oil and electric heaters).
Efficiency Measures such as insulation, draught-proofing, radiator reflective panels, window coverings and efficient heating controls.
Commissioning structural surveys and undertaking necessary repairs.
Identifying, treating, and preventing damp and mould growth.
Installing appropriate ventilation systems.
Surveys to identify the presence of asbestos.
Carbon monoxide detector installation
Batteries for alarms (smoke and carbon monoxide)
Low energy lighting
Oil filled temporary heaters and help towards the cost of running them.
Water repairs

Qualifying criteria

Must have a vulnerability

AND

Savings limit MAXIMUM £50k

AND

Household income less than £36k

OR

In receipt of a MEANS TESTED benefit

OR

Have an exceptional vulnerability

For more information, please contact the Warmer Homes team

warmerhomes@northumberland.gov.uk

Telephone Northumberland County Council customer services and ask to talk to a Community Retrofit Advisor in the Warmer Homes team on:

0345 600 6400

Monday to Thursday 08:30 - 17:00

Friday 08:30 - 16:30

Home Upgrade Grant>

You may be eligible to apply for energy-saving improvements to your home which could:  

help you save money on energy bills 
improve the comfort of your home   
reduce carbon emissions

Find out more including eligibility and providing evidence.

The application only takes a few minutes and is completely obligation free. For assistance, please call our Customer Services team on 0345 600 6400 (Mon-Thurs 08:30am-5pm, Fri 8:30am-4:30pm). 

Privately rented tenants should make the application but we will require consent from the landlord for the works to go ahead.

Register online here >

Community Energy Advisors>

Our Community Energy Advisors provide telephone calls and home visits giving you impartial advice and information about grants, energy efficiency, water heating and consumption, renewable energy, and low carbon heating options.

To speak to an advisor, please call our Customer Services team on 0345 600 6400 and ask to speak to the Warmer Homes Team or email us at warmerhomes@northumberland.gov.uk

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Gas Safe Fund

Gas Safe Charity can provide a hardship fund to identify and provide practical gas safety interventions, such as the replacement, repair and servicing of dangerous, faulty or inefficient gas appliances and installations that put the safety of vulnerable people at risk in their own homes. Grants of up to a maximum value of £500 per intervention and only one intervention per household.

Anyone who has an income of less than £36,000 or has a disability/health condition and needs their boiler repaired/serviced can apply.

Get in touch with the Warmer Homes team warmerhomes@northumberland.gov.uk to find out more.