Home energy grants and assistance

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If you would like to any further information regarding the grants please contact the Private Sector Housing Department. If you have an enquiry about housing grants than please use our enquiry form

There are a number of schemes that offer grants or advice and practical help to improve the energy efficiency of your house:

Energy efficiency assistance from the council

• Decent Homes Repairs Assistance for heating work.
• Warm Front Top Up (assistance provided to top up a Warm Front grant)
• Hard to Heat Homes Grant (assistance provided to improve the energy efficiency of your home)

Other grants

Loft and cavity wall insulation grants and assistance

Wiltshire Warm and Well Insulation Scheme

The Wiltshire Warm and Well Scheme has been set up to increase substantially the number of well insulated homes throughout Wiltshire. Grants are available for loft and cavity wall insulation. Having your home properly insulated will conserve energy and save money on heating bills.

Even if you have some loft insulation it may not be sufficient, as the latest recommended standard for loft insulation is 270mm, over 10 inches.

The scheme is available to all home owners or those who rent privately (with their landlord’s permission) even if you work or have a private pension. There may be a cost to pay but the price is reduced substantially through the scheme.

You may be eligible to have the work done free of charge if:

• You are over 60.
• You receive certain benefits.
• You earn less than £16,000 gross each year.
• You have school-age children and earn less than £22,000 gross each year.
• Someone in your household has been made redundant/lost overtime/taken lower paid work/or is unemployed and your household earns less than £30,000 gross each year.

Please note that all grants are subject to survey and availability. Certain restrictions apply which may mean there is a cost to pay (for example if the area to be insulated is larger than the area permitted under grant funding or if the cost of the works exceeds that permitted under grant funding). These restrictions can be discussed further at the time of the survey.

For more details please phone 0800 512 012 and ask for details of the Wiltshire Council Insulation Scheme

Wiltshire Council Mobile Home Insulation Grant

For insulating walls and roof of mobile homes. Applicants must be in receipt of certain benefits, or over 60 on a low income. Maximum grant £8,000. Mobile home siting must comply with current fire regulations.

For more information on these grants, please phone Wiltshire Council on 0300 456 0100 and ask for Private Sector Housing, or email housingrenewal@wiltshire.gov.uk

Wiltshire Council Cavity wall insulation for flats grant

For installing cavity wall insulation to blocks of flats, where not all residents are entitled to free insulation under the national CERT scheme. The Wiltshire Council grant (maximum £600 per flat), is aimed at assisting the under 70s and those not in receipt of benefits, to enable the whole block to be insulated, to the benefit of all residents.

For more information on these grants, please phone Wiltshire Council on 0300 456 0100 and ask for Private Sector Housing, or email housingrenewal@wiltshire.gov.uk

Other Insulation Schemes available in Wiltshire

For information on other insulation schemes available within Wiltshire please contact the Energy Saving Trust on Freephone 0800 512 012.

Warm Front Grants

Warm Front is a government funded scheme which provides grants to make your home warmer, healthier and more energy efficient.

The grant provides energy efficiency advice and a package of insulating and heating improvements tailored to each property up to the value of £3500. Some homes that need oil central heating may receive a grant of up to £6000.

Warm Front grants are for people who own their own home or rent it from a private landlord and are on certain benefits. The grants are for things such as loft and cavity wall insulation, draught proofing, hot water tank insulation, gas, electric or oil central heating and glass fronted fires.

For more information or to apply please contact Warm Front by phoning 0800 316 6011 or via the Warm Front website.

If you have already been approved for a Warm Front grant and have an excess payment to make Wiltshire Council may be able to help, please see our repairs assistance page for more details.

Renewable Energy Grants

The Department of Energy and Climate Change Low Carbon Buildings Programme has now been closed, for more details please see the Department of Energy and Climate Change website.

For details of Feed in Tariffs relating to electricity generating technologies please see the Energy Saving Trust website or contact their helpline on 0800 512 012.

Related information

• Recycling
• Wiltshire World Changers
• Carbon footprint
• Wiltshire Wildlife Trust

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Last updated: 17 August 2011