Grants for homeowners
As the energy crisis and soaring prices push up the cost of household bills, it has never been more important to find ways to save money. Tightening your belt could help, but don’t miss out on hundreds of pounds worth of home improvement loans and grants if you’re eligible.
There are a number of grants available to help people with their finances, including the warm home discount. However, you don’t have to be in financial difficulty to benefit from a grant, as schemes are also available in areas such as making green home improvements. Some people are struggling to afford to pay their essential bills, and often it’s because they are not aware of the support available. There are a number of grants available to help people with their finances, including the warm home discount. However, you don’t have to be in financial difficulty to benefit from a grant, as schemes are also available in areas such as making green home improvements.
Different grants are available depending on where you live in the UK. Some are available through your local council, or energy supplier. Even government schemes differ depending on where you live, so you’ll need to do some research to see who offers grants in your area.
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Heating and Boiler grants for UK homes
HEATING & BOILER GRANTS
The Energy Companies Obligation (ECO) or Affordable Warmth scheme was launched in 2013 and works in conjunction with the Green Deal to encourage consumers to improve energy efficiency in their homes and ultimately reduce the overall energy consumption of the UK.
Heating Grant Types
Grants are available for the following fuel / boiler types:
· Gas Boilers
· Oil fired boilers
· LPG fired boilers
· Electric storage heaters
Home Insulation Grants UK
HOME INSULATION GRANTS
There are many types of insulation grants available for most of the UK that fall under various schemes like the national “Affordable Warmth scheme” , the “Energy Companies Obligation (ECO) scheme” along with various local incentive schemes.
Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Payments
The domestic renewable heat incentive allows all UK households to earn up to £3,390 per year for heating their home using renewable technologies.
Ground and Air Source Heat Pumps – Up To £12,000 installation grant available now.
The tariffs are paid quarterly for 7 years and have been set at a level that reflects the expected cost of renewable heat generation over 20 years.
The payments rise annually in line with the retail price index (RPI). Changes will come into effect on 1 April each year.
The technologies involved in the RHI are:
· Air source heat pumps (7.3p/kWh)
· Biomass boilers and biomass pellet stoves with back burner (12.2p/kWh)
· Ground source heat pumps (18.8p/kWh and )
· Solar water heating (19.2p/kWh)
Free Insulation – Free cavity wall and loft insulation
· FREE INSULATION
· You are likely to be eligible for 100% funding for insulation grants if you or anybody in your home are in receipt of one or more of the following benefits:
- Armed forces independence payment
- Attendance allowance
- Carer’s allowance
- Child Tax Credit
- Disability living allowance
- Income support
- Income-based jobseeker’s allowance (JSA)
- Income-related employment and support allowance (ESA)
- Industrial injuries disablement allowance
- Industrial injuries disablement benefit
- Pension Credit Guarantee Credit Element
- Personal independence allowance
- Personal independence payment
- Severe disablement allowance
- Universal Credit
- War pensions mobility supplement
- Working tax credit
- Child benefit dependent on income & dependents
Boiler upgrades available for UK Households
Boiler upgrades are still available for thousands of UK households as part of the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme introduced by the Government in 2013 to replace the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) and the Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP).
The ECO scheme legally requires the main energy suppliers to install energy efficient technologies such as A-Rated, fuel efficient condensing boilers and heating systems to domestic households in the UK.
