Warm Front Scheme |

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You could get help worth up to £3,500 to improve the heating or insulation in your home through the Warm Front scheme.

The money can pay for things like:

insulation – loft, cavity wall or hot water tank
draught-proofing
gas, electric or oil heating

If you qualify, Warm Front will arrange for a company to do the work. Any money you get is paid directly to this company – not to you.

[box type=”warning”] The Warm Front Scheme is only available in England[/box]

Eligibilty

[box type=”info”] Both you and your property need to qualify[/box]

The property

To qualify, the property must be:

in England
your own – or you rent it privately and have the owner’s permission to do the work
poorly insulated and or not have a working central heating system

Benefits

To qualify, you must get one of the following:

Pension Credit – the Guaranteed Credit or Savings Credit element
the support or work related element of income-related Employment and Support Allowance
Child Tax Credit – and your income is £15,860 or less
Working Tax Credit – and one of the extra conditions below
Income Support or income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance – and one of the extra conditions below

Extra conditions

If you get Working Tax Credit, Income Support or income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance there are extra conditions you need to meet.

Working Tax Credit

Your income must be £15,860 or less and one of the following must apply:

you’re responsible for a child under 16 who ordinarily lives with you (or under 20 if they’re in education or training
you get the Disabled worker or severe disability element of Working Tax Credit
you’re 60 or over

Income Support or income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance

One of the following must apply:

you’re responsible for a child under 16 who ordinarily lives with you (or under 20 if they’re in education or training
you get the disability or severe disability element of Child Tax Credit
you get Disabled Child Premium
you get the severe or enhanced element of Disability Premium
you get the higher or enhanced premium of Pensioner Premium

What You Could Get

You can get a grant of up to £3,500 to pay for:

loft insulation
draught-proofing
cavity wall insulation
hot water tank insulation
gas, electric, liquid petroleum gas or oil heating
converting your solid-fuel open fire to a glass-fronted fire
replacing your heating system with an oil or alternative technology system – the grant limit for this is £6,000

How the money is paid

The money isn’t paid to you. It’s paid directly to the company that does the work.

Only companies approved by Warm Front can carry out the work. If the bill is likely to be more than the grant, Warm Front will discuss this with you to make sure you can pay the extra costs.