Energy Advice Support Service

The project will provide free, impartial and high-quality energy information, advice and practical support to those facing difficulties keeping warm and paying their energy bills. The team will predominantly support learning disabled adults and those with long term health conditions.

The service will be based at the Centre for Independent Living but will include a wide variety of outreach services, energy advice events and drop-ins; to reach the most vulnerable and those living in fuel poverty within the local community. 

They will work in partnership with volunteers from Warrington Community Energy, as well as a wide range of statutory and third sector organisations with established connections, including Warrington Borough Council, Warrington CAB, Food Banks and local Housing Associations to reach vulnerable households in need of support. They will continue to develop new connections; thus increasing their reach and raising greater awareness of the service. This will be supported through their extensive community engagement programme, which includes their annual ‘Disability Awareness Day’, the world’s largest pan-disability voluntary-led exhibition with over 25,000 visitors.