Act on Energy Warmth in Warwickshire and Worcestershire
Funded Project: Description
This project builds upon the ambitious energy support they currently deliver across Worcestershire; extending their reach across two adjoining counties with fuel poverty rates significantly higher than the national average.
The project will increase its work with any households who are vulnerable to the persistent cost of living squeeze and keeping warm; paying particular focus to those households that are reliant on off gas heating or where digital exclusion is most acutely felt.
They will work collaboratively with households to lower their energy consumption, save money and change energy related behaviours thus improving health and wellbeing outcomes for people with pre-existing cold and damp related medical conditions. Households will receive support over the phone, in the home and through intensive engagement activity across community settings.
The project will also continue the uptake of grant funded retrofit programmes and securing referrals to strategic delivery partners; enabling holistic solutions that extend beyond the immediate energy related need. Aiming to develop longer-term energy resilient households who exhibit greater energy knowledge and skills including awareness of the benefit of low carbon technologies.