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Funding and grants

Warm Homes Local Grant 

The Warm Homes Local Grant provides energy performance upgrades and low carbon heating to households that: 

  • are low income
  • have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) between D and G
  • are privately owned (owner occupied or privately rented).

For more information contact the Warm Home Check service.

Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS)

This grant is available to help fund low-carbon heating and improve the energy efficiency of a property. The scheme offers £7,500 towards upgrades such as a heat pump. The grant may not cover all the installation costs.

Apply for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme | GOV.UK

For more information about heat pumps visit the government’s Energy Efficient Home website

Energy Company Obligation (ECO)

This grant is available for insulation and heating upgrades for low-income and vulnerable households. To find out more:

Warm Home Discount (WHD)

This is an automatic, one-off £150 discount on your electricity bill. You get it if you receive the Guaranteed Credit part of Pension Credit, or are on a low income with a high energy cost score.

Warm Home Discount Scheme | GOV.UK

Cold Weather Payment (CWP)

If the temperature drops below zero for 7 days in a row, you’ll get this payment if you receive:

  • Pension Credit
  • Income Support
  • Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
  • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
  • Universal Credit
  • Support for Mortgage Interest

Cold Weather Payment | GOV.UK

Winter Fuel Payment (WFP)

This payment is for people born before 23 September 1958 who receive:

  • Pension Credit
  • Universal Credit
  • income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
  • income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
  • Income Support
  • Child Tax Credit
  • Working Tax Credit

Winter Fuel Payment | GOV.UK

Home Upgrade Grant: homes with no gas boiler

This scheme is no longer open to new applications in East Sussex. The Home Upgrade Grant provided grants for energy saving improvements to your home if you do not use a mains gas boiler as your main heating system.

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