Winter grants and discounts
Warm Home Discount
You could get £150 off your electricity bill for winter 2023 to 2024 under the Warm Home Discount Scheme. The money is a one-off discount applied to your electricity bill until 31 March 2024.
Find out more about the Warm Home Discount and if you qualify for the discount
Cold Weather Payment
You may get a Cold Weather Payment if you’re getting certain benefits when your local temperature is either recorded as, or forecast to be, an average of zero degrees Celsius or below over seven consecutive days.
Payments will be £25 for each seven day period of very cold weather until 31 March 2024. If you are eligible you will get the payments automatically. The payments do not affect your other benefits.
Find out more about the Cold Weather Payment
Winter Fuel Payment
You could get between £250 and £600 tax-free to help pay your heating bills if you were born on or before 25 September 1957.
You usually get a Winter Fuel Payment automatically if you get the State Pension or another social security benefit (not Housing Benefit, Council Tax Reduction, Child Benefit or Universal Credit).
The amount you receive includes a ‘Pensioner Cost of Living Payment’ of £150-£300 in addition to any other cost of living payments you receive.
Find out more about the Winter Fuel Payment
Energy Efficiency Grants, Advice and Services
There are several energy-efficiency grant programmes and advice services available for residents. Find out more at https://www.newham.gov.uk/public-health-safety/energy/15
Energy Company Obligation (ECO)
Energy Company Obligation (ECO) is a scheme offering energy-saving improvements to eligible households. The purpose of this scheme is to help tackle fuel poverty and reduce carbon emissions. The scheme intends to achieve this by improving the energy efficiency of homes of residents deemed to be on a low income, fuel poor and vulnerable.
You may be able to get help with the cost of insulation work, for example to your loft or cavity walls, replacing or repairing your boiler, or other upgrades to your heating if you live in private housing and receive one of the eligible benefits.
The work offered can depend on the supplier used.
Contact a participating energy supplier to see if you qualify. The supplier does not need to be your energy supplier.
You can find contact details of suppliers who are taking part in the scheme on the Ofgem website.
Examples of similar programmes available include:
- The Great British Insulation Scheme is a government funded programme that helps eligible people install energy efficient measures in their home. Find out more at https://www.gov.uk/apply-great-british-insulation-scheme
- The Affordable Warmth Solutions programme which can support on different energy saving measures for owner occupied or privately rented properties. Find out more at http://www.connectedforwarmth.org.uk/insulation
Find out more about what you can do to save energy and spend less on bills at home here.