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Improving home efficiency can help you to:
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Find energy grants for your home (Help to Heat) on GOV.UK
If you're on a low income, you can find out about benefits and financial support to help with heating, housing and other living costs on GOV.UK.
Visit the NHS Keep Warm, Keep Well website for tips and advice to help you in the colder weather.
LEAP (Local Energy Advice Programme) are a free energy and money saving advice service who can help eligible households save money to keep their homes warm and to avoid fuel poverty. They can also check if you're eligible for grant schemes.
Information on energy saving in historic buildings is available on Historic England's website.
You can find general advice on the Energy Saving Trust’s website. You can get more specific energy advice from the Simple Energy Advice website or by calling them on 0800 444 202.
There are local services in Rutland who can help to make your home more energy efficient and reduce your heating bills.
The Warmer Homes programme can offer fully funded measures such as insulation, air source heat pumps and solar panels to eligible households.
If your home is on-gas, funding of up to £10,000 could be available.
If your home is off-gas, funding of up to £25,000 could be available.
Visit the Warmer Homes website for more information or call: 0800 038 5737.
Rutland’s Local Energy Advice Partnership (LEAP) is a free energy and money saving service. It can help you stay warm and reduce energy bills.
Visit the LEAP website or call: 0800 060 7567 to see if you’re eligible.
The Energy Company Obligation (ECO) is a government energy efficiency scheme. It aims to help reduce carbon emissions and tackle fuel poverty by improving the energy efficiency of homes occupied by low income, fuel poor and vulnerable households.
We have published criteria in a Statement of Intent - this criteria will help us identify households that would benefit from improvements under Eco Flex. Improvements are often fully funded where a household meets particular criteria and is at risk of fuel poverty.
We published our Home Energy Conservation Act Further Report on improving energy efficiency in domestic properties in March 2013, as required by the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995.
We must also publish an update report every two years: