Central Heating Grants

Many homes in the UK are not adequately heated or have systems which are not up to date or modernised to be more energy efficient. The government has put in place legislation which ensures that any new gas boilers which need to be installed must be high efficiency because they will use less energy and save money on your fuel bills.

For more about the grants available please click on the links below:

Warm Front

Installing a new heating system can be financially prohibitive for many people and so the government has set up the Warm Front scheme to help many people move to a more efficient system.

Warm Front is a scheme provided for those living in England and gives financial help to those who need heating and insulation. The scheme runs until 31st March 2010.

Grants range upto £3500 for gas central heating and insulation and up to £6000 for oil central heating systems.

To check whether you can take advantage of a Warm Front grant, you will need to be receiving one or more of the following:

• Working Tax Credit (income less than £16,040)
• Child Tax Credit (income less than £16,040)
• Attendance Allowance
• Disability Living Allowance
• Income Support (to include a disability premium)
• Housing Benefit (to include a disability premium)
• Council Tax Benefit (to include a disability premium)
• War Disablement Pension (to include a mobility supplement or constant attendance allowance)
• Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (to include a constant attendance allowance)
• Have a child under 16 or be pregnant with income support, council tax benefit, housing benefit, jobseekers allowance or pension credit
• Be 60 or over with pension credit, council tax benefit, housing benefit or income based jobseekers allowance

How to claim:

• Fill in an application form
• You can get this from your local council, call 0800 316 2805 or visit www.warmfront.co.uk or from Act on Energy, call 0800 988 2881
• Book an appointment
• An assessor will visit your home and provide a recommendation for work which can be undertaken.