Coventry Energy Fund
Supported by Coventry Building Society
The Coventry Energy Fund is now open.
CRITERIA
Please read through before submitting an application.
Does your household . . .
1. Live in the City of Coventry?
2. Have a combined gross household income of no more than £31,000.00 per year?
3. Have no household savings?
4. Have someone living with a vulnerability?
If your household satisfies each of the 4 criteria above, you can apply for support through the Coventry Energy Fund.
What help may be available to you?
Subject to funding and eligibility criteria, this fund could offer qualifying residents the following:
- Financial support toward current energy and water costs
- Financial support toward energy and water debts only
- Assistance to repair, service and replace broken boilers and heating systems
What do we mean by vulnerability?
- Long term diagnosed and treated health conditions e.g., COPD
- Self-employed individuals who have been unable to work or whose income has been impacted by specific situations
- Households with unmanageable debt
- Recently made redundant
- Pregnant
- Disabled and in receipt of DLA or PIP
- In receipt of free school meals
- Other vulnerabilities disclosed by household’s not on the list but accepted at AOE’s discretion
SUPPORT EXPLAINED
1. Financial support toward current energy and water costs
This is open to the following utility types:
- Electricity
- Gas
- Water
- Oil
- LPG
- Solid Fuel (e.g. Coal or Wood)
Dependent on your household’s method of payment and upon the decision of the Coventry Energy Fund Team, this support may come in the form of a direct payment to your energy supplier or fuel vouchers.
This support is available to the below household types:
1. Households with children under the age of 18, or young adults up to the age of 21 in full time education, can receive £500 via direct payment to their energy supplier or 9 x £49 pre-payment vouchers.
2. Households with adults only, aged between 18 & 66 can receive £300 via direct payment to your energy supplier or 6 x £49 pre-payment vouchers.
3. Households with one adult or a couple of pensionable age can receive £300 via direct payment to your energy supplier or 6 x £49 pre-payment vouchers.
Applicants will be required to provide evidence of their customer account with their energy or water provider.
This evidence must show your:
- Name, and
- Address, and
- Customer account number.
Evidence will be accepted in the following formats:
- a photo, screenshot, or paper copy of a recent utility bill or statement.
- a photo or screenshot of your online account with your utility provider (must show your account number, name and address).
Digital evidence to be emailed to: CEF@actonenergy.org.uk
Paper evidence to be posted to: Act on Energy, Unit 2 Lauriston Business Park, Salford Priors, Warwickshire WR11 8SN.
2. Financial support toward Energy & Water Debts only – available subject to funding
If you require help for electricity, gas and/or water debt, we will require additional details.
You will need to:
- Complete a separate paper application form for debt relief (to be provided by Act on Energy after this online self-certification application is submitted.)
- Provide evidence to Act on Energy supporting their application (the evidence required will be explained in the paper application form).
- Agree & accept that at the discretion of the Coventry Energy Fund team that it may be a condition of assistance that you are referred to a debt advice service to assist you with budgeting and debt management.
3. Assistance to repair, service and replace broken boilers and heating systems – available subject to funding
This support is only offered to the following tenures of housing:
1. Owner Occupiers:
- Must have owned the property for a minimum of 12 months.
- The property must not be on the market for sale or due to go on the market for sale.
2. Shared Ownership households who have a contracted duty to repair:
- Must have owned the property for a minimum of 12 months.
- The property must not be on the market for sale or due to go on the market for sale.
3. Long term private rented tenants who have a contracted duty to repair.
This support is open to heating systems of all fuel types and covers the following:
- Replacement of boilers (all fuel types) beyond economic repair / or replacement of parts/ repair.
- Replacement or repair of other types of heating systems e.g. storage heaters
- Installation of first-time heating systems where a gas supply is present
- Replacement of broken warm air systems to gas fired wet radiator systems
- Repair/ replacement/ installation of standard or smart heating controls
- Servicing
This will require the applicant to:
1. Complete a separate paper application form (to be provided by Act on Energy after online self-certification application is submitted).
2. Provide evidence to Act on Energy supporting their application (the evidence required will be explained in the paper application form).
HOW TO APPLY
Before registering your interest, please note:
- There is no guarantee of support and this is not an emergency scheme.
- We accept referrals from both Professional Referrers and friends or family members.
To register your interest please complete and submit the ‘Online Self Certification Application form’ available by clicking this link or the button below.
CLICK HERE
TOLERANCE
We understand that people may feel frustrated during the application process but if those feelings escalate into verbal abuse and aggression towards our staff, we consider that to be unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Please respect our staff – they are here to help and will be doing everything they can to bring your case to a satisfactory conclusion. Please note that funding is discretionary and could be withdrawn if deemed necessary. All applications are processed on a first come first served basis.
This webpage has been last updated: 16.10.2023, 10:00 GMT (UTC+1)