How can the affordable warmth scheme help you?
Energy efficient boiler
If your boiler is old, faulty or inefficient, you could be entitled to a free boiler. Our surveyors will assess your home and determine what level of funding you can claim. Heat rises, which means that a large amount of your home’s heat is lost through the roof. A free insulation upgrade will help you to save on energy bills and reduce waste.
Floor insulation
As part of the scheme, we can provide free cavity wall insulation to help keep the warm air in during winter, and the warm air out in the warmer months. Poor underfloor insulation can it impossible to keep your home warm. Our surveyors will assess your needs and let you know if you are entitled to free underfloor insulation.
Cavity wall insulation
As part of the scheme, we can provide free cavity wall insulation to help keep the warm air in during winter, and the warm air out in the warmer months. Poor underfloor insulation can it impossible to keep your home warm. Our surveyors will assess your needs and let you know if you are entitled to free underfloor insulation.
Loft insulation
If your boiler is old, faulty or inefficient, you could be entitled to a free boiler. Our surveyors will assess your home and determine what level of funding you can claim. Heat rises, which means that a large amount of your home’s heat is lost through the roof. A free insulation upgrade will help you to save on energy bills and reduce waste.
Affordable Warmth eligibility criteria
You could qualify for funding if:
You own your home, and you or someone living at the property qualifies in one of the sections below:
Receive one of the following benefits:
- Pension Credit Guarantee Credit Element
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
- Income Support
- Working and Child Tax Credits
- Universal Credit
- Armed Forces Independent Payment
- Attendance Allowance
- Carer's Allowance
- Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
- Severe Disablement Allowance
- War Pensioners' Mobility Supplement
- Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
- Personal Independence Payment
- Constant Attendance Allowance
Receive one of the following benefits:
On the condition that the claimants' annual income from all sources does not exceed the amount set out below:
For one qualifying child for which the person is responsible:
- For a single claimant - £18,500
- Member of a couple - £25,500
For two qualifying children for which the person is responsible:
- For a single claimant - £23,000
- Member of a couple - £30,000
For three qualifying children for which the person is responsible:
- For a single claimant - £27,500
- Member of a couple - £34,500
For four qualifying children for which the person is responsible:
- For a single claimant - £32,000
- Member of a couple - £39,000
What is the Affordable Warmth Scheme?
The Affordable Warmth Scheme is part of the Government’s ECO scheme. ECO – or Energy Company Obligation – places an obligation on the country’s larger energy suppliers to help fight fuel poverty by upgrading insulation and home heating for people from vulnerable and lower income households.
Let us help you to transform tomorrow, today
With so many providers to choose from, it can be a challenge to know you are choosing the best. VUEnergy can help you to get the right funding and the right heating and insulation for you.
Our skilled teams will assess your eligibility and recommend the best installations to meet your needs.
We will talk you through the funding process and help to make the process as smooth as possible – from application to installation.
To find out if you could be eligible, complete our quick, no-obligation, eligibility calculator.