Keeping warm

The Warm and Well team are trained energy advisors giving free advice to help you stay warm and healthy at home. Advice includes simple energy-saving changes, access to grant funding for energy efficiency measures and information about renewable technologies suitable for your home.

Warm and Well can help reduce your energy bills, switch your energy tariff or supplier, find local installers and tradespeople or provide an energy advocate to overcome fuel debt and negotiate with energy companies. The team’s joint priorities are to ensure everybody in Gloucestershire can afford to live in a warm home and reduce their carbon footprint by using energy more efficiently.

Grant funding for energy efficiency improvements changes all the time, so it is always worth calling Warm and Well to find out about the latest opportunities.

Energy advocacy service

If you are struggling to pay your bills, navigate the complex world of home energy or just need somebody to have your back, Energy Advocates are here for you. Part of the Warm and Well team, Energy Advocates work across the county to make sure that nobody in Gloucestershire is struggling

Ccp

Gloucester, Tewkesbury and Forest districts. Web: www.ccp.org.uk/gloucestershirecommunity-based-support

Tel: 0300 365 2002

P3

Cheltenham, Stroud and Cotswolds. Web: www.p3charity.org (search ‘communitybased support’).

Tel: 0808 168 2443

Gloucestershire Community Based Support Service

Referrals can be made at https://glos.p3charity.org to pay their energy bills. Based in the community, the team holds regular drop-ins, works with local support services and pops up at community events to help residents overcome the challenges of heating their homes affordably. Energy advocates can support with issues including:

• Managing fuel debt and large energy bills.

• Negotiating the best deal with energy providers.

• Accessing emergency credit and grant funding for efficiency improvements.

• Home visits to understand how you use energy at home, and how to reduce it.

• Access to further local support services where necessary.

Warm and Well Web: www.warmandwell.co.uk

Tel: 0800 500 3076

(Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm).