Eligibility Check Heating Grants and Much MoreHeating grants now exist at higher rates in the United Kingdom to help in making vulnerable homes warmer, more energy efficient and healthier. Grants provided for central heating is now up from £2,700 to £3,500 and oil fired from £4,000 to £6,000. The scheme is given various names in different parts of UK (United Kingdom).In England, the scheme is called Warm Front and can be reached at www.warmfront.co.uk, in Northern Ireland, it is referred to as Warm Homes and their web-site is www.eaga.com. While for Scotland, it is known as Warm Deal and Central Heating Programme (www.communitiesscotland.gov.uk) and in Wales it was given Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (www.heeswales.co.uk). What about eligibility, how does one qualify? To be eligible for one of the heating grants provided by government you need to meet the following criteria: For England, you may qualify if you meet these requirements: a householder who is sixty years old and over that receives at least one of the following benefits like income-related employment and support allowance, housing benefit, income support, pension credit, council tax benefit (this should not be single occupancy discount) and job seekers allowance (income-based). You can also be qualified as a householder, if your child is below sixteen years of age or if you are pregnant having maternity certificate MAT-B1 receiving at the minimum one benefit stated in the first category above. The last category of people who may qualify are householders who receive at least one of the benefits stated below. They include: attendance allowance, council tax benefit (not single occupancy discount and disability premium must be included), child tax credit (must include disability element and income not more than £16,040) income support (disability premium must be involved in it), housing benefit (disability must be part of it), industrial injuries disability benefit (it must include mobility supplement or constant attendance allowance), disability living allowance (not child DLA), working tax credit (must include disability element and income not more than £16,040) or war disability pension (it must include a mobility supplement or a constant attendance allowance). Besides getting heating grants especially when you do not qualify for this, another way to address the heat levels in your home is by doing warm roof insulation, what is this? This actually refers to the process of reducing heat loss from your house property. This can prevent loss of heat to as high as 90%. Some other benefits, which you get from warm roof insulation includes: energy bill reduction, better living conditions for everyone in your home, etc. Therefore, if you are seriously looking forward to reducing heat loss level, then get warm roof insulation. However, before doing this, find out if you actually qualify for the heating grants that are available. | ||
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