Grants and funding

Grants & Funding for Everyone

Grants are currently available under the CERT scheme which runs until the latter end of 2012 for everyone.

• 100% grants are available to install Cavity Wall insulation & Loft Insulation (Subject to existing depth being 60mm or less) for anyone in a receipt of a qualifying benefit or is 70 years of age or over. *

• Contributory Grants are available to install Cavity Wall Insulation and / or Loft Insulation for anyone who does not receive a qualifying benefit with prices starting from a grant reduced £149.00 per measure. *

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* All grants and installs subject to survey and property suitability

Alternatively to the CERT scheme, the governements Warmfront Scheme also provides grants for individuals who qualify for  the main CERT insulation measures as well as Draughtproofing and Heating Grants, below are the details for that scheme.

The Warm Front scheme provides heating and insulation improvements to households on certain income-related benefits living in properties that are poorly insulated and/or do not have a working central heating system.

Qualifying households can get improvements worth up to £3,500 (£6,000 where oil central heating and other alternative technologies are recommended).

Grants are available for improvements such as:

• loft insulation
   
• draughtproofing
   
• cavity wall insulation
   
• hot water tank insulation
   
• gas, electric, liquid petroleum gas or oil heating
   
• glass-fronted fire - the Warm Front scheme can convert your solid-fuel open fire to a glass-fronted fire

You won’t have to pay anything as long as the work doesn’t cost more than the grant available. If the cost of the work is more than the grant available you'll have to make a contribution to enable work to go ahead. Work will not start without making sure you are willing and able to pay the difference. 

Eligibility for the Warm Front scheme

The scheme is now targeted at people on certain income-related benefits and living in properties that are poorly insulated and/or do not have a working central heating system. You must own your home or rent it from a private landlord.

The Warm Front scheme is only available in England. Other schemes are available in the rest of the UK (see ‘More useful links’). 

Benefits and financial support

Eligible customers are all those awarded:

• Pension Credit or;
   
• income-related Employment and Support Allowance that includes a work-related activity or support component (this includes contribution based ESA customers in the support group who get an income related top up because they automatically qualify for the enhanced disability premium payable with income related ESA)

And those awarded:

• Income Support or;
   
• income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, or;
   
• income-related Employment and Support Allowance in the assessment phase (first 13 weeks of the claim)

Who must also have one of the following:

• a pensioner premium. or;
   
• a disability or severe disability premium, or;
   
• an award of child tax credit that also includes an element for a disabled,  or severely disabled child or young person, or;
   
• a child under the age of five living with you

In addition to the qualifying benefits listed above, the property you live in must also be poorly insulated and/or not have a working central heating system. 

At the application stage you will be asked some simple questions relating to the age, structure, heating and insulation of your property. This information will be used to decide if your application can continue.

If your application continues, you will then be visited by a Warm Front surveyor, who will measure the energy efficiency of your home using a Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP). The surveyor will then make recommendations on which energy efficiency improvements are most appropriate for your property.

The Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP), is the government's recommended system for measuring the energy rating of residential properties. To be eligible for Warm Front your home must have a SAP rating of 55 or below. This is equivalent to the start of a Band D Energy Performance Certificate (EPC).