Lincs 4 Warmer Homes

Summary

This scheme is no longer available, If you live in Lincolnshire and you're looking for home upgrade funding, please visit our East Midlands schemes section.

Scheme In Detail

Lincs 4 Warmer Homes comes from a partnership between North East Lincolnshire Council, North Lincolnshire Council and Lincolnshire County Council that aims to help homeowners and private renting tenants across Greater Lincolnshire access funding for a broad range of energy saving home improvements.

Lincs 4 Warmer Homes will help reduce fuel poverty in the area by making homes more efficient, enabling residents to save money on their energy bills through a range of measures.

Available home improvements include:

• Loft insulation
• Cavity wall insulation
• Room in roof insulation
• Underfloor insulation
• Heating replacements and upgrades

Don’t have central heating?

Greater Lincolnshire is also running a scheme to install central heating in properties that don’t have any radiators.

The Warm Homes Fund is offering free central heating installs to residents that live close to the gas network, don’t have any radiators and meet the qualifying criteria below.

Coronavirus safety

Safety is our main priority and the scheme is following the latest government guidelines in regards to coronavirus safety. Our friendly customer advisors can explain the procedures our installers have put in place to ensure protection for residents and staff.

Are you eligible?

If you are a Lincolnshire resident, there are various ways you could be eligible for funding:

Help to Heat Group Eligibility

You may be eligible if you receive one of the following benefits:

• Income based Jobseekers Allowance
• Income related Employment and Support Allowance
• Income Support
• Pension Credit Guarantee Credit
• Working Tax Credit
• Child Tax Credit
• Universal Credit
• Housing Benefit
• Pension Credit Savings Credit
• Child benefit (thresholds apply)

Child benefit thresholds (before tax and National Insurance)

ECO4 Flex Eligibility

You may be eligible if you meet the conditions of one of the following routes:

Route 1 - Household income

Households with an EPC rating of D, E, F or G and with a gross household income of £31,000 or less.

Route 2 - Proxy targeting

Households living in EPC band E, F or G that meet a combination of two of the following (Proxies 1 & 3 cannot be used in combination with each other)

Proxy 1: Your home is in a Lower Super Output Area (LSOA 1-3)

Proxy 2: You receive a Council tax rebate based on low income

Proxy 3: You have been identified in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as living in a cold home

Proxy 4: You are receiving free school meals for low income

Proxy 5: You are supported by a local authority run scheme described as supporting low income and vulnerable households

Proxy 6: You have been referred to your local authority for support by your energy supplier or Citizens Advice due to struggling with the cost of energy bills

Proxy 7: You have been identified through supplier debt data

Route 3 - NHS Referral

You receive a referral through the NHS as you have been identified as low income/vulnerable and you have health conditions which could be impacted further by living in a cold home.

These health conditions may fall under one of the four umbrella conditions:

• A cardiovascular condition
• A respiratory disease
• Limited mobility
• Immunosuppression
  
  
  You can be referred by:

• An NHS foundation trust
• An NHS Trust
• A Local Health Board
• A general medical practitioner provider
  

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  Contact Us
  

  If you live in Greater Lincolnshire and are keen to improve the energy efficiency of your home, then get in touch: T: 01422 880100 (office hours: 9am - 5pm, Mon - Fri) Or Contact Us

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  Our involvement

  YES Energy Solutions’ trained customer advisors are identifying residents who may benefit from energy efficiency measures installed in their homes and helping eligible customers qualify for the scheme. We are also managing the installs through our network of industry accredited contractors.