It
is thought that there are as many as 7.5 million
households in England alone whose fuel spending is
not adequate to heat their homes properly: the vast
majority of these are vulnerable people
Every UK household deserves satisfactory heating in
their home & CEN provide a range of services to ensure that vulnerable
householders get the assistance they need.
The provision of Affordable Warmth is
a complex issue which requires an integrated approach: our schemes
are designed to identify fuel poor households and to provide them
with the assistance they need to achieve affordable warmth.
Coldbusters grant
schemes - managing local authority grant budgets
to provide energy efficiency measures through the CEN Installer
Network. Coldbusters is CEN's flagship scheme, and has been
running since our foundation in 1997.
Referral and
partnership schemes - engaging with health, social care & community
involvement workers to ensure that help reaches the most vulnerable & hardest
to reach; forming relationships with agencies to ensure residents
get access to a wide range of energy, income maximisation & related
services.
It
is thought that there are as many as 7.5 million
households in England alone whose fuel spending is
not adequate to heat their homes properly: the vast
majority of these are vulnerable people