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Free Home Energy Check

We can help you save money on bills.

No one likes living in a cold home

This year we have funding to provide 120 free home energy checks for older people living in Northamptonshire.

The Warm Homes Programme, which is funded by E.ON Next Energy and Octopus Energy, can help you in two ways:

  • Help increase your income to pay for energy bills
  • Help make your home more energy efficient so you can stay warm in the winter

What does a free home energy check entail and how do you qualify?

You qualify if you are aged 65 or over and

  • have any long-term medical condition and/or
  • your annual income is below £19,980 (self-declared no proof necessary)

With a home energy check, a trusted handyperson will make an appointment to visit you in your own home. The handyperson will offer practical tips and advice on ways to keep your fuel bills down.

  • They will offer you free Age UK Northamptonshire information guides that you can refer to. They will also ask if you would like to be contacted by our Information & Advice team who can check whether you are entitled to any benefits. They can also help you claim Attendance Allowance if you qualify.
  • The handyperson will check the Government’s national register to see how energy efficient your home is and can look at ways to increase that efficiency. This includes things like fitting draught excluders, reflective radiator shields, energy saving light bulbs and motion detecting night lights. We can supply and fit these free of charge.

The visit will take around one hour and this includes the time taken to fit any of the equipment recommended.

There is no charge for this service or any of the equipment provided.

Call us to arrange a free home visit

Tel 01604 210587

Or email handypersons@ageuknorthants.org.uk

We can supply and fit

  • Energy-saving light bulbs.

  • Brush letterplate flap.

  • Insulating foam.

  • Automatic LED Night Safety Light.

  • Radiator panels.

  • PVCu door bottom brush.

Thanks to generous funding from E.ON Next Energy and Octopus Energy, Age UK Northamptonshire will be delivering the Warm Homes Programme 2024-2025. This support will help alleviate the effects of fuel poverty and cold-related ill health on older people.

Please note that you do not need to be a customer of either provider to access support from the programme.