Home Heating Support Fund

Energy and BillsDebt and Money
Written By Joan Lawrie

Home Heating Support

The Scottish Government has a grant programme called ‘home heating support fund’ to help if someone is struggling to heat their home. This will be open until March 2024 unless all funding is used earlier.

Anyone can apply and awards will depend on level of fuel poverty, the impact of rural location on costs and individual age and circumstances.

It is even possible to apply if someone has received funding from home heating support before.

How can they help?

  • Offering financial support if someone is self-rationing their energy use because they have not got much money.

  • Reducing ongoing costs by helping with energy debt

  • Offering support regardless of what fuel someone uses or how they pay.

How to Apply?

Joan Lawrie

Joan has worked for Thurso Community Development Trust since its inception in 2018. Firstly as a volunteer project officer before taking on the role of Development Officer and now Development Manager. Joan has a BA Child & Youth Studies, a BSc (Hons) Sustainable Development and is currently working on an MSc Net Zero Communities all through University of the Highlands & Islands.

Joan is passionate about the link between climate action projects and how these can help to solve issues around inequalities in our communities. She also constantly likes to think around how we can do differently to be the change.

https://hiclimatehub.co.uk/joanlawrie
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