Warm East Sussex
Funding and grants

Funding and grants

You can contact the warm home check service to find out if funding or grants are available to help you keep warm and well at home. The service can also help check if you’re eligible for government winter support schemes.

Contact the warm home check service

Some of the energy efficiency funding and schemes include:

Home Upgrade Grant: homes with no gas boiler

This government grant is available for energy saving improvements to homes with no gas boiler.

To be eligible, you must:

own and live in the property you’re applying for (or privately rent it)
not use a gas boiler as your home’s main heating system
have an energy performance certificate (EPC) rating of D, E, F or G

If you do not know your home’s EPC, you can find it out when you apply.

You’ll usually need to have a household income of £36,000 a year or less.

It's easy to apply:

Contact the warm home check service

Boiler upgrade scheme

This grant is available to help fund low-carbon heating and improve the energy efficiency of a property. The grant will not pay for the whole upgrade but will contribute towards it.

Apply for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme | GOV.UK

Energy company obligation (ECO)

This grant is available for insulation and heating upgrades for low-income and vulnerable households. To find out more:

Talk to your energy supplier
Contact the Warm Home Check service

Warm Home discount

This is an automatic, one-off £150 discount on your electricity bill. You get it if you are on a low-income or receiving the Guaranteed Credit part of Pension Credit.

Warm Home Discount Scheme | GOV.UK