Who is eligible?
Warmer Homes Shropshire support is available to people who:
- Don't have gas central heating
- Have low or no income
- Are disabled
- Are elderly
- Have very young children
...or receive one of the following benefits:
- Pension credit guarantee credit element
- Income-related employment and support allowance (ESA)
- Income-based job seeker's allowance (JSA)
- Income support
- Working and child tax credits
- Universal credit
- Child benefit
...on the condition that your annual income from all sources does not exceed the amounts below:
Single claimant
- 1 child: £24,000
- 2 children: £24,000
- 3 children: £27,500
- 4 children: £32,000
Member of a couple
- 1 child: £25,500
- 2 children: £30,000
- 3 children: £34,500
- 4 children: £39,000
...or, receives one of the newly introduced benefits:
- Armed forces independence payment
- Attendance allowance
- Disability living allowance
- Severe disablement allowance
- War pensions mobility supplement
- Industrial injuries disablement benefit
- Personal independence payment
- Constant attendance allowance
If you don't meet any of the above criteria, but don't have central heating in your home, or if you live in a rural area miles from the gas main, please call us. We may still be able to help you.
For more information please contact Keep Shropshire Warm.