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If you’re a Newark and Sherwood resident on a low income, we want to help you to heat your home at an affordable cost. The Energy and Home Support team are here to help you find a better quality of life by living in a warm and comfortable home.

We do this by:

  • advising on offers and grants available
  • working with other councils across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire in a Local Authority Energy Partnership
  • seeking funding opportunities to support residents with the cost of installing energy efficiency measures

For more information and advice, contact our energy team on 01636 650 000 or send us an email on help4u@newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk.

If you are concerned about your energy costs and would like tailored and impartial information about how to improve the energy performance of your home, you can call a new government phoneline service on 0800 098 7950. This is open between 8am and 6pm, Monday to Friday and between 9am to 12pm on Saturdays. The phoneline service is in addition to the government’s energy advice website which provides recommendations based on your property details.

Help to Heat

The government is investing in Help to Heat schemes to make sure homes are warmer and cheaper to heat. This funding is not provided by the government, but through installers, local authorities, energy companies and other bodies.

There are a range of schemes that form part of the Help to Heat support programme, including the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, Great British Insulation Scheme and more. Find out more about the support you may be eligible for by visiting: Find energy grants for your home (Help to Heat) - GOV.UK

Other useful information

Solar Panels

If you are thinking of installing Solar Panels, or have recently had them fitted, the National Energy Action (NEA) website provides useful information that could help you better understand and maximise the benefits of having these.

Optimising your heating

The ‘Let’s Optimise your Heating’ scheme has been funded by Nottinghamshire County Council as part of their Cost of Living support programme.

The scheme aims to encourage households to lower the flow temperature of condensing combi boilers to approximately 60°C to optimise the efficiency of their boilers. This reduces gas consumption resulting in an average of 9% savings on gas bills, which equates to approximately £178 a year – helping to alleviate energy bills during the Cost of Living Crisis. 

The campaign is offering free home visits, where a member of the team visits homes, showing them how to optimise the boiler, make the change and answer any questions they might have. To be eligible for a home visit, households must have a condensing combi boiler and live within the Nottinghamshire County Council district.

Home Energy Advice Team (HEAT)

Home Energy Advice Team (H.E.A.T) Hub is a Government funded project, delivered by charities Nottingham Energy Partnership (NEP) and Marches Energy Agency (MEA) across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

NEP and MEA are working alongside the Midlands Net Zero Hub and the Local Authorities Energy Partnership (LAEP) to work with local homeowners who are thinking about going greener. HEAT Hub delivers impartial advice and a reliable step by step energy plan, simplifying the switch to low-carbon systems and helping you to avoid making expensive mistakes. More information is available on their website.

The Home Energy Conservation Act

The Home Energy Conservation Act (HECA) required us to prepare a report setting out the energy conservation measures that the authority considers practicable, cost-effective and likely to result in significant improvement in the energy efficiency of residential accommodation in our area.

Read the HECA report (PDF File, 169kb)

This is the starting point for action by central and local government to significantly improve the energy efficiency of residential accommodation across the country. This is important as a legal requirement under the Climate Change Act 2008 and as a key strategy for reducing fuel poverty.

Driving local domestic energy efficiency improvements can bring significant benefits for the Council and our residents including:

  • helping to reduce fuel bills for local residents
  • helping make homes warmer and healthier
  • opportunities for local economic and physical regeneration
  • making a vital contribution to reducing local and national carbon emissions
  • supporting wider local strategic priorities, on issues such as health and poverty

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Information from Citizen’s Advice on your energy supply, including how to switch supplier.

Even more useful energy saving tips can be found here: Save energy in your home - Clean Energy Homepage