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Storage Heater Grants in Cornwall

Large areas of Cornwall do not have the luxury of a mains gas supply and you may have to rely on electric night storage heaters, oil-fired boilers or LPG boilers.
Storage Heater Grants in Cornwall are available from August 2016.

If you receive certain State Benefits you may qualify for a Government Grant to replace your faulty and inefficient electric storage heaters.

Why is the Government offering Storage Heater Grants in Cornwall?

The Affordable Warmth Scheme was introduced in 2013 to provide funding for householders on state benefits to replace old, inefficient gas central heating boilers.

The intention was to help those vulnerable families who may be suffering from fuel poverty, to reduce their heating bills. At the same time, by replacing inefficient boilers with energy efficient boilers, energy usage would fall and so would carbon emissions.

The Government recognised that householders with electric storage heaters, oil-fired boilers and LPG boilers were not being treated fairly.

The Affordable Warmth Scheme has now been changed to offer Storage Heater Grants in Cornwall.

Cornwall has a high proportion of homes without a mains gas supply.

This map of the UK shows which regions have the lowest proportion of homes without a mains gas supply.

The darker the area, the lower the proportion of homes which have to rely on electric storage heatersoil boilers and LPG boilers because they have no access to mains gas.

Storage Heater Grants in CORNWALL

Storage Heater Grant Application Form

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The areas on the map shown in white have between 5% and 15% of homes without mains gas, whilst the areas shown in dark blue have over 85% of homes with no access to mains gas.

As can be seen on this map of the UK, the main areas shaded in dark blue are Devon and Cornwall, Cumbria, North YorkshireNorthern ScotlandCentral Wales, Norfolk and Suffolk.

The Affordable Warmth Scheme now provides storage heater grants in Cornwall and in all other areas where access to mains gas is limited.

Who Qualifies for Storage Heater Grants in Cornwall?

To Qualify for Storage Heater Grants in Cornwall you must satisfy ALL 3 of the following criteria:

1. You must live in your own home or one you rent from a private landlord.

2. You must receive one of the following State Benefits:

  • Guaranteed Pension Credit (Savings Credit and ordinary State Pension do NOT qualify on their own).
  • Child Tax Credit*
  • Working Tax Credit*
  • Universal Credit*
  • Income Support
  • Income-Related Employment and Support Allowance
  • Income-Based Job Seeker’s Allowance

* Maximum household income thresholds (based on the number of adults and children who live in your home) apply to these State Benefits and these can be found in the table below.

3. You must have at least one existing electric night storage heater installed in your home which is faulty.

Full details of qualifying criteria for Storage Heater Grants in Cornwall can be found HERE.

STORAGE HEATER GRANTS IN CORNWALL ARE AVAILABLE NOW.

Storage Heater Grants in Cornwall from the Affordable Warmth Scheme