Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire District Councils are part of the Warm Homes Healthy
People project which has recently been awarded £160,000 from the Department of Health to help
vulnerable people who are struggling to pay their fuel bills.

The project, led by NHS Oxfordshire, brings together a wide range of organisations including all of the Oxfordshire local authorities as well as the Citizens Advice Bureaux, Age UK and the Oxfordshire Rural Community Council. The funding, which has to be spend by the end of March, is being used to provide the following assistance:

• small energy saving home improvements (e.g. draft-proofing) for over 60s;
• benefit entitlement checks for anyone;
• free membership to the ORCC oil bulk-buying scheme for those struggling to afford the cost of heating oil;
• fuel vouchers for benefit recipients and those in fuel poverty;
• food boxes for those struggling to afford or unable to get food.

For more information about the Warm Homes Healthy People project and the help that is available can call the Warm Homes Healthy People Helpline on 0844 887 0005.

Or contact Synthia Sullvan, Energy Officer, 01235 540537, cynthia.sullivan@southandvale.gov.uk