Warmth for Wellbeing is here to help people on low incomes whose health is at risk from living in a cold home.

 As well as our Freephone helpline, we also offer personalised, face-to-face appointments and home visits, providing practical advice and support around a number of fuel poverty issues:

• Maximising benefits
• Reducing or managing debts
• Getting cheaper fuel tariffs
• Saving on gas and electricity
• Draught proofing homes
• Getting off a key metre
• Getting help to replace an old boiler or get insulation
• Getting help to access crisis funds

Living in a cold home can have a serious impact on health, including risk of heart attacks, strokes and infections, leading to preventable winter deaths.  Negative health effects start at outdoor temperatures of between 4° and 8°C and indoor temperatures of below 18° C. 

 People most at risk are:

• aged over 65 or under 5
• have a long term health condition such as heart or lung disease
• have a mental health condition or dementia
• disabled
• pregnant
• living on a low income

Call the Freephone, local Moneyworks helpline 0800 988 7037 and ask for advice on warm homes.

The Warmth for Wellbeing Project is a partnership led by Citizens Advice Brighton & Hove and funded by the British Gas Energy Trust. The project partners are: Brighton & Hove City Council, Brighton & Hove Clinical Commissioning Group, Age UK Brighton & Hove, Money Advice Plus, Brighton Housing Trust, FED Centre for Independent Living, St Luke's Advice Service, Brighton & Hove Energy Saving Co-op, Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project, Hangleton & Knoll Project, Mind in Brighton & Hove, Brighton Women's Centre, British Red Cross, and National Energy Action.