New catalogue of health-related fuel poverty schemes launched
A catalogue of health-related fuel poverty schemes that went live on the DECC website this week
and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/catalogue-of-health-related-fuel-poverty-schemes
DECC commissioned National Energy Action in December 2014 to carry out an online survey to catalogue local schemes that are targeting individuals with health problems for energy efficiency measures and other fuel poverty interventions.
The aim of the survey was to collate information on health-related fuel poverty schemes to better understand levels of activity in this area and highlight challenges to implementation, as well as successful approaches.
The catalogue has survey responses and interviews from around 75 schemes with details of any health referral systems used to identify and target households with health problems and their funding sources.
This is not an exhaustive list, but gives an indication of the type of scheme being delivered locally.
DECC is currently working to develop a toolkit to facilitate evaluation of heath and fuel poverty schemes. This should be available by the end of this year.
