StaffsLive article promotes ‘Warm Homes Healthy People’ services in Stoke-on-Trent. Journalism students, Matthew Payne and Joseph Blake, visited Beat the Cold to record the video and interview.
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E.ON helps Stoke-on-Trent community group to ‘Beat the Cold’
Blurton Farm Residents Association was awarded two grants, worth over £10,000 from E.ON’s Sustainable Energy Fund. Beat the Cold will attend community events and make Home Energy Advice & Support Visits so that residents can save as much money and carbon as possible. A special guest attended the event on 16 December – Santa Claus. Icy roads prevented his Parade around Blurton behind two shire horses.
Who is ‘vulnerable’ in Stoke and for ECO?
Vulnerable groups have been described as hard to reach but they are easily reached by the tobacco industry, and by cheap available alcohol. Zafar Iqbal, Acting Director of Public Health for Stoke-on-Trent, includes this telling phrase in his report for 2011. Like many agencies trying to bring affordable warmth to households across the UK, Beat…
Cold Weather Plan
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Good advice for residents at Etruria Locks
Our adviser visited residents at Etruria Locks – sheltered accommodation for the over-55′s, managed by Sanctuary Housing. Eight households applied for Warm Homes Discount. On top of this, residents saved over £400 a year. The energy advice and simple carbon saving products generated a lot of interest.
Community Energy Fit comes to Stoke
Community Energy Fit comes to Stoke-on-Trent with a launch event at ‘The Store’, Hanley, on October 21st from 10 am to 12 noon. Beat the Cold is a delivery partner in the project, developed by national charity, NEA, and energy company, E.ON, that will see unemployed people have the opportunity to train as Energy Champions.
Check – Switch – Insulate – Save
The latest tips and advice from the government, national advice charities and fuel companies. The link points to ways to save £100s by changing fuel company, switching tariff, and installing insulation. In Tamworth, Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme, insulation is free, so the saving can start straight away.
Services for Stoke-on-Trent residents