Signposting - Benefits money grants - Advice - Help to Keep You and Your Family Warm this Winter

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Help to Keep You and Your Family Warm this Winter

Warm & Safe Wiltshire is a partnership project to protect those most at risk in cold weather. The service is offered: -


• To help protect those most at risk in cold weather, including: -
o Pregnant women
o Babies and children under 5
o People on low incomes
o People with disabilities, poor mental health or long-term health conditions
o The elderly
• As a response to the increased evidence of a link between health (physical and mental) and housing
• To reduce the impact on the NHS (GP consultations and hospital admissions)
• To reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) (babies should sleep in rooms heated to between 16C and 20C)

If you want help to make sure you’re getting a good deal from your gas & electricity supplier, Wiltshire Warm and Safe can help you switch to save money.

Are you on a low income?
The Warm Home Discount is a rebate of £140 on electricity bills for lower income residents. Wiltshire Warm and Safe can help by assessing your eligibility & guiding you through the application.

Have your energy costs increased?
Wiltshire Warm and Safe can offer you free, impartial advice to help you save money on energy bills and access the financial support you may need.

Struggling with high energy bills?
Lots of people are experiencing increased energy costs. Wiltshire Warm and Safe offers free impartial advice to save you money, heat your home, and find financial support that may be available to you.

Go to: www.warmandsafewiltshire.org.uk/contact, call: 0800 038 5722 to find out more.