Welcome to the Housing Health and Fuel Poverty Forum's website

We seek to reduce poor health and health inequalities by actively promoting the joined up working and creativity essential to ensuring that fuel poverty solutions are delivered to the most vulnerable in the most effective and cost efficient way. This site provides a forum for professionals across the health housing and energy sectors to share best practice and to work with us in developing policy and practice which can be systematically applied across the country.

We seek to assist cross-sector working to tackle cold homes by providing a forum for professionals - in the health, housing and energy sectors - to discuss and exchange their experiences of efforts to help people who are at risk from cold, damp homes. We aim to put best available knowledge into practice via the Greater Manchester Fuel Poverty Initiative.

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Fuel Poverty Toolkit

The Housing Health and Fuel Poverty Forum has developed a system for targeting fuel poor homes that can be easily implemented in any region of the UK. Click to find out more!

Step 1: Mapping Fuel Poverty

Every Local Authority and Primary Care Trust has a wealth of data on the social economic and health condition of local populations. Learn how to map this data and pin-point fuel poverty in your area.

Step 2: GP referrals

With a very simple tweak to the NHS patient data management systems, GPs can get an on-screen prompt if the patient they are seeing is vulnerable to fuel poverty. With the consent of the patient they can refer them to affordable warmth schemes at the touch of a button.

Step 3: One-stop-referral-shop

A 'Single Local Clearing House' means one number to call to access all local and national fuel poverty programmes.

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Greater Manchester Energy Advice Provision Statement

Scheme News - Greater Manchester - AWARM
Written by Katherine Brooks
Tuesday, 03 April 2012 08:12
For the past 10 years local authorities in Greater Manchester have benefited from a comprehensive energy advice service that has been funded by the Energy Saving Trust (EST) and which has provided support to residents on saving energy. From April 1^st onwards, central EST funding for local advice service will be replaced by a new national energy advice line which will provide a light-touch signposting function. Through the GM Environment Commission and the development of the GM Climate Change Strategy, GM has set challenging carbon reduction targets and in recognising the importance of reducing energy use in the home has set up the GM Toasty insulation scheme and is also developing a business case for taking a pro-active role in delivering the forthcoming Green Deal. Also, fuel poverty is a growing problem for many households in GM, as energy prices rise. Due to the importance of this agenda, GM local authorities have taken the view that a re-configured locally based energy advice service which compliments the new national energy advice line, will best serve residents in Greater Manchester. I am pleased therefore to be able to confirm that AGMA has made arrangements for the establishment of a local GM Energy Advice Service which will work with local authorities and other key stakeholders in GM to offer: This has been achieved through assembling a private/public funding package with key support from GM local authorities. For the 2012/13 period, the service will continue to be hosted by Manchester City Council on behalf of AGMA - this service will be available from April 2nd through the new GM freephone number which is 0800 009 3363 - please promote this new number with your partners. Customers calling to the old freephone number (0800 512012) will be directed back to the GM Energy Advice Service. Free bespoke and impartial energy advice to GM householders. Access to the GM Toasty scheme which helps householders improve the insulation of their homes through a free or heavily subsidised offer endorsed by GM LAs. Engagement with local authorities, health professionals and other agencies to address fuel poverty. Further details and information will be available over the coming weeks and much of this will be developed through working with key contacts across the GM authorities. Please feel to share this information with your partners and colleagues.

Breaking News - Marmot Review

Scheme News - Greater Manchester - AWARM
Written by Katherine Brooks
Tuesday, 20 March 2012 17:19
AWARM is being used as an example of best practice. Professor Marmot and University College London Institute of Health Equity have organised a workshop and are using the AWARM scheme as an example of best practice in the importance of engaging health professionals in the social determinants of health, based on the Marmot Review.

AWARM Future

Scheme News - Greater Manchester - AWARM
Written by Katherine Brooks
Tuesday, 06 March 2012 09:41
The existing GM Energy Advice service as funded by the Energy Saving Trust is approaching a period of change as national government changes its policy on the provision of energy advice to householders in preparation for Green Deal. Currently the Green Deal proposal features a single national advice line with no local presence and no support for added value projects such as AWARM or the Toasty insulation campaign. AGMA is working on a Green Deal Business Case for Greater Manchester to try and maximise the benefit that Green Deal can bring to the region. It is recognised within AGMA that the existing GM Energy advice service and its associated projects have provided excellent support to LAs and other stakeholders over the last 10 years and as GM moves to a Green Deal delivery model, there is a strong case to make to evolve the existing service towards a Green Deal delivery model. The justification for this however cannot be fully determined until the Green Deal Business Case work is concluded. There is therefore a proposal being prepared that will provide an interim solution as a stepping stone towards the operation of Green Deal in Greater Manchester. This proposal will go to AGMA for support during March and seeks to maintain and develop the core of the existing local service including key project elements such as AWARM and Toasty.

Energy Bill Revolution

Scheme News - General News
Written by Administrator
Wednesday, 29 February 2012 09:43
This week a new campaign to help households reduce their energy bills and make their homes warmer has been launched by a broad alliance of children's and older people's charities, health and disability groups, environment groups, consumer groups, trade unions, businesses, politicians and public figures. The Energy Bill Revolution Campaign calls on Government to invest the money it receives from carbon taxes into improving the energyefficiency of our homes.s and public figures. From 2013 Government will receive a huge increase in revenue fom two key carbon taxes - the sale of allowances in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme and the new Carbon Floor Price. Research commissioned by the Campaign has calculated these revenues will be on average £4bn a year. If invested in the energy efficiency of the housing stock, this money could remove 9 out of 10 households from fuel poverty, it could produce four times the carbon savings achieved by Green Deal and ECO together and could create between 30,000 and 50,000 direct jobs and up to 200,000 indirect jobs in the wider economy. Please join the coalition and support the campaign by signing the petition today.

AWARM News Summary

Scheme News - Greater Manchester - AWARM
Written by Katherine Brooks
Tuesday, 14 February 2012 11:40
The AWARM Winter Newsletter is hitting inboxes today, so keep your eyes pealed. News Update: Over the period October - December 2011 we managed to close 199 cases. The investment brought into Greater Manchester from these AWARM cases is £110,950, producing annual savings to clients totalling £21,585. AWARM has been successful in a bid to secure funding from the Warm Homes Healthy People initiative set up by the Department of Health. The funding will provide emergency heaters, emergency hot meals, winter warmth packs and carbon monoxide detectors to vulnerable households across Greater Manchester. We aim to assist around 1000 households over this winter period. All the local authorities across Greater Manchester have received some of the Warm Homes Healthy People funding. Keep an eye out in your area for the activities. All eligible referrals made to AWARM will benefit from the local funding as well as the AWARM funding. Warm Front has funding remaining for this financial year. Please be aware that heating repairs, replacement boilers and central heating can be installed for the vulnerable where their heating system is not working, or no heating exists.

Q3 2011/12 Highlights

Scheme News - Greater Manchester - AWARM
Written by Katherine Brooks
Monday, 06 February 2012 16:01
This quarter, 189 professionals have received Affordable warmth awareness and referral training through the AWARM initiative. 458 referrals were made and 199 cases have been closed, over the last quarter. The investment for all AWARM cases closed in quarter 3 is £110,950. In December we were successful in our Bid to the 'Warm Homes, Healthy People Fund' which will enable AWARM to extend its Services and also offer emergency heating, hot meals and a winter warmth pack to eligible clients who are in need of help due to the cold weather this winter. The AWARM team met with partners from across Greater Manchester in December to discuss the future of AWARM, funding and energy efficiency advice. Two further interpreter days were held at Oldham Civic Centre on 10^th and 11^th of November two interpreters, Shaheed Naseen and Tanjin Jureshi attended along with Maggie Bennett and Louise Stopford from AWARM a total of 26 calls were made and considerable progress on cases that have proved very difficult to progress. A further day is being organised for the new year. AWARM Training has taken place for a variety of Staff Teams based at Trafford General Hospital and there is now a designated Fuel Poverty Champion within the hospital.

Warm Home Healthy People

Scheme News - Greater Manchester - AWARM
Written by Katherine Brooks
Monday, 06 February 2012 15:54
AWARM has been successful in a bid to the Department of Health fund - Warm Homes Healthy People. The fund of £30m is a new initiative to support local authorities and local partners in reducing death and morbidity in England due to cold housing. AWARM has been awared funds to enhance the current service provision to vulnerable people referred to the service, and we aim to provide Emergency heating Emergency hot meals Winter Warmth Packs Carbon monoxide detectors These will be distributed to clients across Greater Manchester, using our network of partners. In addition we are hoping to provide some interpretation assistance. The work is in progress now and we hope to help over 1000 of the most vulnerable household across Greater Manchester by the end of March 2012.

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