Through our REACH service, we are supporting Mid Suffolk residents to make your homes warmer, more energy-efficient, and cheaper to run.
We can provide you with independent, trusted advice that's tailored to you.
If you would like to know if you are eligible for any of the funding that is mentioned on this webpage, please email REACH.team@midsuffolk.gov.uk.
The Warm Homes: Local Grant is a government-funded scheme delivered by local authorities that will take the first steps to delivering on the ambitions of the Warm Homes Plan. It will provide grants for energy performance upgrades and low carbon heating to low-income households living in the worst quality, privately owned and rented homes in England to achieve energy bill savings and carbon savings. These upgrades will be open to all fuel types, including households heated by mains gas and by electricity, oil, coal or liquid petroleum gas.
You need to have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of D, E, F or G to qualify: GOV.UK - Find an energy certificate
If you do not have a valid EPC, one can be arranged as part of our grant funding.
You will need to also meet one of the eligible routes below:
This grant will be delivered by Warm Homes Suffolk. To start your application, please fill in the following form: GOV.UK - Apply for the Warm Homes: Local Grant to improve a home. For more information visit: Warm Homes Suffolk.
Mid Suffolk Cosy Homes is an energy efficiency initiative for private sector homes in the district.
It aims to make homes warmer, more economical to heat, and more environmentally friendly.
Our REACH Team can discuss the eligibility criteria with you, and help you make an application.
The Energy Company Obligation (ECO4) is a government grant that aims to improve the energy efficiency of domestic homes.
The grant focuses on fuel poverty, and reducing carbon emissions. It offers grants for energy-saving measures like:
The Scheme is mainly in place for households with a low EPC rating (D, E, F or G).
The Scheme has been extended and will end on the 31 December 2026.
If your household has a prepayment meter, you will typically have to pay more for your fuel. There are fewer tariff options, and an unused meter will still use credit for standing charges.
Warm Homes Healthy People can offer you free energy advice and support - with the goal of making your home warmer, with lower energy bills.
A free home survey can identify whether you need:
Please email prepay@eastsuffolk.gov.uk if you would like to book a survey.
Keep the Heat is a Suffolk run scheme where community groups and parish and town councils can borrow a thermal camera for free.
A thermal camera allows you to take a thermal image of your building to show you where heat might be escaping from.
By identifying where heat is lost, you can find ways to make your home more energy efficient. This will keep it warmer for longer, which will save you money and reduce your carbon emissions.
If you are interested, please email sustainable.suffolk@suffolk.gov.uk.
Through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, you could receive a grant worth £9,000, to be used toward the cost of installing a heat pump and - in some cases - biomass boilers.
You are eligible for a grant if:
The Scheme ends on 31 March 2027.
The Smart Export Guarantee is an initiative to support small scale, renewable energy generators where you can be paid for any excess electricity you generate and export to the grid.
You can claim the tariff if you have any of the following technologies installed with a capacity of up to 5 megawatt (mW), or up to 50 kilowatt (kW) for micro-combined heat and power (CHP):
The energy suppliers that offer smart export payments only need to offer you a tariff that is greater than zero. Therefore, the rate that each energy company pays is likely to vary. You should compare the tariffs available before you agree a contract. The tariffs may also be fixed or variable similar to your existing electricity tariff, but they are managed separately.
