Home Improvement Agency
Carlisle, CA3 8QG
;Are you a home owner? Homelife Carlisle has various fully funded home improvement grants to help you and your family stay safe and warm, promote independence in your home and to keep you healthy and well in your home. Our organisation is part of Cumberland Council and currently covers the legacy Carlisle City Council catchment area only.
Safe and Warm Grants can be awarded for various home improvements including improving your heating, electrical upgrades, providing double-glazing, damp-proofing or to reduce risks and accidents up to £10,000 per qualifying household. To qualify a member of your household should have a health condition or disability or be a carer or be over 60 years of age and have savings less than £23,500.
You do not have to be in receipt of a welfare benefit but if you do receive a benefit, including tax credits, then you may qualify. If any works are required to facilitate a hospital discharge then there is no means-test. If you are a private or social housing tenant then you may be eligible for a safe and warm grant for key-safes, draught-proofing or one off cleans.
Homelife Carlisle is working with approved installers to offer a broad range of insulation and heating solutions under our local flexible eligibility (LA Flex) Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme. There is a broad range of eligibility criteria so check our ‘Statement of Intent’ downloadable on this page to see if you are eligible. We are particularly keen to target privately owned and rented homes that either:
Check if you are eligible for funding towards energy efficiency measures including insulation and energy efficient heating. If your privately rented home has an EPC of F or G then your landlord is obligated to improve the energy performance rating of your property under Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards legislation.
We have ‘offers’ for landlords to help them comply with the legislation. To check the Energy Performance rating (EPC) of your home visit: https://www.epcregister.com/reportSearchAddressByPostcode.html
Free Energy Advice and Home Surveys
Award winning heating and insulation suppliers Thrift Energy have teamed up with Homelife Carlisle to launch Warmer Communities Carlisle. It offers home surveys to help Carlisle and district residents lower their heating bills and increase energy efficiency. They also provide access to a wide-range of funding to enable households to secure the necessary for heating and insulation measures installed in their home including: cavity and solid wall insulation, loft and room in roof insulation, air source heat pumps, electric storage heaters, and boilers. There is also funding for free gas connections to the gas network. For more information and support contact Warmer Communities Carlisle on 01228 812867 or visit www.warmercommunities.org.uk
We have non means-tested grants up to the value of £5,000 to help people with dementia or memory problems make changes to the home that would support them to live in their own home safely and for longer. Examples of measures may be:
Mandatory Disabled Facilities Grants
Our Housing and Pollution team offer Manadatory Disabled Facilities Grants. Please contact Tel: 01228 817320 for an assessment. There is currently no mean-test for measures up to the value of £30,000 for measures including stair-lifts, level access showers, ramps etc.
Foundations Independent Living Trust (F.I.L.T.) Grants
Homelife Carlisle have access to Health Through Warmth for Northern Gas Networks and Gas Safe charity grants.
For more information on all our grants and how to apply please visit our webpage.