More help available after warmth scheme helps Merseyside residents
A Liverpool resident, who was living without a working
boiler in her home, has received help after a warmth scheme brought charities
together to fund a new boiler for her. Now the scheme is appealing for more
Merseyside residents living with long term, cold related illnesses to come
forward.
78 year old Mavis Herlihy suffers from arthritis, has high blood pressure and
was referred to the nPower Health Through Warmth scheme by Liverpool City
Council. The scheme is managed locally by co-ordinator Robbie McAndrew who is
assisted by Janet Hughes, and both are based at partner organisation Energy
Projects Plus. nPower Health Through Warmth aims to help vulnerable residents
whose health is made worse by the cold due to inadequate heating and insulation.
Robbie, who has been the local Health Through Warmth co-ordinator for 10 years,
said:- "We're delighted we helped Mavis to get a new boiler which cost
£1,710. We received partial funding from 2 charities and the balance of £590 was
paid from the unique nPower Health Through Warmth Crisis Fund. We're looking to
help more people like Mavis in the Merseyside area and people do not need to be,
or become, an nPower customer to benefit. There are certain eligibility
requirements around illnesses, finances and home ownership, so please visit our
website
to find out more details."
Since the scheme was founded in 2000, more than 86,000 vulnerable residents in
England and Wales have been referred to nPower Health Through Warmth for aid
with heating and insulation. In the Merseyside area, the scheme has helped
over,5,600 households access £7.3 million worth of measures and installations,
with over £1 million being contributed from the unique nPower Health Through
Warmth Crisis fund.
Mavis, who's delighted with her new boiler, said:- "I'm over the moon that
I've been able to turn the central heating on last winter and it's been lovely
to be warm through the cold months. I'd like to thank Robbie and Janet from
Energy Projects Plus for all of their effort helping me, and I can't praise the
contractors enough for their tidy workmanship."
Elaine Midwinter, nPower Health Through Warmth scheme manager, concluded:-
"We're delighted to have been able to help Mavis and hear that she was able
to keep warm last winter; it makes all of our work worthwhile. We look forward
to helping more people from the Merseyside area."
For more information about Health Through Warmth; including eligibility criteria
on illnesses, finances and home ownership; please visit:-
HealthThroughWarmth.Com. To speak to your local Merseyside
co-ordinator, please call:- 0800 043 0151.
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