Grants up to £500 per household are available to prevent the risk of unsafe gas appliances. The following types of work may be carried out using the FILT Gas Safe Scheme funding:

• Gas Safety Checks
• Gas Boiler and Fire Servicing
• Gas Boiler Repairs
• Gas Cookers,
• Gas Fires
• Gas Pipework
• Gas Water Heaters

This scheme is available to all Carlisle and district residents who live in privately owned accommodation AND have a disability or have low household income.

Homelife Carlisle are able to apply for FILT npower Health Through Warmth (HTW) grants towards new heating and home energy efficiency measures as well as heating repairs on behalf of residents. To qualify applicants need be a home owner and have a long-term, cold related illness made worse by cold living conditions due to inadequate heating or insulation. You do not have to be a customer of Npower. Types of Measures that CAN receive HTW Crisis Fund contributions:

• Loft and cavity wall insulation
• Gas fires*
• Electric fires*
• Storage heaters*
• Boilers*
• Central heating (e.g. boiler and up to 5 radiators)
• Hot water tank* and tank jackets
• Additional heating supply or repairs e.g. bathroom heater
• Draught-proofing of existing doors and windows
• ECO contributions up to £1000 *Repair or replacement if broken or if condemned or parts obsolete Gas Safe grants

Homelife Carlisle is working with approved installers to offer insulation and heating solutions under our local flexible eligibility (LA Flex) Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme. 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:

• Do not have full gas central heating or are in a rural area and no mains gas; or
• That have an EPC rating of D, E, F or G; or
• Are on a low income; or
• Receive welfare benefits or tax credits; or
• Have persons over 60 or children under five years old; or
• Have a health condition affected by cold.

Are you a landlord? Are you a private tenant and feeling cold in your home?

Check if you are eligible for funding towards energy efficiency measures including insulation and 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 certain funding for landlords to help them comply with the legislation

To find out the Energy Performance rating (EPC) of your home visit: https://www.epcregister.com/reportSearchAddressByPostcode.html

Statement of Intent

Carlisle City Council’s Statement of Intent for the ECO flexible eligibility scheme in our area can be downloaded in the ECO Scheme Downloads below

First time gas central heating for Home Owners and Private renters

If you are struggling to pay your energy bills or your home is hard to keep warm this Winter,  we can assist you to heat your home more affordable including a new fully funded gas central heating system.

Homelife Carlisle Home Improvement Agency has successfully bid for funding from National Grid’s Warm Homes Fund to provide new first-time gas central heating systems to 200 households who privately rent or own their own homes. 

The aim is to help households that do not have gas central heating to keep warm and at less cost.

Homelife Carlisle is working with Warmer Communities on this scheme and each home will have an energy survey and support offered to access grants towards insulation or affordable heating. Warmer Communities are a Community Interest Company provided by Thrift Energy.

This Warm Homes Fund project will begin from January 2019 and aims to be completed by 2020. You may be able to get help from the Warm Homes Fund if you do not currently have mains gas central heating. 

Free mains gas connections are also available for viable properties through the Fuel Poor Network Extension Scheme. Please contact us if you have health issues or are a carer or have a hard to heat energy inefficient home and do not currently have mains gas central heating. 

Eligibility for the scheme is not wholly dependent on household income but households with a low income are encouraged to apply.

For more information or to find out more about how we can assist you to contact Warmer Communities on 01228 812867 or email [email protected] or Homelife Carlisle on 01228 817111 or email: [email protected]

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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

Electricity North West owns, operates and maintains the North West’s electricity network. Occasionally planned and unplanned power cuts do happen and for many customers, being without power can cause extra difficulties that might affect their daily needs. By signing up to our Priority Services Register we can provide extra support to ensure you’re safe and comfortable until the power is back on. 

This is a FREE service and some of the benefits include 

• Receive proactive updates on power cuts in your area.
• Nominate a friend or family member to be contacted in the event of a power cut in your area.
• We can provide practical items such as warm blankets or a torch to help prepare for a power cut.
• Text message weather alerts. 

We also offer free energy saving advice to help reduce bills, keep your home warmer and minimise the impact on the environment to our Priority Services Registered customers.