Help with Heating Your Home

There is help available to help with heating our homes over the colder months. Especially with the continued rise in energy prices with further increases expected

We have listed below some useful information to help:- 

Pension Age Winter Heating Payment - this has replaced Winter Fuel Payment from 2024 - You could get between £200 and £300 to help pay your energy bills. This is tax free. 

This payment is not based on temperature levels and will be paid to all who are entitled and are on certain qualifying benefits.

Check here to see if you can get the Winter Heating Payment.

Winter Heating Payment - A guaranteed annual winter heating benefit of £50 will be paid for low income households.

Low Income Winter Heating Assistance will be the Scottish Government’s 13th benefit and replaces the UK Government’s Cold Weather Payments.

For more information see here. 

Child Winter Heating Assistance -  Is a benefit from the Scottish Government. It was first paid in 2020.

It’s a payment to help disabled children and young people and their families with increased heating costs over winter. 

It’s paid once a year. The payment for winter 2024 - 2025 will be £251.50. 

Payments are usually made from the end of November onwards.

For more information on how you qualify check here

Please contact us if you need more help or advice.