£13.9m funding to help make homes warmer and cut energy bills

Tees Valley residents are set to benefit from energy efficiency upgrades after more than £13.9m has been awarded to a consortium involving Redcar & Cleveland, Darlington, Middlesbrough and Stockton-on-Tees councils.

The funding, totalling £13,953,865, comes from the government's new Warm Homes: Local Grant scheme, which could help up to 700 households in the area lower their energy bills and improve their homes.

Funds will be targeted towards low-income households, with thousands of families nationally set to receive energy performance and clean heating upgrades in the form of insulation, solar panels and heat pumps.  

At a time when many are experiencing high energy bills driven by the UK’s reliance on international gas markets, this funding through the Warm Homes: Local Grant scheme could now help households save hundreds of pounds a year.

The Warm Homes: Local Grant will be delivered over three years from 2025 and will provide energy performance upgrades and low carbon heating to eligible privately owned households. Many households will qualify on postcode eligibility alone with other residents being able to quality on their household income.

Councillor Jim Garner, Darlington Borough Council’s cabinet member for stronger communities, on behalf of the consortium said: “Energy funding being provided for residents could be life changing in improving home comfort, reducing energy costs and in helping tackle climate change across the Tees Valley.”

Further information on how to apply for help through the scheme will be announced in due course. Updates when available will be published on the website at www.darlington.gov.uk/homeenergy.