2 February 2012
Cambridge City Council has secured £22,000 to help reduce death and illness caused by cold housing.
The funding was awarded as part of a joint bid of over £200,000, which was made by Cambridgeshire County Council to target assistance to Cambridgeshire residents through 14 different projects. The funding was won from the Department of Health’s £20million ‘Warm Homes, Healthy People’ fund.
The Cambridge City Council-run project will make contact with over 10,000 residents to raise awareness of the risks of cold homes and inform residents of the assistance that is available through established schemes. Funding is also available to vulnerable residents to provide emergency heating repairs or install measures to protect against excessively cold homes.
Over the coming weeks we will be sending leaflets and thermometer cards through the post to local residents to raise awareness of the need to keep warm. Further copies will be available in local libraries and GP surgeries. Any resident who does not receive this information can request a pack by contacting Cambridge Home Aid on 01223 457945.
Catherine Smart, Cambridge City Council’s Executive Councillor for Housing, said: “We are delighted to secure this funding from the Warm Homes, Healthy People fund. Vulnerable residents are at particular risk through the winter months and this money will enable Cambridge City Council to provide assistance when residents need it most.”
The funding is available until 31 March 2012. Vulnerable residents needing help with their heating should contact Home Aid on 01223 457945.
