Alternative Fuel Payment

The vast majority of eligible households will receive the payment automatically through their energy supplier.

A small number of households will be required to apply to the scheme due to the method used to target payments and because some households will not have a direct relationship with an energy supplier.

The grants are for households who do not have a direct relationship with an energy supplier, such as park home residents and some housing association tenants who did not qualify for the Energy Bills Support Scheme.

Residents can apply for the EBSSAF grant via Gov.uk. The council will be responsible for distributing the payments to eligible applicants.

Erewash Borough Council has awarded a total of £9,233,981 in household support provided by the government since April 2020.

First R&D Grants

Grants have been awarded to the first three successful bidders to Erewash Borough Council’s new Research and Development Grant Scheme.

Eligible Erewash households can apply for a £200 Alternative Fuel Payment Fund grant.

Council Executive approved receipt of £35,000 for the Government funded scheme in April.

The Alternative Fuel Payment provides a payment of £200 for households that use alternative fuels such as heating oil, biomass and liquefied petroleum gas as the main source of heating.

Individuals can apply for the AFP via Gov.uk. The council is responsible for distributing support payments to eligible applicants.

The distribution of the AFP supports the council’s Corporate Plan priorities by providing help and advice in partnership, by targeting those most in need and vulnerable.

Residents can find out more about the grant and apply online at gov. uk/get-help-energy-bills/alternativefuels

Precision Motorsport Components in Breaston; Medigarments in Long Eaton; and Comfa in Little Eaton were awarded the grants by a public and private sector panel chaired by the council’s Lead Member for Regeneration, to help them develop their innovative projects.

The Grant scheme has been designed to support local manufacturing enterprises in developing and piloting new products to help improve their businesses.

Erewash based businesses can apply for grants of between £5,000 and £20,000 and are required to provide 33 per cent match-funding of the total value of each project.

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"When my mother went to live at Heanor Park Care Home, I don't think any of us realised just how very poorly she was Three months on, and she is a different person Surrounded by a team and genuine carers, with good food, the friendship of other residents, and a safe, warm, calm environment and the resources to recover - such that she now plays an active part, at times able to give back for her new friends As she put it - "this is Derbyshire, this is me, and I am very happy here"

-Review from carehome co uk October 2022