Help is at hand to get toasty

Bury residents are being encouraged to save energy – and reduce their fuel bills - by applying for free or discounted work on their homes.

This new offer for 2013 can provide a variety of free insulation measures, not just loft and cavity wall, and some eligible residents may also be entitled to a new boiler. 

If you have been previously turned down for cavity wall insulation because of technical reasons, there may be assistance and solutions available now to insulate your house using different products. Where properties have no cavity walls, it may be possible to install solid wall insulation either externally or internally. Residents are encouraged to call the advice line to see if their property is eligible as it could save them hundreds of pounds a year from their energy bills.

The offer is being made as part of the Get Me Toasty campaign, in which people living in certain areas of Bury – Radcliffe, Moorside, Bury East, and Redvales - will automatically qualify for free insulation measures. Some low income households with poor insulation and heating systems will be able to access free heating and insulation improvements. 

Councillor Tony Isherwood, Bury’s cabinet member for environment, said: “Fuel bills are going up all the time, and many people are struggling to keep their homes warm in these tough economic times.

“This service could help many Bury residents who cannot afford to make their homes more energy efficient, so I would urge people to visit the website or call for more details and see if they are eligible.”

Visit www.getmetoasty.com for more information, or call the Greater Manchester Energy Advice Service between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday, on Freephone 0800 009 3363. Alternatively, email your details to getmetoasty@manchester.gov.uk and request a call back.

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Press release issued: 30 May 2013.

Notes to editors: The scheme has been introduced after Greater Manchester Energy Advice Service (GMEAS) has teamed up with Carillon Energy Services, to access Energy Company Obligation (ECO) funding to those residents who need it most. 

This new funding is an obligation placed on utility companies by the government to provide £1.3 billion funding to support the most vulnerable people to improve the thermal comfort of their home and reduce fuel poverty across the UK.