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This new Strategy and accompanying Action Plan, will build upon the success of work to date, including our previous Affordable Warmth action plan. It is being developed in collaboration with partners and residents experiencing fuel poverty, so, that together, we can tackle the current levels of fuel poverty within our borough.

The Council carried forward a Notice of Motion earlier in the year to recognise that more must be done to end fuel poverty by 2030. Our revised Fuel Poverty Strategy is aligned to the national Fuel Poverty Strategy for England to ensure our aims and ambitions meet current legislation. It has also been written to compliment other relevant Council plans and strategies such as the Fairer Futures Strategy, Climate Emergency Response Plan and the Health and Well-Being Strategy. This is to ensure the strategy is not viewed in isolation as the issues relating to fuel poverty cut across many council functions, requiring cross-team responses.

As a local authority we play a pivotal role in reducing the fuel poverty level across our borough and aligning this with key priorities in the Council Plan.

Our focus includes helping to improve inefficient properties, providing advice and guidance on how to use energy within the home more efficiently and supporting those in low-income households to become more financially secure.

Working with partner organisations and people with lived experience of fuel poverty, has provided us with the knowledge and expertise to shape this strategy and provided a plan for us to identify and help those most in need.

We know that addressing fuel poverty is a national issue and is multi-faceted. Yet there are actions we can take locally to make impact and create change. In line with the Council’s Climate Change vision, we are aiming to tackle fuel poverty as far as possible by 2030.

This new Strategy and accompanying Action Plan, will build upon the success of work to date, including our previous Affordable Warmth action plan. It is being developed in collaboration with partners and residents experiencing fuel poverty, so, that together, we can tackle the current levels of fuel poverty within our borough.

The Council carried forward a Notice of Motion earlier in the year to recognise that more must be done to end fuel poverty by 2030. Our revised Fuel Poverty Strategy is aligned to the national Fuel Poverty Strategy for England to ensure our aims and ambitions meet current legislation. It has also been written to compliment other relevant Council plans and strategies such as the Fairer Futures Strategy, Climate Emergency Response Plan and the Health and Well-Being Strategy. This is to ensure the strategy is not viewed in isolation as the issues relating to fuel poverty cut across many council functions, requiring cross-team responses.

As a local authority we play a pivotal role in reducing the fuel poverty level across our borough and aligning this with key priorities in the Council Plan.

Our focus includes helping to improve inefficient properties, providing advice and guidance on how to use energy within the home more efficiently and supporting those in low-income households to become more financially secure.

Working with partner organisations and people with lived experience of fuel poverty, has provided us with the knowledge and expertise to shape this strategy and provided a plan for us to identify and help those most in need.

We know that addressing fuel poverty is a national issue and is multi-faceted. Yet there are actions we can take locally to make impact and create change. In line with the Council’s Climate Change vision, we are aiming to tackle fuel poverty as far as possible by 2030.