Energy Assistance Package

Are you finding that your home is cold, damp, draughty or generally hard to heat? Are you worried about your fuel bills? If you answer yes to any of these questions the Energy Assistance Package may be able to help you.

What is the Energy Assistance Package?

The Energy Assistance Package provides advice and support to enable you to maximise your income, reduce your fuel bills and make your home warmer and more comfortable. It offers a range of measures to help improve the energy efficiency of your home.

The new scheme is funded by the Scottish Government and is being delivered by the Energy Saving Scotland advice network in partnership with energy companies and other organisations.

To access all parts of the Energy Assistance Package, call the Energy Saving Scotland advice centre free of charge on 0800 512 012.

When you call the advice centre, a trained advisor will take you through a series of questions about your home, including your current heating system. The questions will help the advisor give you the best energy advice possible and could lead to other forms of support including:
Referral for tax credit/benefit checks
Signposting to energy providers for social tariffs if eligible
Loft and cavity wall insulation for those eligible
Other measures to improve the energy efficiency of homes such as a new central heating system if eligible

To find out how you can benefit from the Energy Assistance Package contact us on freephone 0800 512 012 or visit http://www.energyassistancepackage.com/

Thank you to Sarah for contributing this information - you can hear more from Sarah at the Meeting point lunch on 27 November when she will be the speaker.

Caring for someone living with Dementia

We have some new dates for the "Caring for someone living with Dementia" one day workshops for carers. The workshops, which are free, are run in conjunction with Alzheimer Scotland and take place in the Fife Carers Centre in Kirkcaldy. The content of the workshop is designed to help carers better understand what is happening to the brain of someone affected by Dementia, what kind of problems that individual might encounter as well as tips for dealing with some of the behaviours that can be difficult to cope with. In addition carers meet with a group of people experiencing the same kind of thing in their own lives and learn what additional help and support there is for them in and around Fife.
The dates for the upcoming workshops are 17th September 2009, 29th October 2009, 28th January 2010 and 11th March 2010. If you are caring for someone affected by dementia and would like to attend one of these workshops you can sign up for one by telephoning Fife Carers Centre on 01592 642999 or email centre@fifecarers.co.uk