Our aim is to help you access a Government led grant called ECO Funding.  We can help you access a wide array of FREE heating and insulation grants to make your home warmer and cheaper to heat. There are many heating and insulation grants available totally FREE of charge if you are certain benefits or if you live in certain Local Authorities around England, Wales and Scotland.  Our mission is to help you access these grants with no fuss and to guide you through the process with ease; clearly explained and totally transparent. Look at our range of products and get in touch right now through the eligibility tab at the top the page or by phoning us on 01554 788766 option 1.

What is ECO Funding and Why Are These Grants FREE?!

This is a very good question. ECO Funding is a Government led scheme that stands for Energy Company Obligation. The Government have instructed the BIG 6 Energy companies like British Gas, EON, SSE, NPower, EDF and Scottish Power to reduce carbon emissions by funding home energy improvements such as internal wall insulation, first time heating with new radiators and boilers, loft insulation, cavity wall insulation, room in roof insulation, underfloor insulation, smart controls such as HIVE or NEST and highly efficient storage heaters to name a few.

How can Stellar Energy Help?

We are the agents or PAS2030 installers that are licensed to install such energy saving products to your home and are recognised by the scheme. We hold the necessary licenses and insurances to install these measures in your home to make it not only a warmer place to live but a cheaper place to heat!

Does everyone qualify for a grant? 

There are 2 ways to qualify, one is to claim certain Government benefits or credits. A full list is given below:

• Working tax or child tax credits
• Universal credits
• Child Benefit (anyone with a child living at the property – income thresholds do apply – please speak to a member of the team)
• Pension credits
• DLA – disability living allowance
• PIP – personal independant payment
• Income support
• Attendance allowance
• Severe disabilty allowance
• Carers allowance
• Employment and support allowance (income related)
• Job seekers allowance (income related)

The second way to qualify is by being in fuel poverty – this is by spending 10% approximately or more of your annual income on heating your home. You may be finding it difficult to heat your home and to makes ends meet – like a lot of us. If you live in a home that is expensive to heat and you have a low income then you are likely to pass for the scheme and the Local Authority Flexible Eligibility route. The LA flexible eligibility route is for people not on any Government benefits or credits but for those that have high heating costs and low incomes (all incomes are set differently by different Local Authorities). Again, this may sound too good to be true but please ring your Council and ask them about the scheme – they will tell you or transfer you to the right people and then come back to us. It is best to check with our team by phoning us on 01554 788766 and asking for some advice on these set figures. Here is a list of the Local Authorities that we can help you qualify with:

England – Wirral, Lichfield, Tewkesbury, Cheshire West, Bradford, Torbay, Cheshire East, Dorset, Shropshire, Forest of Dean, Chester, Chesterfield, Mendip, South Staffordshire, Stroud, Derby City, Eastbourne, North Somerset, Stafford Borough, Cotswolds, Stafford, Derbyshire Dales, East Sussex, South Somerset, Tamworth, South Glos, Solihull, Dudley, Hastings, Swindon, Portsmouth, Nottingham, Earewash, Lewes, Wiltshire, Gosport, Rushcliffe, Mid Devon, High Peak, Rother, South Hams, Bristol, Leeds, Wealden, Herefordshire, West Devon, Leicesterhsire, Amber Valley, North East Derbyshire, Cheltenham, Gloucester, North Devon, Bolsover, Cornwall, South Derbyshire.

Wales – Flintshire, Carmarthnshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigioan, Rhonddfa Cynon Taff, Blaenau Gwent, Swansea, Anglesey and Gwynedd (through a partner installer).

How do I apply and what happens next?

Stage 1 – Fill in the ‘check if your eligible’ form on this website and we will call you back as soon as possible. You can also phone us on 01554 788766.

Stage 2 – We will clarify all the information you have given to qualify and then set a date to arrange a home visit survey at your home completely FREE.

Stage 3 – The assessor will come to the property and take some photos of the house inside and out to show the funding stream what heating you have, how many bedrooms there are, whether the home is detached or semi etc. The assessor will send us the photographs.

Stage 4 – We will let you know if you have passed for the scheme ad then arrange an installation date for the heating or insulation or both.

It may sound to good to be true but you can check with the Local Authority that you are located in. So get in touch and see if you qualify! The funding is based upon the property and the survey carried out by the assessor.

Vouchers worth up to £10,000 will be issued to homeowners in England to make their homes more energy efficient under a Government scheme being launched in September – here’s the latest info we have.

The boosted £10,000 vouchers, where households won’t need to pay anything towards improvement costs, will be for those receiving at least one income-based or disability benefit. Only owner-occupied homes or park homes will be eligible (meaning landlords won’t be able to get them).

The qualifying benefits are income-based/contribution-based

• Working tax or child tax credits
• Universal credits
• Child Benefit (anyone with a child living at the property!)
• Pension Guaranteed Credits (NOT savings credit)
• DLA – disability living allowance
• PIP – personal independence payment
• Income support
• Attendance allowance
• Severe disability allowance
• Carers allowance
• Employment and support allowance (income related only NOT contribution based)
• Job seekers allowance (income related only NOT contribution based)

How do I apply and what happens next?

Stage 1 – Fill in the ‘check if your eligible’ form on this website and we will call you back as soon as possible. You can also phone us on 01554 788766.

Stage 2 – We will clarify all the information you have given to qualify and then set a date to arrange a home visit survey at your home completely FREE.

Stage 3 – The assessor will come to the property and take some photos of the house inside and out to show the funding stream what heating you have, how many bedrooms there are, whether the home is detached or semi etc. The assessor will send us the photographs.

Stage 4 – We will let you know if you have passed for the scheme and then arrange an installation date for the heating or insulation or both.

It may sound too good to be true but as you know it’s all over the news right now.

So get in touch and see if you qualify!

The funding is based upon the property and the survey carried out by the assessor.

As part of the Green Homes Grant scheme, eligible homeowners will be able to use the vouchers to help pay for environmentally friendly improvements such as loft, floor and wall insulation or double glazing to replace single glazing.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak outlined the plans – which will see the Government put aside £2 billion for green home upgrades – as part of his economic statement in July, and the Government released more details about the scheme in early August.

You’ll be able to apply for a voucher “from the end of September”, though the Government hasn’t yet given an exact date for when they’ll be available.

How will the Green Homes Grant work?

The idea is that the Government will give homeowners in England vouchers towards the cost of energy efficient improvements, which should cover much – and in some cases all – of the cost. You’ll have to apply for a voucher once the scheme is up and running in September, and will then be able to spend it to improve your home.

The Government also made it clear that if you get a voucher, you’ll need to have completed the work by 31 March 2021, so there’s only a six-month window to sort this.

The aim of the scheme is to help homeowners and promote energy efficiency, but also to help boost the economy during the coronavirus pandemic by creating jobs.

The Green Homes Grant applies to England only – so unfortunately won’t cover homes in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

What will the vouchers cover?

The Government confirmed the full list of improvements covered by the scheme in early August. As expected, it’s more complex than it originally appeared. To qualify for any financial support, you’ll need to be installing at least one of the following “primary” improvements:

• Insulation, including solid wall, cavity wall, underfloor, loft or roof insulation. Insulation for a park home is also included.
• Low carbon heating, such as air-source or ground-source heat pumps, or solar thermal systems, which provide renewable ways of heating your home.

If you already have these measures installed, you can use the vouchers to install “top-ups” – for example, additional loft insulation so it reaches the recommended level – but not to replace what you already have.

The Government also adds that if you’re installing low carbon heating, you’ll also need to have adequate insulation in your home, though this can be installed at the same time as the heating.

Then if, and only if, you’re installing at least one of the improvements above, you’ll also be able to use the vouchers to install the following “secondary” measures:

• Draught-proofing
• Double or triple glazing, or secondary glazing, but only if you currently have single glazing – it won’t cover replacement double glazing.
• Energy efficient doors, where you’re replacing single-glazed or solid doors installed before 2002.
• Heating controls and insulation, including appliance thermostats, hot water tank thermostats, hot water tank insulation, smart heating controls, zone controls, delayed-start thermostats and thermostatic radiator valves.

Crucially, you can only receive funding for these secondary improvements up to the amount of funding you’re receiving for the primary measures. So for example, if you’ve received £1,000 towards cavity wall and roof insulation, you can only receive a maximum of £1,000 towards any secondary measures, such as double glazing or thermostats.

In early September, the Government added details of connected costs the vouchers would cover, such as exploratory surveys to check, for example, the suitability of your walls for insulation, or expenses such as labour costs, waste removal or scaffolding.

It also listed certain excluded costs, such as furniture removal or storage to allow the work to take place, or asbestos removal. You can download a PDF of the full list of what is and isn’t covered.

How much will the vouchers be worth?

For most homeowners, the vouchers will be worth about two-thirds of the cost of the energy efficient improvements, up to a maximum of £5,000 per household. For example, the Treasury says a homeowner installing cavity wall and floor insulation costing £4,000 would only pay about £1,320, with the Government contributing the remaining £2,680 through the voucher scheme.

But those on low incomes will be able to get more – in that case the Government will cover the full cost of the energy efficient improvements, so you won’t have to pay anything, and the vouchers could be worth up to £10,000 per household.

Of course, green improvements such as insulation can also help cut your energy bills, with the Government saying families could be able to save hundreds of pounds a year as a result.

Will anyone be able to get these vouchers?

The Government confirmed on 4 August 2020 that all owner-occupied homes (including long-leaseholders and shared ownership properties) will be eligible to use the general £5,000 voucher scheme. It’s likely leaseholders and those with a share-of-freehold type lease will need to get permission from the (other) freeholder(s) before making any changes that affect the building, though the Government has confirmed that flat-owners can use its eligibility tool in the same way as other property owners.

Landlords of private rented and social domestic housing can also use the scheme, along with park home owners. If you rent, you won’t be able to access the scheme, though you can talk to your landlord to see if they’ll make improvements to your home.

It’s also confirmed new-build domestic properties and all non-domestic properties, for example commercial premises, DON’T qualify for the green home vouchers.

And while the Government has confirmed that while the Simple Energy Advice service suggests “appropriate improvements” to homeowners, it says there’s no requirement to use the measures it suggests and owners won’t need to have assessments of their homes. But it’s not yet clear exactly how the approval process for individual improvements will work – we’ve asked for more details and will update this story when we know more.

The Treasury has said it hopes the scheme will help pay for improvements in over 600,000 homes across England.