The Winter Warmth Partnership aimed to raise awareness of the impact of cold homes on health and wellbeing
Winter Warmth 2012/13
The Winter Warmth Partnership was funded by the Department of Health’s Warm Homes Healthy People Fund.
The partnership comprised Peterborough City Council, PECT, the Salvation Army, Age UK, Public Health’s Healthy Lifestyles Team and Adult Social Care.
It was available to anyone living in privately-owned or rented homes in the city with an annual household income of below £26,000. It was geared particularly for people aged 65 and over, or those with a disability or with children under five.
The main aims were to:
- Raise awareness of the impact of cold homes on health and wellbeing, and the services which can support vulnerable people in winter months
- Provide advice and information for people at partners’ centres and charity shops, and through home visits, delivered by staff and volunteers
- Extend Peterborough’s Care and Repair Home Improvement Agency’s services to provide free boiler and gas fire servicing and repairs and draught proofing to keep homes warm and safe
- Provide visits from Care and Repair and Winter Warmth Advisor to deliver advice on the importance of keeping warm, how to set heating controls to maximise warmth and efficiency, energy efficiency, and identify any problems with paying bills linking to other services
- Provide heater loans and shopping trips to vulnerable older people in cold snaps, to reduce exposure to cold weather outdoors, and risk of falls
Winter Warmth 2011/12
The Winter Warmth Partnership was a project funded by the Warm Homes, Healthy People fund supplied by the Department of Health. Peterborough City Council (PCC) applied for £60,000 of funding during December 2011 in order to coordinate a three month project between four main partners: Peterborough City Council, Peterborough Environment City Trust (PECT), The Salvation Army (TSA) and Age UK.
The main aim of the project was to address the problem of excess winter deaths (EWD) within Peterborough which have averaged 86 EWD’s during the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 winters.
Elderly and vulnerable adults were targeted for help using criteria set out in the fund application form: over 75 years old, frail, arthritis, limited mobility, at risk of falls, fuel poor, and elderly living alone. The project also aimed to increase existing service capacity where it was needed and improve partnerships working to provide a more holistic service for vulnerable and elderly adults within Peterborough.