Greater Nottingham Healthy Housing Service

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The Greater Nottingham Healthy Housing Service aims to eradicate fuel poverty in the Greater Nottingham area by maximising the take-up of grants for insulation and heating measures through cooperation between Local Authorities, Health, Social Services, the Voluntary sector and Housing Professionals.

The service targets the most deprived private sector households with a specific emphasis on pregnant mothers, families with children under 16, disabled persons and the over 60's.

The project addresses the housing needs of vulnerable people through five core areas:

  • Energy Efficiency
  • Health
  • Housing Standards/Decent Homes
  • Home Safety
  • Environment

Goals and objectives

The main objectives are:

  • Collaborate with strategic planners across sectors to ensure issues of fuel poverty are incorporated into local policy initiatives.  
  • Encourage key stakeholders including Nottingham City and Nottingham County Council, the Primary Care Trusts and Social Services to commit resources to sustain the service.
  • Increase energy awareness for key staff in all sectors by providing training; explaining the links between cold-homes and ill health and how to use GNHHS referral system to access the energy grants available to those more vulnerable people in society.  
  • Focus on those who need the help most by targeting households in key areas of deprivation and working with local partners who have the knowledge to identify them.