Essential Household Services
Current opportunities available with Groundwork
Energy advice calls & home visits
We provide free energy advice phone calls to residents who are feeling cold in their home or struggling with their energy bills, with the possibility of arranging a home energy advice visit too.
Community events & drop-in’s
We regularly attend local community events providing visitors with information about how you can access energy related support services and distributing a range of small energy saving measures such as LED lightbulbs.
Retrofitting homes
Subject to criteria, we’re able to support residents to retrofit their homes with larger energy savings measures such as solar panels and air source heat pumps.
Energy Saving Resources
One of the best ways to reduce heat loss through windows in an uninsulated home to install thermal curtains. Learn how with this guide.
There are many ways to reduce your energy use in the kitchen. Learn about how you can make your cooking practices more energy, budget and time efficient.
Drying clothes on radiators makes your home more expensive to heat and can cause damp, mould and condensation. Learn about the alternatives with this guide.
Over time, boiling the correct amount of water for hot drinks and cooking can reduce your bills. Learn about the difference you can make with this small change to your daily habits.
A home with moist air uses more energy to heat and can cause bills to rise. It takes longer to heat damp air, and it cools down quicker. Learn how to keep moisture levels down.
If you’ve got a thermostat in your house, setting it to the correct level can help to keep you warm, save money, and prevent damp, mould and condensation. Learn how with this guide.
You can save a lot of energy, and money, by simply changing the way you use your washing machine. Learn how to adjust your washing machine settings to reduce your bills.
Reducing the amount of water used when washing can help save plenty of money on both your water and energy bills. Learn how with this guide.
Make sure that you are only paying for the energy that you are actually using. Learn about how submitting meter readings to your supplier or getting a smart meter can reduce your bills.
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Energy related reading
As Awaab’s Law comes into force, we wanted to share some steps that tenants can take to help reduce the risks associated with damp and mould where possible.
Temperatures in the UK are rising and in summer month we’re now seeing temperatures exceeded 40°C. To help keep you safe, we’ve created this page with tips for keeping cool.
In August Ofgem announced the energy price cap would increase to £3,549 per year for dual fuel for an average household from 1 October 2022.