Free Cavity Wall Insulation

Welcome to Free Cavity Wall Insulation in Wales.

Free Cavity Wall Insulation throughout Wales!

Almost everyone qualifies, and for nearly everyone it will be free.

You do not need to receive benefits and there are no income thresholds.

Welcome to the Great British Insulation Scheme.

The Great British Insulation Scheme is a single insulation measure grant scheme. The available measures are listed below.

• Free Cavity Wall Insulation – This will always be free!
• Loft Insulation – Available in smaller lofts (there is an ongoing consultation to add loft with cavity wall insulation)
• Internal Wall Insulation – Available for terraced houses, small semi-detached homes and bungalows.
• External Wall Insulation – not currently available
• Pitched Roof Insulation – not currently available
• Flat Roof Insulation – not currently available
• Under Floor Insulation – not currently available
• Solid Floor Insulation – not currently available
• Park Home Insulation – not currently available
• Room-in-Roof Insulation – not currently available
• Heating Controls (under certain circumstances)

How do you qualify for a Great British Insulation Scheme grant in Wales?

There are 3 routes to qualifying for a Great British Insulation grant.

• The General Group.
• The “low income” Group.
• The LA Flex route.

The General Group qualification to a Great British Insulation Scheme grant in Wales.

You need to say Yes to the following 2 questions to qualify.

1. Is your Council Tax Banding in Wales an A, B, C, D or E (or in England A to D). If you don’t know, you can find your Council Tax Banding on Gov.Uk, and
2. Is your EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) rating a D, E, F or G. You can find your EPC on the EPC Register. Don’t worry if your property doesn’t have an EPC – we can take care of that.

2 yeses and you qualify.

These rules apply to both owner-occupiers and privately renting tenants.

However, the Government have decided that if you are a privately renting tenant and you want cavity wall insulation or loft insulation you will need to receive a qualifying benefit. You will not require a qualifying benefit if you want Internal Wall Insulation.

The “Low Income” Group qualification to a Great British Insulation Scheme grant.

The personal qualification criteria for the “low income” group, is that you are in receipt of a qualifying Government Benefit. Your EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) must still be a D, E, F or G rating.

This is a list of the qualifying benefits.

• Pension Credit 
• Income Based Job Seekers Allowance
• Universal Credit – No income threshold
• Income Related Employment and Support Allowance
• Tax Credits (including Working and Child Tax Credits) – No income threshold
• Income Support 
• Housing Benefit – NEW
• Child Benefit/Family Allowance. Income Thresholds apply

The LA Flex qualification to a Great British Insulation Scheme grant.

LA Flex stands for Local Authority Flexible Funding. However, it is not Local Authority funding it is ECO funding managed by the utility companies.

The Government has set up a different set of criteria for qualification which the Local Authorities manage.

There are 2 routes to qualification

1. The total gross household income must be less than £31,000. This income cap applies irrespective of the property size, composition or region and is from all sources of income.
2. Health Conditions. These health conditions may fall under one of the four umbrella conditions:· A cardiovascular condition, A respiratory disease, Limited mobility or, Immunosuppression.

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