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Barnsley’s approach to addressing fuel poverty

Jen Macphail Senior Health Improvement Officer (Housing and Energy) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Key local drivers

• Fuel poverty in Barnsley increased from

11.3% in 2015 to 12.2% in 2016.

• Desire to improve housing conditions

(in particular private sector housing stock)

• High levels of excess winter deaths in

the Borough

• Opportunity to bring investment in to

Barnsley (national and local funding)

• Local and regional political interest
• Council strategic focus- Anti Poverty

Delivery Group

Key national guidance

• NICE guideline [NG6] Excess winter

deaths and illness and the health risks associated with cold homes (2015)

• Cutting the cost of keeping warm- A

fuel poverty strategy for England (2015)

• National Cold Weather Plan (2018)
• How to reduce the risk of seasonal

excess deaths systematically in vulnerable older people to impact at population level (2010)

Fuel Poverty by LSOA in Barnsley (2016 data)

Excess Winter Deaths by Barnsley Electoral Ward

Relationship between Excess Winter Deaths and Fuel Poverty in Barnsley

Excess Winter Death Reduction Plan

• Session held summer 2018
• 70 participants from across the

Barnsley and across different sectors

• Borough-wide plan completed for 3

years

• Presented to Health and Wellbeing

Board

• Overarching target: reduce EWDs to at

least 15% by 2020

• Four key strands:

– System wide delivery – Improve cold homes & energy efficiency – Flu vaccination uptake – Falls prevention

Better Homes Barnsley

• Only Council approved energy efficiency

scheme – covers heating and insulation

• Part of Better Homes Yorkshire (number of

local authorities across Leeds City Region)

• Open to homeowners, private tenants and

private landlords

• Grants for those on low incomes, with health

conditions made worse by the cold and living in least energy efficient homes

• Carried out work in 491 properties, attracting

funding of £1.15m in to the scheme (since March 2015)

Partnership working and awareness raising

• Safe and Well checks pilot with

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue

• Cold homes pathway with social

prescribers

• Programme of free fuel poverty

training (over 100 front line workers in past 12 months)

• Attendance at community events
• Awareness raising at team meetings
• Social media presence- Facebook

and Twitter

Winter Campaign (2017-18)

• £500 from NEA and £500 from Engie
• High profile launch with Dan Jarvis

MP

• Social media reach of 120,413;

engagement of 2930; and 328 new followers/ page likes.

• Coverage in print and online

publications to the value of £3991.19, reaching 247,664 people.

• Face-to-face advice to an estimated

276 residents

• Advice and referrals made to local

groups

Coming up….

• Funding bids to support 2018/19 winter

campaign (Nov 2018)

• Barnsley energy tariff (Nov 2018)
• New service to address fuel poverty - single

point of access and officers providing home visits (Jan 2019)

• Affordable warmth energy efficiency scheme

(April 2019)

• Joint marketing plan with CCG and key

partners building on NHS Help Us Help You Campaign (winter 2018/19)

• Fuel bank?? (winter 2018/19)

Jenny Macphail Senior Health Improvement Officer (Housing and Energy) Jennifermacphail@barnsley.gov.uk 01226 787950

Web: https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/services/housing/help-with-energy-bills/ Facebook: housingandenergybarnsley Twitter: BarnsleyHousing