IMPORTANT NOTICE
The Dorset Home Upgrade Grant (HUG2) scheme has now closed. The Warm Homes: Local Grant will be COMING SOON.
There will be some minor changes, such as postcode eligibility, for example. Please therefore consider there may be some upcoming changes to the below scheme information and criteria.
You are welcome to register your interest, by completing the contact form on this page, and we will add you to a waiting list. We’ll contact you if we can access funding for you. In the meantime, you can contact Healthy Homes Dorset to get free impartial advice and ask what other support and funding may be available: Phone: 0300 003 7023 Email: help@healthyhomesdorset.org.uk Web: www.healthyhomesdorset.org.uk
Warm Homes: Local Grant COMING SOON
Dorset Council and BCP Council will soon launch the Warm Homes: Local Grant, which is designed to improve the energy efficiency of homes across Dorset and will replace the 2023/24 Home Upgrade Grant.
The scheme will be very similar to the Home Upgrade Grant and will enable homeowners and private renters to access funded energy saving measures such as loft & cavity wall insulation, external wall insulation, heating upgrades, air source heat pumps and solar panels. The Warm Homes: Local Grant, will help reduce energy use and fuel costs for qualifying Dorset residents who live in the lower energy rated homes (EPC D to G) and heat their homes with a fuel other than mains gas such as; electric heaters, oil and LPG boilers and solid fuel heating.
NB. Living in Dorset does not automatically qualify you. Although this funding is for BCP Council and Dorset Council areas, if applying under the Qualifying Area criteria, you must check if your postcode applies, as only poorer ward areas known as Lower Super Output Areas qualify under this specific criteria.
Am I eligible?



Is my postcode in a qualifying area?
NB. Not ALL of Dorset postcodes fall under the qualifying area criteria. If your postcode is not in a qualifying area, this does not discount you from obtaining funding under a different qualifying criteria.

*Annual household income threshold, qualifying benefit and qualifying area, are standalone criteria. Qualifying example: You use electric heating, have a D rated EPC and live in a qualifying poorer ward area. Warm Homes: Local Grant funding applies only to households within the BCP and Dorset Council areas that meet the correct eligibility criteria, not all areas qualify.
The scheme will also help BCP and Dorset Council achieve their pledge to take action to address the climate emergency and will help towards the reductions in energy use needed to meet the UK’s 2050 Net Zero targets.
*Funding is subject to terms and conditions. The information you provide us with must be true and accurate to the best of your knowledge and belief and you are aware that active fraud protection will be conducted during the operation of the The Warm Homes: Local Grant
There may be other funding available for your home, please contact us.
Warm Homes: Local Grant is funded by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

Text WARM & YOUR NAME 07984 440584

Phone 0300 003 7023

Or complete the Warm Homes: Local Grant Enquiry form
