Scheme helps vulnerable residents keep warm (From Runcorn and Widnes World)
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Help still available to ensure homes are kept warm
9:20am Sunday 9th September 2012 in News By Barbara Jordan
A SCHEME is celebrating after helping 75,000 vulnerable residents across Merseyside.
Many people in Halton have benefitted from the npower Health Through Warmth project.
Elaine Midwinter, scheme manager, said: “The aim of the scheme is to help vulnerable people whose health is made worse by living in a cold home.
“We’re delighted to have reached such a major milestone.”
The scheme finds funding from different organisations and has secured more than £1.4 million of charitable funds, as well as contributing £7.8 million from the unique npower Health Through Warmth crisis fund.
If you are a homeowner and wish to apply for help, call 0151 639 4308 or visit www.healththroughwarmth.com for more information.
