A £1 million fuel support programme to help some of the city's most financially challenged households opens today (October 3).
The Glasgow Fuel Support Project will help individuals and families with top-up payments, advice and assistance. It aims to help eligible citizens gain access to a £49 fuel top-up payment, as well as energy advice and assistance.
Families with children at home and receiving Council Tax Reduction are eligible for the support.
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The grant is part of a wider package of support offered through the Glasgow Helps team - a new council service offering free and confidential support, information, and advice to citizens.
Glasgow Helps staff will carry out an eligibility check, and a grant of £49 will be awarded via a fuel voucher which will be administered on the families’ behalf by HEAT (The Wise Group) directly with the energy provider.
Councillor Ricky Bell, City Treasurer at Glasgow City Council, said: “We are in a cost of living crisis, and the council will do all that we can to support those hardest-hit by rises in fuel prices in these very challenging times. We recognise that is not an entire solution for households in the city, but it will provide some support and will be extended if more external funding is provided.”
HEAT will allocate the grants on behalf of the council, and will work with Glasgow Helps. Meanwhile, the council will work with organisations in the city, including the Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector, to ensure city residents are aware of, and have potential access to, the funding.
The Glasgow Fuel Support Project will be extended if additional support is provided to the council from UK or Scottish Governments.
Grant applications open at 9am on 3 October, and lines are open 9am-5pm Monday to Friday. Households can fill out the Glasgow Helps online referral form to request a call back from the team by visiting: www.glasgow.gov.uk/glasgowhelps
Residents should contact Glasgow Helps on 0141 276 1185 if they require a referral for a fuel top-up or energy advice.
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