Community Action on Fuel Poverty Keeping Warm in Winter Community Action on Fuel Poverty Workshop Provide brief background to CAP (for context), highlight the overall aim of the workshop and run through the agenda for the session

Today’s Workshop 09:15 Arrival & refreshments 09.30 Welcome 09:45 Introduction to fuel poverty 10:20 Solutions to fuel poverty 10:50 Break 11:00 Community Action on Fuel Poverty 11:20 Ideas into Action 11:50 Summary & Close 12:00 Lunch Adjust this slide to the timings of each session Timings can be as flexible as you need

Are you an energy saver or energy waster? This quiz is available to you through the Community Action on Fuel Poverty website at https://www.fuelpovertyresource.org.uk/resources/resources-and-downloads/community-engagement/ Ask attendees to just note down their score for each question.

When you wash, do you shower or have a bath? Shower every time 1 Sometimes shower, sometimes bath 2 Bath every time 3

When you are cold do you turn the heating up or put an extra layer on? Put extra layer on 1 Sometimes put an extra layer on 2 Turn heating up 3

At home, do you turn the lights, tv etc. off, when they aren’t needed? Always turn things off 1 Sometimes turn things off 2 Always leave things on stand-by 3

Hang clothes on the line When your clothes are washed do you dry them by hanging on a line or putting in a tumble dryer? Hang clothes on the line 1 Sometimes hang clothes on line 2 Always use tumble dryer 3

Do you have low energy light bulbs in all, some or none of the light fittings? (This might be one to check when you get home) All low energy bulbs 1 Some low energy bulbs 2 No low energy bulbs 3 After this question, ask delegates to add up their scores.

How did you do? What do you need to do? What an energy saver 0 - 5 Hmm not bad 6 - 10 Oh dear 11 - 15 Highlight those attendees who scored 0 - 5 as they’re already an ‘energy saver’! This quiz which attendees should have found quite fun demonstrates that getting the message across about energy efficiency needn’t be dull/boring Perhaps people are doing more than they thought….?

Keeping Warm in Winter Objective: To equip attendees with the tools to help them raise awareness of fuel poverty and the solutions available Introduction to fuel poverty Demonstration of the Community Action on Fuel Poverty online resource Interactive ‘Ideas into Action’ session supported by the online resource A summary of the workshop objective and content

Keeping Warm in Winter The Community Action on Fuel Poverty website was developed by NEA, the national fuel poverty charity, with the support of British Gas. The website was developed in order to share the great many practical resources produced as part of the Community Action Partnership programme to help local organisations engage with their members/clients/users on saving energy and covers a wide range of support from energy efficiency games to recruiting Energy Champions and developing affordable warmth action plans. The website, which was designed following consultation with community partners, aims to provide practical guidance, knowledge and tools to assist stakeholders to plan, develop and deliver their own community fuel poverty activities. Click on the link in the title to go directly to the homepage of the Community Action on Fuel Poverty website

“This page is great. Really enjoy reading the good news articles..” Keeping Warm in Winter Feedback “This page is great. Really enjoy reading the good news articles..” “All these resources are wonderful. Really useful for energy awareness sessions. It is so nice someone has taken the time to create and share them all..” To reinforce the value of the website, this slide includes some of the feedback received from users.

Keeping Warm in Winter What is fuel poverty? • The Sad Truth – national statistics • Regional statistics • Welfare/Rural/Elderly/Low Pay/Off Gas Locally [Enter local information on fuel poverty here] Click on the ‘What is Fuel poverty?’ link on the slide to go directly to the relevant page on the Community Action on Fuel Poverty website. All of the up to date information Use the CAP website ‘What is Fuel Poverty’ page for this session Round table discussion (5 MINS) Ask the question: What does fuel poverty mean for real people? Possible answers: Cold home Damp/condensation Fuel debt (and probably other debts) Worry/stress Ill health made worse Children unable to do homework Longer term damage to fabric of home

Keeping Warm in Winter Key Messages Practical solutions to help householders Top 10 Tips for Staying Warm and Healthy • No cost and low cost solutions • Heating / Insulation • Grants, funds & trusts With a good idea of the scale of fuel poverty and what it means to real people, lets take a look at what the Community Action on Fuel Poverty website has to offer in the way of advice. Click on the ‘Practical solutions to help householders’ link on the slide to go directly to the relevant page on the Community Action on Fuel Poverty website. https://www.fuelpovertyresource.org.uk/resources/resources-and-downloads/awareness-raising/ Scroll down the list of resources briefly mentioning each one as you go but focus on the ‘Top 10 Tips to Stay Warm & Healthy in Your Home’ and talk through the content with attendees. This resource also provides contact details for other organisations that can provide further assistance and you can go to ‘Help for Households’ section on the website (https://www.fuelpovertyresource.org.uk/fuel-poverty/) to explain the additional help available from CABs and EST. Include details of local help and support here if you can.

Keeping Warm in Winter Key features Quick Start Toolkit Starter Kits Warming Up Britain Practitioner FAQs Focus On Other key features of the Community Action on Fuel Poverty website include…… Click on each of the links to go directly to the relevant page on the Community Action on Fuel Poverty website. Quickstart Toolkit: a quick and easy way to filter the resources that would be best suited to your needs Starter Kits: all the resources you need to deliver some of the main activities in one place Warming Up Britain: need inspiration? Browse real examples of community action on fuel poverty here. Practitioner FAQs: Helpful hints and tips from NEA’s experienced project team Focus On: with a new topic covered every month, this feature provides clear and concise information on current fuel poverty topics to help keep frontline workers and stakeholders informed and up to date. You can subscribe to calendar alerts for upcoming themes to make sure you don't miss a thing. As you go through each section, ask attendees to consider if/how they could use these resources to raise awareness of fuel poverty. This will lead them into the next section………

Keeping Warm in Winter Key Messages Whilst fuel poverty is a serious issue, getting the message across needn’t be dull……………. Game of Bingo! Run the short version of the energy efficiency bingo game to demonstrate how getting the message across can be fun but effective. Click on the link in the slide to go directly to the energy efficiency bingo game resources page on the website to demonstrate where the resources can be found. The kit contains all you need to run a game of energy efficiency bingo; instructions, callers card, pre-printed bingo cards etc.

Keeping Warm in Winter What can you do? Can the resources on the website help you put your ideas into action? If so…. • Where are the opportunities to reach people who may be in fuel poverty? • What activity(s) would suit these opportunities / the people? • When could the activity(s) be delivered? • How many people do you expect/hope to reach? This section aims to encourage attendees to consider how they can use the information and resources they’ve heard about in the workshop to raise awareness amongst their own service users, members clients etc.

GETTING READY FOR WINTER IDEAS INTO ACTION Keeping Warm in Winter Having a basic plan makes it easier to see what you want to do, how you intend to do it and what extra help you might need. It needn’t be complicated, you just need to consider; where are the opportunities to reach people who may be in fuel poverty? / What activity(s) would suit these opportunities / the people? / When could the activity(s) be delivered? / How many people do you expect/hope to reach?   Hand out the Ideas into Action templates and talk delegates through the simple Ideas into Action template. In groups of 3-4, ask attendees to discuss the information and resources available through the website and to consider potential opportunities and activities to raise awareness of fuel poverty and the help that is available. Ask every attendee to record on their own personal Ideas into Action template what activities they could/intend deliver to raise awareness of fuel poverty and the help that’s available. They should also to think about what additional help/support they might need to make their event / activity happen. Note: if you wish to keep a record of the Ideas into Action forms, you should inform attendees that you’ll take a photo of each one after the workshop.

Keeping Warm in Winter Sharing Ideas…….. To recap; Introduction to fuel poverty Solutions to fuel poverty Practical resources and information from the Community Action on Fuel Poverty website Ideas into Action Once attendees have had sufficient time to discuss and record their Ideas into Action, ask each group/individuals to share one/some of their ideas with the rest of the group. This is the end of the workshop content. It is usually helpful just to recap on the main topics covered.

Community Action on Fuel Poverty Thank You and Good Luck www.fuelpovertyresource.org.uk Remember to keep up to date with fuel poverty resources and information to go to the Community Action on Fuel Poverty website. Provide brief background to CAP (for context), highlight the overall aim of the workshop and run through the agenda for the session