1. Fuel poverty, household experiences and policy
ESRC Seminar 8 Understanding and responding to the health impact of cold homes and fuel poverty
Fuel poverty, household experiences and policy
7th June am- 3.15pm
Kings Manor, Exhibition Square, York, YO1 7EP
Room: K/G33 Meeting Room

3. The ESRC Seminar Series
Understanding and responding to the health impact of cold homes and fuel poverty
Aims to develop understanding of:
The interaction between cold homes, fuel poverty, people's behaviours, illnesses and accidents
How cold homes influence lifestyle choices and impact upon human health and mental well-being.
Activity:
Review current evidence, identify evidence gaps and set out priorities for future research
Develop existing networks, capacity building, communications and sharing of knowledge
Create opportunities for providing input into policymaking and facilitating a cross-department policy agenda
Create an opportunity for increasing the evidence base.

4. Programme of seminars
The Health Impact of Cold Homes and Fuel Poverty, 30/4/15
Children and Young Families, 13/10/15
Keeping warm and well at home for people with learning disabilities, 9/3/16
Recommendation 7 of the NICE guidelines NG6: Discharge vulnerable people from health or social care settings to a warm home (meeting the needs of older people) 27/6/16
Energy poverty, social relations and vulnerability 17/5/17
Health impact of cold homes and fuel poverty on black and minority ethnic and migrant communities  8/11/17
The health impact of cold homes and fuel poverty 6/2/18
8. Fuel poverty, household experiences and policy,

5. Outputs from the seminar series
Website updates
Briefing paper
Research collaborations
Research applications
Research outputs: Publications and resources

6. Programme
11.15 – The lived experiences of energy vulnerability and social housing Tom Hargreaves and Noel Longhurst, University of East Anglia 
The lived experiences of energy vulnerability and social housing
How emotions shape energy vulnerability and hinder attempts to address it
How vulnerable groups engage with energy efficiency measures Mark Bevan, University of York
How disabled people and low income families engage with energy efficiency measures, findings from the Policy Pathways to Justice in Energy Efficiency Project (Mark Bevan, University of York) 
Lunch
The relationship between UK energy efficiency policy and the needs of vulnerable households (Carolyn Snell and Mark Bevan, University of York, Kelly Greer and Joanne Wade, Association for the Conservation of Energy) 
Comparing current domestic energy efficiency policy with household experiences – what can we learn? (Carolyn Snell, University of York)
Small Group discussions considering the project policy/practice recommendations (led by Carolyn Snell, Mark Bevan, Kelly Greer, and Joanne Wade)
Closing comments Angela Tod

7. Understanding and responding to the health impact of cold homes and fuel poverty
Final Conference
Millennium Galleries, Sheffield
8/9 November 2018
In partnership with the Fuel Poverty Research Network