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Free Home Energy Checks and Warm Home Packs

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Who:     Age UK Hereford and Localities are delivering the Government Household Support Fund supported by Herefordshire Council

What:   325 Free home energy checks and warm home packs for the over 50s in Herefordshire and 125 free warm home packs for over 50s in social housing.

When:  From 12th December 2022 to 31st March 2023

How:     Contact us on 0333 0066 299 or email contact@ageukhl.org or write to us at home energy check, Age UK Hereford and Localities, Unit 10 Northern Lights Business Park, Clinton Road, Leominster HR5 0SW. or www.ageuk.org.uk/hereordandloclaities.

Home Energy Check

We are offering a Free Home Energy Check to 325 home owners or private renters in Herefordshire, aged 50yrs or over, who are struggling to heat their home.

The Home Energy Check measures include;

  • LED lightbulbs
  • Reflective radiator panels
  • Chimney balloons
  • Around door insulation
  • Letter box brushes
  • Timers
  • Night lights
  • A Warm Home pack (contents as below)

Free Warm Home Packs

In addition to the Warm Home Packs that will be offered to all clients having a Home Energy Check, we have a further 150 packs to give away to people aged 50yrs or over, living in supported or Housing Association accommodation, who may not be heating their homes adequately, due to concerns about their bills.

The Warm Home packs all contain;

  • Fleece blanket
  • Thermal cup
  • Torch
  • Hat
  • Gloves
  • Power pack for a mobile phone
  • Hot water bottle
  • And more

Referral process

To refer a client for a Home Energy Check or a Warm Home Pack, email contact@ageukhl.org or telephone 0333 0066 299 or write to Home Energy Checks, Age UK Hereford and Localities, Unit 10, Northern Lights Business Park, Clinton Rd, Leominster Herefordshire HR6 0SW.

Help improve health and wellbeing in Herefordshire

Dear residents

Herefordshire Council would like to hear from you about how we can improve health and wellbeing in Herefordshire.

We are working with health services and other organisations to develop a strategy and actions to improve health and wellbeing in the county over the next 10 years, and we are asking residents for their views about the things that they think are most important.

From information already available we have identified a number of issues that are most affecting the health and wellbeing of residents in our county and from these we have suggested some potential priorities for action, or for additional action where there is already work being done.

But we really want to know what your views are and about the things that you think we should be doing. 

Feedback from this consultation will be available to view early in 2023 and it will help decide the priorities and content of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy which is due to be published in the Spring of 2023.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and we would greatly appreciate it if you could spare a few minutes to complete our survey which you will find by clicking the link below.

For more information and to share your views and ideas, see: www.herefordshire.gov.uk/hwbs

Roman Park – Survey

In December 2021 the Parish Council successfully applied for a grant for an outdoor fitness zone at the Roman Park. This was successfully installed in April and has now been in place for just over 6 months.

A condition of the grant application is that we provide feedback on the project, we therefore need your help to give this feedback.

By providing feedback it will ensure that we can apply for further grants in the future and we are interest to hear your opinions and get your ideas for future projects.

Please complete the below survey for your household:

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/Q76NP55

Update from the Woodland Trust – Credenhill Park Wood

We are about to start some tree felling work along the tracks and the work will last about 3 weeks. They will be removing planted conifer trees close to the edge of the tracks and taking out ash trees that are dying from ash die-back disease.

We will also be improving the footpath from the car park in October, to make it more accessible for visitors with mobility scooters and to stop water from pouring down the path when it rains.

The dog poo bin is being well used and I’m going to have to increase the collection to weekly, as it seems to be very full on a 2-weekly collection. Unfortunately some people are still leaving bags in all the old places, even within a few meters of the bin!

Next year we will be replacing sections of boardwalk around the wood and some of the rotten benches. I am still looking for a grazier who is willing to put some cattle in the hill fort to graze it down over the summer. In case you of the PC might know anyone locally who might be interested?