Keeping Warm in Wolverhampton
UK based electricity and natural gas supply company npower is celebrating after the energy company’s Health Through Warmth scheme made its 2,000th referral in Wolverhampton.
The scheme is managed locally by Wolverhampton City Council and helps vulnerable residents who are affected by cold and damp related illnesses – assisting people with heating and insulation measures, and provides helpful advice on energy efficiency.
So, to celebrate the impressive achievement, the Health through Warmth scheme hosted a special event in the company of Rt. Hon. Pat McFadden MP, Director of Public Health Dr. Adrian Philips, Councillor Barry Findlay, Cabinet Member for Environment at Wolverhampton City Council, and Rob Knight, npower’s Energy Services Policy Manager, who each gave warming speeches.
Also in attendance of the event were representatives from PCT, local authority, voluntary agencies amongst other local organisations, to learn about the benefits the scheme which they could offer to people they meet on a day to day basis. Guests also discovered additional information regarding the free training offered by the scheme enabling community workers to become scheme referrers.
As a subsidiary of RWE Germany, npower’s Health Through Warmth is currently active in 14 areas of England and Wales, and since being launched in Wolverhampton in May 2001, Health Through Warmth has facilitated over £2,763,485 worth of heating and insulation measures for local residents, whereby £207,318 was paid for by the unique npower Health Through Warmth crisis fund.
Source;
Npowermediacentre.com/ Press & News (Right Honourable Pat McFadden MP celebrates success of Wolverhampton Warmth Scheme-25.09.09)