The Marches Energy Agency aided with funding from the Town Council as well as other partners including central Government and Shropshire Council provide the Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency scheme, which is a service designed to alleviate some of the burdens of fuel poverty that some of the residents of Shrewsbury suffer from.
The Town Council has contributed £70,000 towards helping people keep warm in the winter months, which is available to owners, occupiers, and landlords/tenants, but not social housing, and that the beneficiaries would be properties that fall under the Band A-B council tax properties with an Energy Performance Certificate and an SAP rating of C-G.
The assistance provided to beneficiaries would be between £2000 – £3000 per household.
