The Warm Homes Plan is the UK government’s wider programme to make homes
across the country warmer, cheaper to run and lower in carbon. Rather than a
single grant, it is an umbrella for several schemes that fund insulation,
better heating and energy-saving improvements — with a particular focus
on helping lower-income and fuel-poor households. Understanding the plan helps
you see where the different pots of support come from and which one might
apply to you.

What the plan sets out to do

The plan commits significant long-term investment to upgrading homes over the
coming years, targeting the properties that are hardest and most expensive to
keep warm. The aim is to cut energy bills, improve comfort and health, and
reduce the carbon emissions that come from heating our homes. Support is
delivered through specific schemes rather than the plan itself, including:

  • The Warm Homes: Local Grant – council-delivered help
    for lower-income owner-occupiers and private renters in less efficient
    homes.
  • Heating upgrade schemes – support towards low-carbon
    heating such as heat pumps.
  • Supplier-funded obligations – energy-efficiency
    measures delivered through obligations on larger energy suppliers.

How to find the right support for you

Because the plan works through separate schemes with their own rules and
timescales — and these are updated as policy develops — the
practical step is to check what is currently open and whether you qualify.
Look at the official schemes on GOV.UK and check with your local council, and
treat any unsolicited offer to sign you up with caution, as genuine schemes
never charge an upfront fee to apply.

To start, read our guide to
the Warm Homes: Local Grant, browse our grants and support section, or see our
renewable energy grants for help with
cleaner heating.