All about the Warm Home Discount

This easy read guide tells you:

• What the Warm Home Discount is
• Who can get the Warm Home Discount
• How you can apply for the Warm Home Discount.
   

The Warm Home Discount can help you pay for your 2023-2024 Winter gas and electricity bill.

It will take £150 off of your bill if you get it.

It is not a voucher or a cash payment. 
 

The Warm Home Discount will not change your Cold Weather Payment or Winter Fuel Payment if you get them.

If you can get the Warm Home Discount it should automatically come off your bill.

If you use gas and electric from the same energy company, you may be able to get the discount on your gas bill instead.

You can talk to the company you pay your energy bills to for more information.

If you have a pre-pay or pay-as-you-go meter you can still get the Warm Home Discount.

You should talk to your energy company and ask if you can get the Warm Home Discount.

They will tell you how you can get it. For example, they might give you a voucher to top up your meter.

If you live in a park home or mobile home, you need to apply for the Warm Home Discount in a different way.

You can find out more about this on the GOV.UK website.

To get the Warm Home Discount, you must live in England, Scotland, or Wales.

The Warm Home Discount is not available if you live in Northern Ireland.

There are three different ways of getting the Warm Home Discount, depending on where you live.

1. If you get the Guarantee Credit part of Pension Credit. This is sometimes called Core Group or Core Group 1.

Read more about this in Core Group/Core Group 1 easy read guide.

If you get certain benefits and live in England or Wales. This is sometimes called Core Group 2.

Read more about this in our Core Group 2 easy read guide.

3.  You are on low income and live in Scotland. This is sometimes called Broader Group.

Read more about this in our Broader Group easy read guide.