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Keeping your home warm
A cold home can make you feel unwell. Keep the rooms you use most warm by turning on the heating and keeping them at 18°C or warmer. Try our simple tips to help keep your home warm this winter.
1. Heating your home and reducing energy costs
Havering Energy Doctors
Age UK Redbridge, Barking and Havering offers a free service for Havering residents aged 18 and over to help make their homes more energy efficient.
You can get a free home visit from an Energy Expert. They will check how energy efficient your home is and give you simple advice on how to save energy and keep your home warm.
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DABD's Centre for Warmth
DABD's Centre for Warmth offers free one-to-one advice. They can help you find benefits and other financial support for energy bills, debt, and money worries.
Get more support with bills here.
Contact their service to find out more.
2. Make sure you get the benefits you're entitled to
Check if you can get benefits to help pay your energy bills.
You may be able to get help through the warm home discount and the winter fuel payment.
DABD's Centre for Warmth offers free one-to-one advice. They can help you explore benefits and other financial support for energy bills, debt, and money worries.
3. Block draughts
There may be small gaps underneath your doors or between your windows letting your heating out or letting cold air in.
You can buy or make a draught excluder and close your curtains in the evening to help block draughts.
Don’t fit any new draught proofing in a room that doesn’t have enough ventilation or where there’s already a condensation problem.
If you’re getting a professional to fit insulation, draught proofing, or getting new windows or doors, ask them what they’re including to maintain good ventilation. This is because insulation can cause mould growth.
4. Visit Havering's Warm Spaces
Warm Spaces are heated, safe and friendly places. They are free to use if you are struggling to heat your home.
Havering Council have set up a network of Warm Spaces across the borough for the winter. These include libraries, leisure centres, community centres and community hubs.
Some venues also offer hot drinks, activities, and other services such as free Wi-Fi.
Upcoming Events
Upcoming events
Mardyke Community Association Warm & Cool Space
Activities, breakfast, refreshments, advisory information and free use of IT Suite and computers.
Elm Park Community Association Warm & Cool Space
Social morning with refreshments and activities hosted by Elm Park Community Association.
Warm & Cool Space at The Royals Centre
Refreshments, lunch, activities, arts and crafts, children’s corner.
Warm & Cool Space at The Hope Café
Hosted by HoPEC (House of Polish and European Community). Soup, tea and coffee board games, reading corner and occasional activities.
Related Services
Related services
DABD Centre for Warmth
DABD are offering free energy advice and support to residents in Redbridge, Barking & Dagenham and Havering.
Havering Warm Spaces
Warm Spaces are heated, safe and friendly places and are free to use for anyone struggling to heat their home.
Havering Energy Doctors
The Havering Energy Doctors is a council funded service delivered in partnership with Age UK East London and Age UK Redbridge, Barking & Havering which is available to all Havering Residents age 18 and over free of charge. It aims to support people who may be struggling with rising energy bills or living in homes that are difficult to keep warm.
