This in from Ray at the Footprint Trust. Ed
The trust is now to build on previous work thanks funding provided through the ‘My Life a Full Life’ programme, supported by the Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Spectrum Housing, Southern Housing, Comic Relief and The Beatrice Laing Trust.
WarmerWight-plus
The Trust’s new project is entitled WarmerWight-plus.
The Trust has identified a wide range of people that it wishes to assist these include; parents with young children, those seeking to live independently having left care, people who are struggling financially due to bereavement or loss, people who have issues with numeracy and literacy, those who are on low income and older people.
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The Trust’s staff and volunteers will be found this winter in places where people go, including outside major supermarkets, in social clubs and they will be found in local pubs!
The project will be launched at a public Energy Action! event on Friday 6th at Newport’s Riverside Centre (11am). Information on how to get help and assistance on energy and other issues will be available.
Founders of IsleHelp Partnership
Carole Walker the charity’s chairman said,
“Thanks to this funding we are able to offer a greater service to those in greatest need. We will not just give guidance on saving energy and access to grants for insulation and new heating systems. The reason we are calling the project WarmerWight-plus is that we will be referring people to other agencies to gain assistance on other issues.
“We are founder members of the IsleHelp Partnership, which consists of the main advisory groups on the Isle of Wight. All of which are committed to working closer together to enable a better service for all our clients.”
The Trust is recognised locally and nationally as being able to reach those who often go unnoticed and therefore not helped or assisted.
Happy to talk to your organisation or group
Ray Harrington-Vail of the Trust added,
“We will help people to support and care for themselves and get people back on their feet quickly by giving them information, guidance and support in their own homes.
“We will be out and about around the Island meeting people….we would welcome an invite to a local club or pub – so we can have informal chats and then arrange a free home visit.”
The WarmerWight-plus project will assist people by the giving the following information;
- How to use energy and water wisely and get the best deal
- To give people skills to understand their energy bills
- Details of ECO and other grants
- To signpost to a network of support services
- To offer training and volunteering opportunities
