Community schemes and funding

Help available to make your home more energy efficient through upgrades to insulation, heating systems, controls and other home improvements.

The Warm Homes: Local Grant, funded by the government, will be launched in Leicestershire later in 2025.

Qualifying householders can access funding to upgrade heating or improve home insulation through the government’s Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme.

The Home Upgrade Grant (Phase 2) is a Government backed scheme delivered by local authorities to improve the energy efficiency of eligible households without mains-gas heating.

The Home Energy Retrofit Offer supports residents with advice on what can be done to homes to keep warm and cut energy bills.

We're doing everything we can to support families as cost of living rises bite.

The home energy grant scheme providing energy efficiency improvements to low income households has now closed. This information is for existing applicants only.

Find out the latest about plans designed to create thousands of new homes.