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West Midlands to Get Almost £1m to Help Warm the Region this Winter

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The West Midlands has won a bid for almost £1million to help people who are struggling to keep their homes warm this winter. The grant has been made to the charity Act on Energy, a member of the West Midlands Combined Authority’s (WMCA) fuel poverty task force set up by Energy Capital which is responsible for identifying funding to tackle the problem in the region. The Warmer Homes West Midlands programme will receive £909,358 to provide energy advice to people who are struggling to keep their homes warm. The West Midlands has some of the highest rates of fuel poverty in England, second only to the North West region. The advice programme will help more than 7,000 vulnerable households, will create jobs and help support WMCA’s environment target of #WM2041 – to be carbon neutral by 2041. Read the full article here.

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