Working Towards Affordable Warmth in

SeftonDavid Colbourne

Sustainable Energy Officer

Technical services

0151 934 4216

HECA Conference, Bournemouth, May 2005

Affordable Warmth in Sefton

• Sefton??

• The scale of the problem

• Programme

• Achievements

• Lessons/Future

• Referees

• Adverts

Sefton???

The scale of the problemLocal

authoritypop ewds 93-4 ewds 94/5 ewds 95-6 ewds 96/7 ewds 97/8

total ewds (93-98)

Mean EWM

ex.hosp. Ad

Knowsley 154,000 50 117 140 105 78 489 98 0Liverpool 468,000 31 278 425 490 118 1341 268 18.5Sefton 290,000 20 204 337 303 114 977 195 24.9St Helens 179,000 23 77 143 123 36 401 80 17Wirral 329,000 65 230 272 317 153 1036 207 6England & Wales52,212.00 26,018 27,402 40,237 48,020 19,984 161,660 32,332 14.50%

Local authority

%pop >60/65

ewm % 93/4

ewm % 94/5

ewm % 95/6

ewm % 96/7

ewm % 97/8

m ean ewm %

Knowsley 16.4 8 23 28 21 16 18.8Liverpool 17 10 15 23 28 7 18.0Sefton 21.9 7 18 30 26 10 20.0St Helens 17.9 10 12 23 19 6 14.4Wirral 20.2 15 18 21 25 12 18.7England & Wales18.2 14 16 23 28 12 18.5NOTES:ex.hosp.admissions for cold-related illness in your Health Authority. (97/8 only)District EWM data for 98-9 isn't yet available from our files but…..…the E & W average in 98-9 rose to 28%, and further to 29.8% in the winter of 99-00. EWM data from ONS, re-worked at NEA. EHA data from Hospital Episodes db

Actual numbers of excess winter deaths

% by which winter deaths > non-winter deaths

Local authority pop ewds 93-4 ewds 94/5 ewds 95-6 ewds 96/7 ewds 97/8 ewds 98/9ewds 99/00

ewds 00/01

ewds 01/02

total ewds (93-02)

Mean EWM

Sefton 290,000 20 204 337 303 112 354 266 101 234 1930 214

What Problem?• CSE: FP assessment

March 2003 (LASP)

• Used 1991 Census and 1996 English House condition survey

• 28% Fuel poor in Sefton (33% M/side, 23% Eng)

• 9 of 23 wards, worst 10%

• 31,893 households

• best Ward Harrington 13%, 611 households

• How reliable is this?

Funding• NRF BLP, 2 wards, £15K pa• NRF MLC, 5 wards, £7.5K pa• NRF FGF, 3 wards, £7.5K pa• HAZ, 7 wards, £13K, 1 year• npower community scheme, 5 wards, £12K, 5

months• ScottishPower EEC, £65K, 4 years• npower EEC, £5.1K, 5 months

1. Cambridge*+2. Meols+3. Dukes*4. Norwood+5. Kew+6. Birkdale+7. Ainsdale+8. Harington+9. Ravenmeols10. Manor11. Blundellsands

12. Victoria13. Church*14. Linacre*15. Derby*16. Litherland*17. Ford*18. St Oswald*19. Netherton & Orrell*20. Molyneux21. Sudell22. Park

Approximate Funding Zones* NRF Zones+ HAZ ZoneNo Funding

A. Referrers identified by HLC, PCT, SMBC, MEEAC and others as agreed.

B. Induction/Training of Referees. Issued with referrer number and faxback forms.

C. Referrers visit or see potential clients for SEARCH assistance. And send through fax referral.

D. Filter process of Clients

F. Client completes a DIYHEC over the phone and passed on to agency.

G. Warmfront

H. Client can navigate without Home Visit or non-priority group

J. Client offered Home Visit

I. Advice Sent

M. HOME VISIT

N. Client unable to receive any SEARCH help other than advice in-situ

O. Client recommended for SEARCH grant award.

P. Client recommended for HtW grant award.

• Partners BLP, FGF, MLC, SHISS, MF, EPP, MEEAC, referrers, Sefton Council

• 178 trained referrers

• 454 home visits

• 188 direct grants

• 340 measures

• 152 referred to other grants

Lessons• Don’t limit your measures

• Referrers treat them like spouses (don’t forget them, at least 3 cards a year)

• long term exit plan (what happens when you run out of money)

• Market the scheme (decision-makers)

ReferrersProfession No. Total

Feelgood Factory Staff 12Voluntary Sector 4Maghull Health Centre Staff 19May Logan Centre Staff 6Bootle Health CareDN Care Manager/Care PractitionerNCM

216

18

Southport Housing Association 7Lincoln Road Clinic Southport Respiratory Nurse 1 1Alder Hey Hospital Asthma Nurse 2 2Thornton Health Centre Family Health Nurse 1 1Social Services North Sefton 16Social Services (Waterloo Town Hall)Admin Team Manager/Team ManagerCCP (Community Care Practitioner)Social Worker/Social Services

24

12

18

Sefton MBC Environmental ProtectionEHOSection Manager/Project SupervisorTechnical Officer/Senior Technical OfficerHSO

4272

15

Sefton MBC Technical ServicesEnergy OfficerEnergy Manager

11

2

Breathe Easy Group 3Sefton Social ServicesOccupational TherapistCommunity Care Practitioner

157

22

Southport CAB 8

Anchor Staying Put 4South Sefton PCTHealth VisitorsOccupational TherapistsPALS SupportFamily Health nurseNursery NurseEarly Years WorkerMidwife

11221

16

Sefton Health Improvements 2

Sefton Pensioners Advocacy 1

Merseyside Fire and Rescue 1

TOTAL 178

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