Affordable warmth charity THAW Orkney is calling on all candidates in the forthcoming Orkney Islands Council election to back its manifesto for affordable warmth in Orkney.
Candidates Urged To Back Affordable Warmth Policies #OICelection
Local Campaigners Focus on Energy Price Hike
Local activists have launched a window poster campaign asking why an energy rich Scotland also pays the highest prices to buy back its own generated electricity.
THAW Orkney Reassures Clients: No Support Funds Need To Be Repaid
“However, we can assure folk that none of the emergency energy funding secured for them by THAW Orkney staff will ever have to be repaid.” Robert Leslie, Manager THAW Orkney
THAW Orkney Helping Islanders With The Home Heating Support Fund
“Having access to this fund this year means I am making some wonderful phone calls where I’m getting to tell people ‘your child will be warm this winter’.
” Our funding beyond 31st March has been put into serious doubt” THAW Orkney
“We have seen a huge increase in demand, and consequently the level of support we have been able to give folk, over the past couple of months.” Robert Leslie, Manager THAW Orkney
Needing Support with Heating Costs? Contact THAW Orkney
“If you are on a prepayment electricity meter don’t wait until you are running out before getting in touch for support”
Fuel Poverty Takes ‘A Huge Step Backward’
“This year we have already heard of folk turning off their electric heating and using makeshift heating sources involving biofuel cans, which raises issues of fire safety as well as affordable warmth. ” Robert Leslie Director, THAW Orkney
A Just Transition: Where?
Inequality is built into our UK energy systems where the places producing the most renewable energy, and exporting it south, are also paying the highest tariffs to buy back that same electricity to heat their homes and power their businesses.
“I have never, ever looked back” – David Mowat, Shapinsay
David was anxious about falling into debt and was having a “hard battle just to try to keep warm.” Feelings of loneliness and isolation were increasing
Subsidies Ending For Oil & LPG Boilers: “A complete rethink is required” Says Orkney Councillor
“While we want to see a transition from oil and LPG to other forms of heating this cannot happen overnight or without consultation, as seems to have happened here. |”
