We know that 4 in 10 adults currently feel unable to meet the costs of their home energy bills. Thanks to generous funding from the John Pearce Foundation, Racing Welfare is once again able to offer a £300 Home Energy Grant to eligible individuals to help alleviate the financial burden of rising fuel costs. Find out more and apply: https://racingwelfare.co.uk/info-support/home-energy-grant/
As the cost of living continues to rise, there are few who have not been impacted by the financial pressures brought on by increasing fuel bills and the challenging economic climate we live in today – particularly when faced with unexpected costs.
That was the case for Jenny, a mother of three young boys, who operates a small, family run training yard with 18 horses alongside her husband. When a fault with their hot water tank had left their home without heating or hot water, they had no choice but to get it fixed, leaving them with a hefty bill. It was this that led them to apply for Racing Welfare’s Home Energy Grant.
Jenny recalls: “At the time we got it we’d just had to pay out on a new hot water system. With energy prices continually going up too, it was just brilliant that the grant did come up at that time.”
That bit of extra help can make a real difference on a day-to-day basis. Jenny said: “It’s quite nice to just be able to have the heating on, rather than thinking we’ll not put the heating on, or we’d better turn it down and put an extra jumper on instead.