Including the closely related terms poverty, and fuel poverty.
… heating and lighting, and solar panels, and by building new A-rated, low-carbon council housing. Also helping people facing fuel poverty through support with insulation and new, more energy-efficient heating – creating ‘green jobs’ installing these measures in the process. Travel and transport - delivering an ambitious series of programmes investing in infrastructure, services and promotion…
… people from leading happy, healthy and purposefully engaged lives. Aligns and links with the council’s Climate Emergency Strategy and its Climate Emergency Action Plan in areas including fuel poverty and transport, to ensure that Leicester achieves a socially just transition to a carbon-neutral city. To be published in 2020 on the council website. Healthier Air for Leicester: Leicester’s Air…
… AND HEATING BILLS IN HOMES. In the three years up to March 2019 we installed efficient new boilers in 3,870 council houses and fitted external wall insulation to another 141. The Health Through Warmth programme also secured almost £327,000 of funding from charities, energy companies and the NHS to reduce fuel poverty for 1,400 people in vulnerable households. • CONNECTING LEICESTER has invested…
… in action by central Government. We are also determined to use the opportunities these changes give us to confront the other major issues Leicester faces. In particular we are committed to tackling poverty and developing the local economy, to make Leicester a place which provides all of its people with the opportunities they deserve. We’d like to finish by encouraging you to read…
… by the council to work towards a sustainable Leicester, addressing the key social, environmental and economic challenges in an integrated way. References are made to other relevant council documents, and the roles of some of the key documents are outlined below. Other Relevant Strategies and Plans Anti-Poverty Strategy and Action Plan Aims to address barriers caused by poverty, which prevent…