The Leeds Winter Warmth Scheme 2012/13: An Evaluation Summary

Following on from last year’s successful Warm Homes Healthy People Campaign, NHS Leeds (Public Health), Leeds City Council and partners in the voluntary sector decided to launch an expanded campaign in 2012 in order to support a more varied range of services over the winter period. The overall project amounted to £527,368 which comprised £171,000 set aside by NHS Leeds together with £199,067 of funding from the Department of Health’s Warm Homes Healthy People Fund which was jointly bid for by Leeds City Council, NHS Leeds and our voluntary sector partners, £130,393 from Leeds City Council’s bid to the DECC fuel poverty fund which was used to enable the Warm Homes Service to provide larger scale capital measures such as heating and boiler replacements and other funding from partners. As with the 2011-12 Warm Homes Healthy People Fund, projects were selected that addressed those needs that were known to arise and increase within the City during winter.