Local support and advice agencies
Act on Energy
Provides free impartial advice to householders on how to be more energy-efficient and reduce their impact on the environment. Act on Energy is a registered charity.
- Telephone: 0800 988 2881
- E-mail: advice@actonenergy.org.uk
- Act on Energy website
Age UK
Age UK provides a range of services to advise and support older people. Their services include Trusted Traders, a service offering contact with tradespeople who have been vetted by Age UK, working with the Council's Trading Standards. Contact and Connect, a service providing information and makes referrals on your behalf to a whole host of local services depending on your needs and circumstances. Information and Advice Sessions - advice on matters such as benefits, health, money and social services. Age UK is a registered charity.
- Address: 7 Warwick Row, Coventry, CV1 1EX
- Telephone: 024 7623 1999
- Age UK Coventry website
Coventry Citizens Advice
Worried about the cost of energy? Our energy advisers can offer help and advice on all energy-related issues from problems with bills to accessing benefits and grants.
How we can help?
- Help to understand energy bills
- Check benefit entitlements to maximise income
- Support with energy grants and schemes to improve the energy efficiency of the home
- Offer energy efficiency advice and tips to save energy
- Give information about the cost of living package
- Could help to reduce annual water bill
- Help to sign up for Priority Services Register
- Give general advice and signposting to other agencies
To book your one-to-one appointment with an adviser call 024 7625 3190 or email us at energyteam@coventrycab.org.uk
For professionals
If you would like to refer someone or would like our advisers to visit your venue to deliver a group session and one-to-one advice, please get in touch via email: energyteam@coventrycab.org.uk
For general enquiries
Kirby House, Little Park Street, Coventry CV1 2JZ
Tel: 0800 144 8848
Coventry Citizens Advice website
National Energy Action Coventry (NEA)
Local advice on energy issues and fuel poverty/debt. NEA can offer this advice over the phone or at their office but will also carry out home visits. NEA Coventry attends events, giving advice to residents and talks to community groups and staff to keep them up to date on everything related to fuel poverty. This service is available to everyone and people can call for an appointment. Frontline workers can also refer people for help. NEA is a registered charity
- Harp Place, 2 Sandy Lane, Coventry CV1 4DX
- Telephone: 024 7655 9191
- National Energy Action Coventry (NEA) website
Coventry Independent Advice Service
Coventry Independent Advice Service is a charity that offers free, confidential advice, information and support to all Coventry residents. They can help with, identifying entitlement to benefits and helping you make claims, debt issues and housing advice, amongst others.
Drop-in advice sessions are run in 11 areas of the city at Family Hubs, libraries and community centres. You can go along to any of the drop-in advice sessions without making an appointment. Find out where and when surgeries are happening:
- Telephone: 024 7652 1100
- Email: info@covadvice.org.uk
- Coventry Independent Advice Service website
