Free Energy Advice
Our community energy champions offer free, impartial advice and support around energy use in the home. You can contact us to arrange a 1:1 or feel free to pop along to one of our drop-in sessions where we can offer:
- Energy Bill Health-Checks
- Help with reducing energy usage in the home
- Free energy reducing kits and insulation materials for the home
- Checking eligibility for the warm home discount and energy related financial support
- Help with approaching suppliers regarding arrears, direct debits and payment plans
- Advice on eco heating upgrades, renewables and retrofitting
Drop-in Surgeries for Energy Advice:
Lewes House:
Wednesdays 11am-3pm
Thursdays 11am-3pm
Fridays 11am-3pm
Energy saving tips, advice and signposting:
Signposting to energy financial benefits and debt advice through Citizens Advice
A starter guide to retrofitting your home – Home Action Plan
List of local energy installers
£7500 Heat Pump Grant – Find out about the Boiler Upgrade Scheme and check your elgibility
Contact us at energyadvice@ovesco.co.uk for an appointment
or freephone 0800 458 9045
Videos
Advice Leaflets
For more useful information on how to retrofit your home
Meet one of our Energy Champions: Jon
Jon Scripps
Energy Champion
I’ve been with OVESCO since 2015, primarily helping to deliver energy advice centres across East and West Sussex. Working with other community interest groups, organisations and authorities to provide up to date, relevant information.
I’m passionate about helping people across the entire community become more aware of what they can do personally to improve their situation, taking personal steps to save energy at home and through that, reduce our overall impact.
My previous work life is in small and medium business management, retail, transport, customer service and corporate HR.
I live in Barcombe and I’ve been in Sussex for 27 years. I’m a dad with three mainly grown-up children and my interests in the world outside work include, music, cooking and food, walking especially on The Downs and by the sea, reading and anything transport, preferably with 4 or more wheels, sometimes with wings attached too.
