ECO Grants

Free insulation grants now available with the Government ECO4 Scheme

Government funded insulation grants are now available for homeowners and rental tenants to improve their homes energy efficiency rating. If you are a homeowner or rental tenant in the UK and receive a benefit* you may be eligible for a FREE insulation grant. Find out if you qualify and secure your ECO funding today.


  • Cavity wall insulation
  • Loft insulation
  • Under floor insulation

*Qualifying benefits only, Exclusions apply, Customer contribution may be required subject to survey

Which grant could you apply for?

You may be eligible for a grant to cover multiple home improvement measures...

Cavity Wall Insulation

For homeowners and rental tenants

Home with uninsulated Cavity Walls?

If your a home owner or rental tenant in receipt of a qualifying benefit you're likely to qualify for FREE* Cavity Wall Insulation.

*Subject to eligibility criteria and survey

Get a Quote and Apply Online

Loft Insulation

For homeowners and rental tenants

No Loft insulation?

If your a home owner or rental tenant in receipt of a qualifying benefit you're likely to qualify for a loft insulation grant.

Find out more and Apply Online

Under Floor Insulation

For homeowners

Uninsulated suspended floors?

If your a home owner in receipt of a qualifying benefit you're likely to qualify for a free Under Floor insulation grant.

Find out more and Apply Online

First Time Central Heating

For homeowners and rental tenants

Never had Central Heating installed?

If your a home owner or rental tenant in receipt of a qualifying benefit you're likely to qualify for a free First Time Central Heating grant and a brand new system.

Find out more and Apply Online

GOV.uk

This is a Government approved scheme, for more information visit Gov.uk

The Energy Company Obligation Scheme (ECO)

The main goal of the ECO4 Scheme is to help households who are vulnerable to better heat their home and provide savings on their energy bills. The initiative aims to tackle the millions of households living in Fuel Poverty in the UK by offering services which would ordinarily be expensive to install, as part of a free grant. Cavity Wall Insulation, Loft Insulation or Under Floor insulation are all measures which can provide great benefits to keeping your home warmer, reducing your carbon emissions as well as savings each month on your energy bills.

Cavity Wall Insulation

Insulate your homes cavity walls

Loft Insulation

Insulate your homes loft

Under Floor Insulation

Insulate your suspended floors

First Time Central Heating

Install full central heating to properties which have never had any installed and currently use inefficient and costly alternatives, such as Electric storage heaters.

New boiler grants

Replace your broken or old, inefficient boiler

Government Insulation Grants and ECO

Insulation grants are available as part of the government ECO scheme. This means if you are a qualifying homeowner, you could get a free cavity wall insulation grant, loft insulation grant or under floor insulation grant. You can simply apply online and we will work on getting your application processed.


Leon York Insulation are fully accredited installers and are certified to install insulation measures as part of the ECO grant scheme. Leon York Heating, for first time central heating grants and boiler grants, as a company are also fully accredited installers.

Am I eligible?

In order to qualify for a free home insulation grant, you must meet all of the eligibility criteria.

This includes:


  • You are a homeowner
  • You receive a qualifying benefit from the list below.
  • You meet any other criteria specific to the grant you are claiming


  • Universal Credit
  • Tax Credits (Child Tax Credits and Working Tax Credits)
  • Pension Credit
  • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
  • Income-based Jobseekers Allowance
  • Income Support

If you meet this criteria, you will also need to check the specific requirements for whichever grant you are looking to claim.


Who can apply for an ECO grant?

Homeowners:

Homeowners are able to apply for a grant so long as they meet all of the eligibility criteria. You can still apply for an ECO grant if you do not currently have an EPC rating. Grant applicants must either receive a qualifying benefit in the household or meet low income eligibility criteria.


Households without any benefits:

Households who do not receive any benefits can still apply for a grant as part of the local authority flex scheme. In order to qualify without receiving benefits, applicants must have an annual household income below £31,000. The EPC rating must be also be listed as either E or below.


Private rental tenants:

If you are currently renting a property, you must first get landlord permission that they are happy for the work to go ahead. This also includes that there may be a contribution required dependent on a house survey which would be carried out.


Private landlords:

If you are a landlord looking for a grant for your property, your tenant must meet the eligibility criteria.


First Time Central Heating applicants:

For first time central heating applications, there must be no central heating previously installed to the property. The current method of heating must either be listed as an alternative method (electric heating, oil, wood etc) or as having no heating at all.

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