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Keep Warm Keep Well

  • Last modified date:
    23 January 2009
Keep warm, keep well logo

The annual Keep Warm Keep Well campaign is aimed at financially disadvantaged older or disabled people and their carers, and families with young children on low incomes. It gives information on the health benefits of keeping warm in winter, providing advice on healthy eating and exercise, home heating and energy efficiency, and details of the grants and benefits available.

For more information on how to keep warm and well in winter, visit:

2008 campaign material

Keep warm, keep well poster

11 September 2008: Keep Warm Keep Well leaflets for 2008 are being revised and will be made available here as they are printed: a new order form is available below. Thank you for your interest in this campaign.

Warm Front Scheme

photo from Keep warm, keep well booklet - payment of a cash grant

Warm Front is a government-funded scheme which provides grants to make homes warmer, healthier and more energy-efficient.

For further information and to download an application form in English and in other languages, please visit the link below

General enquiries

photo from the Keep warm, keep well booklet: a man with a computer

If you have any general questions about the campaign, please:

Health and winter warmth - reducing health inequalities

photo from the Keep warm, keep well booklet: a mother and child

(November 2007)

This factsheet aims to give health professionals the information they need to ensure that fuel-poor households with specific health needs receive help. It gives information on fuel poverty and its impact on health and includes examples of best practice.

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