Cheshire West and Chester Council Welfare Team can offer advice about benefits, adult social care assessments, debt, employment, fuel costs, free school meals, nursery places, foster care payments, blue badges, and much more.
To find out more about benefits download the A-Z Guide to Welfare Benefits and Financial Support below.
Groundwork Cheshire, Lancashire & Merseyside
We are part of a Federation of Charitable Trusts:
- We help people gain confidence and skills, get into training and work.
- Protect and improve green spaces.
- Support them to lead more active lives.
- Help them to overcome significant challenges such as poverty, isolation, low skills and poor health.
- The Green Doctor project is borne out of this desire to support the Community.
Green Doctor Cheshire West
Supporting households with:
- Energy efficiency & behavioural change
- Tariffs & payment options
- Smart Meters
- PSR & grants
- Water efficiency & tariffs
- Damp, mould & condensation
- Installation of free small energy saving measures
Winter Support Fund
Emergency support until 31st March 2025
- Energy vouchers
- £49 prepayment
- £70 other payment methods
- Supermarket vouchers
- Between £50 - £100 depending on the size of the household
- Essential winter items (one item per household)
- Air fryer, slow cooker, Electric blanket, duvet or oil filled radiator
Eligibility for a free Green Doctor visit
The primary focus of the programme are vulnerable families and individuals who are living in, or are at risk of, fuel poverty.
- Low income
- Living with debt
- Aged over 65
- Living with a health condition affected by the cold
- Severe mental illness
- Dementia
- Disabilities
- Young people and families containing children under the age of 5
- Pregnant women
- People in emergency accommodation
- Poor housing conditions
Getting in touch
To arrange a home visit or consultation, or to find out more please contact us;
- 0330 1740 863
- greendoctor.clm@groundwork.org.uk
- stacey.brady@groundwork.org.uk