Overview
LEAP Boiler Scheme offers assistance to repair or replace broken gas central heating boilers for vulnerable homeowners. The scheme aims to offer a fully-funded, fast-tracked solution to those in a no heat situation.
Applications to the scheme are made by a LEAP energy assessor, during a home visit. You can request a LEAP home visit by calling our Save Energy Advice Line.
This scheme usually opens to applications in Autumn, and runs to the end of March or until funds are exhausted, whichever is the sooner.
Details
- Available In
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Halton
- Knowsley
- Liverpool
- Sefton
- St Helens
- Warrington
- West Lancashire
- Wirral
- Available to Age Groups
- No Restriction
- What we can help with
- Advice on how to save energy & water
- Available to these Groups
- All Groups
Additional Information
LEAP Boiler Criteria 2025-26
For a household to be deemed eligible for LEAP Boiler Scheme the following statements must apply:
- They have been identified as being in fuel poverty or in a fuel poverty risk group and at least one person resident in the household is: aged 65 or over, under the compulsory school age, or is suffering from significant health problems, or has a disability.
- They must own their home
- They must use gas central heating as their primary heating source
- Their boiler must be broken such that the client is in, or is intermittently in a ‘no heat’ situation
- The property is not considered to be a ‘higher risk’ property e.g., park homes, high-rise buildings and any building that is both traditionally constructed and protected (i.e. listed buildings)
- There must be no other suitable emergency funding that the household can access, this could mean for example that the client would need to pay a contribution they cannot afford or that the timescales for accessing funding are too long given their circumstances.