Charis

The vital need for park home residents to receive support with energy costs during the winter months has been highlighted by grant provider Charis as its Park Homes Warm Home Discount is almost fully allocated.

The annual Park Homes Warm Home Discount Scheme run by Charis is now open. Permanent park home and static caravan residents across England, Scotland and Wales can apply for a £150 payment to help towards their energy costs. The Charis Park Homes Warm Home Discount is an Ofgem-regulated, multi-

As part of its ongoing commitment to helping charities, housing associations and local government organisations maximise support to customers, Charis has removed the admin fee from all its retail vouchers distributed through its Charis Shop ecommerce platform. This enables Charis's partners to direc

Client services director Jonathan Hunt shares Charis' experience of distributing the Park Homes Warm Home Discount scheme in Scotland highlighting issues around digital exclusion, wealth disparity, and the expectations of Ofgem. Every autumn, when the government opens its Warm Home Discoun

A Park Homes Warm Home Discount scheme by Charis closed at the end of March 2024 having distributed £2.3 million of support to over 5,000 park home households. This year the scheme was funded by E.On Next and OVO and in addition to the £150 Warm Home Discount payments, Heat the Home bund

Funds administrator Charis has partnered with high street flooring retailer Carpetright to facilitate the selection and installation of flooring in social housing.

Charis has launched two Winter Warmth bundles to be distributed through its Charis Shop platform. The bundles contain a range of energy efficiency measures, heated wearables and soft furnishings that will help housing associations, charities, local authorities and advice centres keep families and in

The annual Park Homes Warm Home Discount Scheme run by Charis is now open. Permanent park home residents across England, Scotland and Wales who do not have a direct account with their energy supplier can apply for a £150 payment to help towards their energy costs. The Charis Park Homes Warm Ho

Ollie Gray, business development director at Charis, provides his response to the recent story concerning carpets being ripped out of social housing, and not replaced. A recent article stated how 1.2 million people living in social housing in the UK have no carpet or flooring in their bedrooms or li

Ollie Gray, business development director at Charis, asks whether we are better off or worse off this spring when it comes to our energy bills. Unfortunately, despite falling wholesale costs, the average household bill is still set to rise to £3000 in April, and many will need to be tight

Charis, an administrator of hardship grants, has announced a new partnership with the Tillo platform which expands the range of goods and products, as well as participating retail outlets, that households can access when applying for help and support via housing associations, Citizens Advice, and p

Angus MP and SNP defence spokesperson Dave Doogan is supporting the push for permanent residents of park homes or static caravans in Scotland to apply for a dedicated Warm Home Discount scheme operated by Charis. A total of £261,750 has been set aside specifically for Scottish static caravan r

Permanent residents of park homes or static caravans in Scotland can potentially access £261,750 of dedicated energy grant payments through the Charis Park Homes Warm Home Discount Scheme.

An emergency fund for Scottish housing associations to help tenants who are struggling with the cost of their energy bills is now live.