Wolverhampton City Council's achievements

Wolverhampton City Council are leading the way forward for local authorities as the first council to have re-released its Affordable Warmth Strategy with targets set even higher than previously.  The Council provides approximately £250,000 towards the Affordable Warmth scheme each year to target the most vulnerable and needy people in the City.

Affinity Partnership

As well as funding the Affordable Warmth scheme, the Council also provides assistance in many other forms for owner occupiers, private tenants and the Council's own tenants.  One of these services is the result of a pilot scheme that Wolverhampton City Council have been running in the North East of the City that aims to assist tenants moving properties. All vacant properties in the area are signed up to have their fuel supplied by Scottish Power, giving tenants one less thing to think about during the moving in process.

The Affinity Partnership between Wolverhampton City Council and Scottish Power also allows the Council to deal with any issues swiftly and effectively because they already know who they will need to contact at Scottish Power should any problems arise.  Due to the success of the pilot, plans to roll out the scheme across all vacant Council properties in Wolverhampton are soon to be implemented.

Graiseley Estate refurbishment programme

In another project a £7 million refurbishment programme is currently underway at three landmark buildings in Wolverhampton.  Amongst the improvements tenants can look forward to at the Graiseley Estate are state-of-the-art rain screenings as well as cladding to the blocks which provide excellent thermal efficiency. 

This will also be the first Council-owned housing scheme in Wolverhampton to use photo-voltaic panels to provide additional electricity to the blocks using sunlight. The move is part of the Council’s commitment to using renewable energy and protecting the environment.