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County Durham Healthy Homes Partnership Event 7th November 2012
The County Durham Healthy Homes Partnership will be holding its third annual stakeholder event, focusing on the alleviation of fuel poverty and cold-related ill health. The event is in early development and this is an opportunity to ‘save the date’ … Continue reading
To Infi-Knit-y and beyond!
In December 2010, we posted about Macmillan Cancer Care’s ‘Infi-Knit’ Campaign. You can read our original article about it here. The campaign involved asking the public to contribute their suggestions of how to keep warm. For each suggestion, a part … Continue reading
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Tagged campaigns, cancer, cdhhp, county durham healthy homes partnership, fuel debt, fuel poverty, macmillan
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Homeless Action Partnership Newsletter
We are pleased to announce that we have been featured in the Spring 2011 edition of Durham County Council’s Homeless Action Partnership Newsletter. We gave them a brief explanation of who we are at CDHHP, how Hotspots works, and how … Continue reading
County Durham Healthy Homes Partnership Event 10 March 2011
On March 10th 2011, we ran a County Durham Healthy Homes Partnership event at the Glebe Centre in Murton for approximitely 90 delegates. There were 7 presentations relating to health and energy, along with delegate packs, tea and coffee, and … Continue reading
Welcome
The County Durham Healthy Homes Partnership is a strategic partnership concerned with reducing fuel poverty and encouraging people to keep warm and keep healthy, rather than suffering from the effects of the cold. We also offer fire safety and home … Continue reading
Event Rescheduled – Excess Winter Deaths: Facing Public Health Challenges Together
On Thursday 10th March, we are holding a County Durham Healthy Homes Partnership Event entitled: ‘Excess Winter Deaths: Facing Public Health Challenges Together.’ The aim of the event is to bring partners together to celebrate achievements made over the last … Continue reading
Big Knit is a Big Hit!
In December, we put a post up about Age UK’s scheme, ‘The Big Knit,’ where they asked knitters to make woolen hats to be sold on the top of Innocent Smoothie bottles to raise money for the charity. Age Uk … Continue reading
Heat or Eat?
Whether someone is able to keep warm in winter is often as much a question of health as it is wealth. Those most vulnerable to the cold include: older people, disabled people and those living with serious illnesses, such as … Continue reading
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Tagged age, age uk, cancer, cdhhp, cold, county durham healthy homes partnership, disability, disabled, fuel debt, fuel poverty, heat or eat, keeping warm, macmillan, older people, vulnerable, winter fuel payment
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The Cost of Keeping Warm
Does Debt Breed Fuel Poverty? Without a doubt, one of the biggest factors affecting whether people are able to keep warm in the winter is cost. There are many people who simply can’t afford to pay the high prices of … Continue reading
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Tagged cdhhp, coping strategies, cost, county durham healthy homes partnership, energy, fuel, fuel bills, fuel debt, fuel poverty, hotspots, keeping warm, partners, public, referring
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