We looked into the relationships between poor housing conditions, fuel-related debt and other indicators of poverty. We also examined associations with mental health, physical health and disability. This is one of the few social research studies to have investigated the relationship between fuel...Read more
The health impacts of tackling fuel poverty are reviewed, drawing primarily on large-scale studies completed in the last 10 years. Although physical health effects on adults appear to be modest, caregivers and children perceive significant impacts on children’s respiratory health. There also...Read more
In 2008, Thrive embarked on a programme of action research, focusing on financial inclusion in some of the most deprived areas of North East England. The project received funds from eaga Charitable Trust to help households to develop sustainable solutions to financial exclusion. Thrive aimed to...Read more
The project provides a first evaluation of the extent and nature of fuel poverty in Hungary and seeks to understand the experience of fuel poverty by Hungarian households in connection to the role of utility companies and central and local governments. More specifically, the project estimates...Read more
This report was written for UNISON by the National Right to Fuel Campaign (NRFC) to highlight the impact of rising energy prices on low-paid workers. This is a relatively under-researched area, but clearly a major problem that is set to get far worse in the period ahead. The report is based on a...Read more
On summer and winter months, cardiovascular morbidity and mortality rates vary throughout Europe. For example, areas with mild winters seem to be the ones with higher number of seasonal mortality. In fact, Portugal is one of the southern countries together with Ireland that have higher mortality...Read more
Heat waves and cold spells pose ongoing seasonal risks to the health and well-being of vulnerable individuals. Current attempts to address these risks in the UK are implemented through fuel-poverty strategies and heat-wave planning. This paper examines evidence from the UK on whether heat waves...Read more
This report sets out the findings of a survey of the attitudes and behaviour towards keeping warm among 267 older people in County Durham. The survey was funded with a grant from the Eaga Partnership Charitable Trust. It was carried out by Attend Rights to Warmth. Attend, formerly the National...Read more
Even in present-day high-income countries, there is a lot of evidence of a high degree of vulnerability of the population to both high and low outdoor temperatures. The magnitude of temperature-related mortality is strongly related to a wide variety of social, economic, and behavioural factors....Read more
EPEE is an EEI project, co-financed by the European commission, which aims to increase knowledge and understanding of fuel poverty, to quantify the households in this situation and to devise some effective operational mechanisms to tackle it. This report is one of the first outputs of the EPEE...Read more
