{"id":478790,"date":"2025-10-06T19:46:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T19:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/478790\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T19:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T19:46:13","slug":"home-energy-scotland-teams-up-with-nhs-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/478790\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Energy Scotland teams up with NHS this winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Home Energy Scotland is working with the NHS to support people in Edinburgh during the winter months.<\/p>\n<p>The NHS recommend winter vaccines as one way to stay healthy during the colder months, but keeping your home warm is also important to help protect your physical and mental wellbeing. <\/p>\n<p>This is why Home Energy Scotland are teaming up with the NHS to help people heat their homes for less this winter.<\/p>\n<p>Their advisers will be at vaccine clinics in Edinburgh throughout October and November. Have a chat with them for free, impartial advice on how to save energy, lower your bills and find out if you are eligible for any financial support.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more from their friendly advisors at these vaccine clinics:<br \/>Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre<br \/>The Gyle Shopping Centre<br \/>Waverley Mall Shopping Centre<br \/>Conan Doyle Medical Centre<br \/>South Queensferry Medical Practice<br \/>Pennywell All Care Centre<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t catch up with them at a clinic, call 0808 808 2282 to find out how Home Energy Scotland can support you this winter.<\/p>\n<p>One of the patients they helped last year was Sarah, who said: \u201cLife is so much easier, it\u2019s a massive weight off. Everyone involved in my Warmer Homes Scotland journey were friendly and accommodating, and this was great when I have a changing schedule and childcare to think about. It\u2019s important that people know that this is real and it\u2019s there to help people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Gray from Home Energy Scotland said: \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to be once again be working in partnership with NHS Lothian and the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership. Everyone in the Home Energy Scotland team loves to help people and make their lives easier as well as warmer, and we can\u2019t wait to get started supporting you this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Home Energy Scotland is a free and impartial advice service, providing support with energy saving, keeping warm at home, cutting water waste, renewable technologies and funding. You can get in touch by calling their freephone number on 0808 808 2282 or by filling in their contact form at <a href=\"http:\/\/homeenergyscotland.org\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">homeenergyscotland.org\/contact<\/a><br \/>Their team of friendly advisors provide expert advice, tailored to your needs.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"801\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"617596\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/winter-vaccine-clinic\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/F92qk9bnhVOT8KcXbWkWyg\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/10\/winter-vaccine-clinic.jpg\/w=1216,h=1555\" data-orig-size=\"1216,1555\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"winter vaccine clinic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/F92qk9bnhVOT8KcXbWkWyg\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/10\/winter-vaccine-clinic.jpg\/w=235,h=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/w=801.jpeg,h=1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/w=801.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-617596\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"m-a-box-avatar-url\" href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/author\/phyllis-stephen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Phyllis-Summer-2022-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-100x100 size-100x100\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"   data-attachment-id=\"523819\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/phyllis-summer-2022\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Phyllis-Summer-2022-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2315,3089\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 11&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1652451720&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0034364261168385&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Phyllis Summer 2022\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Phyllis-Summer-2022-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Phyllis-Summer-2022-674x900.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Founding Editor of The Edinburgh Reporter.<br \/>Edinburgh-born multimedia journalist and iPhoneographer.<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Home Energy Scotland is working with the NHS to support people in Edinburgh during the winter months. 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