Can Manchester avoid a winter of blackouts?
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFor years the Energyworks team, based on an industrial estate on Rochdale, have been doing their best to help people in Greater Manchester be "warmer, healthier and better off in their homes".
The group of 'green doctors' provide energy saving advice and home improvements, helping out with switching providers or accessing warm home discounts, to put an end to cold homes in the region.
But Energyworks Manager Andrew Pinches says his team, part of the non-profit organisation Groundwork Greater Manchester, have seen "unprecedented demand" for their help in recent years off the back of the pandemic.
And he tells the Manchester Evening News: "Combined with the increase in prices and the government's ineptitude many people are really struggling to keep their lights on and, as winter approaches, keep their heating on. Read more: How will you cope with rising energy bills this winter? "We have been working with people living on a low income for many years and fuel poverty isn’t something that is new but it will be new for a lot of people that, for the first time, are facing money constraints as a result of increased energy prices. "It is incredibly difficult and sometimes distressing to have conversations with residents that have no idea what to do or who to turn to or what support is available to them." He spoke in a week where it emerged that businesses and even consumers could face blackouts this winter under government crisis plans as concerns grow over power supplies and soaring energy bills.
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