Renfrewshire residents donated air fryers and slow cookers to combat energy consumption

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A housing provider has donated air fryers and slow cookers to its tenants across Renfrewshire in a bid to help reduce energy consumption.The cooking equipment has been gifted to 688 Bield tenants as the provider received £33,000 from the Social Housing Fuel Support Fund – Round Two, funded by the Scottish Government and administered by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA).Developments based in Argyll and Bute, Ayrshire, Dundee, East and West Lothian, Edinburgh, Fife, Glasgow, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, Perth and Kinross, Renfrewshire and the Scottish Borders participated in the initiative which was led by Ken Greenshields, Customer Engagement Co-ordinator at Bield. Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire.

Sign up to our newsletters here. In Renfrewshire, tenants at Houston Court received the new appliances.The rollout is part of an ongoing drive to integrate energy efficient and sustainable measures across Bield’s operations and 5,000+ properties.Tracey Howatt, director of Customer Experience at Bield said: “It’s very important to us that we make decisions which positively impact the environment whilst simultaneously putting the needs of our tenants at the heart of our operations.“The rollout of these cooking appliances is just one of the proactive ways we are looking to raise awareness of energy and sustainability issues.

We’re delighted to have been able to run this initiative and it’s only been possible thanks to the involvement and funding award from SFHA and a lot of hard work