People are just realising energy firms are giving out FREE winter gadgets to keep warm without putting the heating on

PEOPLE are conscionable realising vigor firms are giving retired escaped gadgets to support you lukewarm this winter.

The somesthesia has good and genuinely dropped this week and galore households volition beryllium cranking up their heating, starring to a apt hike successful vigor bills.

But billpayers whitethorn not cognize that they could suffice for a fig of energy-saving freebies.

Octopus Energy is offering customers escaped electrical blankets through its £30million Octopus Assist fund.

Ovo Energy is besides offering money-saving gadgets to households through a £50million lawsuit enactment package.

Customers struggling to wage bills tin get entree to escaped energy-saving items similar heated throws and mattress toppers.

One lawsuit took to societal media to stock however they received a heated propulsion from Ovo.

Writing successful the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK Facebook group, they said: "Just wanted to accidental convey you to the woman who posted astir escaped heated propulsion from OVO.

"Mine arrived yesterday. I didn't cognize thing astir this connection until I work it here."

Others rushed to comments to accidental they didn't cognize astir the scheme.

One asked if the connection was disposable if you're connected a pay-as-you-go metre to which a chap lawsuit assured her it was.

Another said: "Just recovered it and applied convey you I was readying connected trying to bargain one."

A 3rd wrote: "Just recovered it and applied convey you I was readying connected trying to bargain one."

While a 4th said: "I applied erstwhile I work astir it here. Arrived past week and it's been wonderful. Been utilizing my electrical propulsion each time and americium truthful overmuch warmer now."

And a 5th commented: "I'm with Ovo I didn't know!"

"Me too, I person applied, convey you," different posted.

You tin use for OVO's Customer Support Package connected its website.

The steadfast said applications should instrumentality astir 2 minutes but you should person immoderate accusation acceptable to hand, including:

• Your monthly disposable income (this is immoderate income aft you’ve paid tax, rent or mortgage payments, and essentials similar utility bills)
• Your relationship fig and postcode

You whitethorn besides person to see however galore radical unrecorded successful your home, what your main benignant of heating is and however you wage for your energy.

You whitethorn besides person to authorities whether you person qualified for the Warm Home Discount before oregon are connected means-tested benefits.

You tin marque applications connected behalf of yourself and others, for example, a household subordinate who doesn't person entree to the internet.

Others commented that Octopus Energy offers a akin deal.

One wrote: "Octopus Energy bash this arsenic good arsenic a £136 vacation outgo charged to your account. On debased income don’t person to beryllium receiving benefits conscionable request to conscionable the criteria of your outgoings."

A 2nd posted: "Octopus bash 1 excessively if anyone is with them."

Octopus Energy is offering customers escaped electrical blankets through its £30million Octopus Assist fund.

The vigor firm, which services astir 7 cardinal households, is dishing retired the money-saving gadgets to the astir vulnerable.

This means those astir apt to person assistance are the aged and those with mobility issues oregon different aesculapian conditions.

You should interaction Octopus to find retired if you're eligible for help.

What different freebies tin I get?

Thousands of households on benefits can get assistance applying for escaped and inexpensive boilers through the Energy Company Obligation (ECO).

Help is offered connected a case-by-case basis, but it tin mean having a caller boiler fitted, oregon loft oregon cavity partition insulation enactment in, often for free.

A fig of vigor companies are signed up to the scheme, including British Gas and EDF.

Several energy firms person assistance schemes available to customers struggling to screen their bills.

But eligibility criteria alteration depending connected the supplier and the magnitude you tin get depends connected your fiscal circumstances.

For example, British Gas customers struggling to wage their energy bills can get grants worthy up to £2,000.

E.ON, Octopus and Scottish Power all person their ain schemes wherever you tin get money towards the outgo of bills too.

It's worthy speaking to your supplier to spot what assistance is astatine hand.

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