Calor
24 Jul 2025
Labour’s Warm Homes Plan – hybrid heat pumps needed to fill the rural policy gap
At last month’s comprehensive spending review – where the Labour government outlined its spending commitments for the next three years – the Chancellor committed over £10bn to its Warm Homes...
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01 May 2024
How a new government should help rural households decarbonise their heating
Both political parties have set out how they intend to progress decarbonizing the UK’s 27 million homes, including the 2 million rural homes not connected to mains gas. The Conservatives...
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10 Jul 2023
Net-zero week round up: Does anyone have an answer?
The Government aims to phase out off-grid fossil fuel heating from 2026 as part of its drive to be net-zero by 2050. As part of Net-Zero week, many of the...
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17 Jan 2022
Rural England launches report looking into fuel poverty in rural areas
Southern Water and Farming UK announced that the Countryside and Community Research Institute and Rural England CIC presented a report, sponsored by five utility companies: Cadent, GEUK, Southern Water, Wales...
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11 Mar 2021
Calor Gas Rural Community Fund – £85k available to support rural communities
Calor offers £85,000 in grants for vital off-grid causes and kickstarts search for uk’s rural hero of the year Leading off-grid energy supplier, Calor, has launched a nationwide search for...
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30 Jul 2019
Rural Community Fund winners announced!
Calor have been considering a range of applications for their Rural Community Fund and recently announced the winning organisations! This year the grant pot was increased to £70,000 and 21...
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01 Jul 2019
The price of countryside living
Inside Housing carries a piece on the affordability of homes in rural areas. The article written by Calor Gas highlights the shift of urban workers, retirees and second home owners...
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23 Apr 2019
What could your community do with £5,000?
With just over two weeks left until applications close, rural communities off the mains gas grid are being encouraged to submit their applications to the Calor Rural Community Fund, for...
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11 Mar 2019
Rural England – A different place demands a different strategy
As we approach the 20th anniversary of the last Rural White Paper a wide range of rural advocates from across the country will consider how a new Rural Strategy can deliver for rural communities...
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04 Mar 2019
Calor offers £70,000 of funding for rural community projects
Rural community projects throughout the UK could be eligible to receive grants of up to £5,000 from home energy provider Calor. The Calor Rural Community Fund – now in its...
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