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Keep Warm for LessA Scottish Winter Guide
Free: stay warm in a Scottish winter for less, with every winter payment, grant and helpline checked.
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About this guide
A free, practical guide to staying warm in a Scottish winter for less, with figures, payments and phone numbers checked on official sites in October 2026. It explains the energy price cap in plain English, then checks the common heating myths against the evidence, such as whether leaving the heating on low all day is cheaper.
More about this guide
Step-by-step chapters show you how to set your timer, thermostat and radiator valves, hunt down draughts with cheap fixes, keep yourself warm safely, deal with condensation and mould, and stay safe from carbon monoxide under Scotland’s alarm rules.
A full chapter covers the winter payments you might be due in Scotland and how to get them: Pension Age Winter Heating Payment, Winter Heating Payment, Child Winter Heating Payment and the Warm Home Discount, plus Pension Credit and Crisis Grants. It also covers Warmer Homes Scotland and the Home Energy Scotland Grant and Loan.
There is help for when you can’t pay, the Priority Services Register, rural homes and heating oil, cooking and appliances, and helping an older relative or neighbour, plus a draught hunt worksheet, meter reading log, winter payments checklist, month-by-month plan and free helplines.
What’s inside
- Why winter bills bite
- Heating myths and what the evidence says
- Get the best from your heating controls
- Cheap and free fixes
- Keeping you warm, not just the house
- Damp, condensation and carbon monoxide
- Your bill, the price cap and your tariff
- Every winter payment in Scotland
- Grants and free home improvements
- If you can’t pay your energy bills
- Rural homes, heating oil and other fuels
- Hot water, cooking and appliances
- Helping an older relative or neighbour
- Your winter plan, month by month
- Free help and useful contacts
- Glossary and sources
General information only, not financial advice. Check amounts and dates with the official body before you act, as payments and prices change.
