Southampton Warmth for All Partnership (SWAP)

In May 2004 Southampton City Council’s Fuel Poverty and Health Strategy was produced in response to the Southampton City Energy Summit 2003. It provided details of how Public Health in partnership with other agencies, would address fuel poverty in Southampton. As part of the action plan a multi-agency group was formed called Southampton Warmth for All Partnership (SWAP). SWAP is chaired by a Consultant in Public Health.

Aims and Objectives

Over the past 15 years SWAP has been working to:

• Reduce health inequalities associated with fuel poverty
• Reduce the number of deaths caused by cold homes
• Improve the quality of life of people living in fuel poverty.

Accountability of the partnership is to member organisations and the Southampton Health and Wellbeing Board.

What we do

In order to achieve this we work collaboratively to:

• Raise awareness and understanding of the impact of fuel poverty
• Secure funding to deliver practical projects
• Raise the profile of Southampton work and promote good practice to others
• Influence government policy on home energy efficiency and fuel poverty matters
• Promote Making Every Contact Count as a new approach to address health and wellbeing
• Participate in public health campaigns e.g. “Keep Warm, Keep Well”, Flu immunisation

Members

Work supported by SWAP

• Southampton Healthy Homes (12/15 – 03/17)
• Green Deal Communities Southampton
• Money Matters