A central London fuel bill assembly at the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
Organised by Fuel Poverty Action.
When? Saturday 16th February, 2pm
Where? The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), 3 Whitehall Place, SW1A 2AW
Join us at the Department of Energy and Climate Change as part of a national weekend of fuel bill assemblies and action. Come speak out about surviving mammoth bills, debt, cuts and cold homes and share experiences of how you’re getting by. Come discuss how we can support each other. And come take action to Stop the Great Fuel Robbery.
Bring:
- Your fuel bills or records of recent payments for your prepayment meter.
- Symbols or examples of the things you’re doing without in order to heat your home.
- Blankets, hot water bottles and flasks to keep warm.
- Banners and placards.
Join and share the event on Facebook if you can.
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While one in four households must choose between heating and eating, the government is plotting to increase our dependence on dirty and expensive gas power. This will send fuel bills even higher, contribute to rising food prices through climate change and block the alternative of cheaper, cleaner renewable energy.
Pensioners, disabled people, homeless people, asylum seekers, mothers and young children are being forced into libraries and shopping centres to keep warm. People with cancer cannot afford the warmth they need and thousands of people are relying on food banks. Over 7000 people died from cold homes last winter and deaths from hypothermia have doubled in the past five years. But the government is slashing crucial benefits and cutting grants to make homes energy efficient.
Dozens of Big Six energy company staff are being paid by the government to set energy policy within the Department for Energy and Climate Change. The government is snugly in bed with the Big Six energy companies. Together, they’re doing all they can to keep profiting from the Great Fuel Robbery. We say: enough is enough.
Join us at the Department of Energy and Climate Change to speak out, to discuss how to support each other and to take action to Stop the Great Fuel Robbery.
Afterwards, we’ll find somewhere warm to go together to keep on the conversation.
Please spread the word far and wide!
Organised by Fuel Poverty Action.
