THOUSANDS more homes across the region will benefit from a partnership formed by energy efficiency group GoWarm and three local authorities.
Chester-le-Street, Middlesbrough and Sedgefield are the most recent councils to link up with GoWarm to assist their area battle fuel poverty.
Over the coming weeks, a total of 46,500 residents across the three areas will be receiving letters and fliers from the organisation with assessments well under way in the first wards in each area.
GoWarm has been established with £835,000 of funding from defra's Community Energy Efficiency Fund.
The organisation's website, gowarm.org.uk, includes a feature that allows people to self-assess online.
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