Write to your elected representative
We are in the midst of an energy crisis and you can make a difference by getting in contact with your elected representatives.
Depending on where you live, you may be able to contact your local councillors, Member of Parliament (MP), Member of the Senedd (MS) or Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).
Contact your elected representative on social media
If you want to contact your MP on social media
- Find your elected representative: https://www.writetothem.com.
- Copy the post below, including your MP’s twitter handle and include the hashtags #EnergyCrisis #FuelPoverty
- Send post
Suggested post:
I’m a constituent, @MPSOCIALMEDIAHANDLE, and I’m calling on you to back @NEA_UKCharity and provide greater financial support for the most vulnerable during the #EnergyCrisis.
Write to your MP
If you want to contact your elected representative by email:
- Find your MP’s email address at https://www.writetothem.com or using the search below.
- Copy the letter below and amend it to include – your MP’s name, your name and your address with postcode (you must include this so they know you are a constituent).
- If you have time, then please amend the letter as you see fit. The more personal the letter, the more likely your MP is to pay attention.
- Email the letter to your MP.
Template letter
(Please amend the letter as you see fit. The more personal the letter, the more likely your elected representative is to pay attention.)
Your name
Address
Postcode
Your MP’s name
House of Commons
London
SW1A 0AA
Dear XX MP/MS/MLA
With higher energy bills and less support available for vulnerable households this winter, I am writing to you as my local MP, to ask for your support.
Please encourage the UK government to urgently make energy more affordable for low-income households. This can be achieved by extending current energy discounts and consulting on new mechanisms like a social tariff for energy. Levels of energy debt are at record levels and will soar even higher with higher energy bills and less support. Ofgem and the UK government must work with the industry to support households to repay energy debt to put extra money back into people’s pockets and support local economies.
These measures are desperately needed by millions of the most vulnerable in our society who are badly struggling across the whole of the UK. In the longer term, our homes are the least efficient in Europe, meaning we are needing to spend much more money to keep warm. The UK government’s Warm Homes Plan must help fuel poor households.
Failing to act will leave the most vulnerable households in unimaginable positions, so concerned about their energy bills that they don’t switch their heating on at all. Young children, who aren’t able to eat a warm meal or bathe. People with medical issues so scared by soaring levels of energy debt they are turning down their heating to dangerous levels or not running medical equipment, despite it being potentially fatal or putting needless pressures on our already stretched health services.
The desperate consequences of unaffordable bills are entirely preventable. The solutions are known, and I urge you to do all that you can in Parliament to raise them on my behalf.
Yours sincerely,
Your name
Where can I get help now?
If you or someone you know can’t afford to heat their home then we’re here to help.
We offer a range of advice and support directly to people in need. We also offer help via frontline workers and other intermediaries. For advice and support on what you can do click the link below.
Also, contact your energy supplier.