About Your Future Chelmsley Wood

Chelmsley Wood residential area

Your Future Chelmsley Wood is an initiative designed to enhance residents' health and wellbeing through sustainability and community-driven improvements.

Key themes

  • Making homes warmer, more comfortable and healthier to live in
  • Protecting the natural environment and improving access to green spaces
  • Increasing walking and cycling around Chelmsley Wood

Project aims

The project aims to boost energy efficiency in homes, making them warmer and more cost-effective to run by offering free retrofit assessments and practical energy-saving solutions.

To help support healthier living environments, residents can receive guidance on indoor air quality, including free air quality monitors and advice on reducing indoor air pollutants.

The project prioritises access to green spaces, allowing the community to help shape improvements in local open spaces and natural areas.

Encouraging walking and cycling is also a key focus, with various activities designed to promote active travel and overall wellbeing.

By working closely with residents, Your Future Chelmsley Wood seeks to create a healthier, greener and more connected community.

Frequently asked questions

What is Your Future Chelmsley Wood?

Your Future Chelmsley Wood is a government funded project focused on helping Chelmsley Wood, and surrounding communities, become greener, healthier and more sustainable.

What are the aims of the project?

  • Improving energy efficiency in residents’ homes to make them warmer and more comfortable, whilst reducing energy bills and addressing fuel poverty.
  • Engaging residents on indoor air quality and behaviours that negatively impact it, to make homes healthier to live in.
  • Improving access to green spaces to improve mental health and wellbeing.
  • Increasing walking or cycling to improve health and wellbeing.

What area does the project cover?

The project area covers anywhere within a 15-minute walk or cycle for most people from Chelmsley Wood Shopping Centre.


 

How can we help you with improving the energy efficiency of your home?

We can help in a range of ways. YFCW can offer free retrofit assessments, updating your home’s EPC, as well as ‘light touch’ retrofit measures including draught excluders/LED lightbulbs. Some homes may be eligible for free retrofit measures including loft insulation, cavity wall insulation and solar panels (subject to availability of funding). We can also help you to monitor and reduce your energy usage with free expert advice and support.

How can we support with improving air quality in the home?

As part of the project, we can provide free air quality monitors for your home. We can also offer advice on how to improve your indoor air quality and avoid or reduce behaviours which can negatively impact it.

How is the project being funded?

This project is being funded in full by Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). The project is part of the West Midlands Combined Authority's (WMCA) Local Net Zero Accelerator (LNZA) program.


 

Where can I find out more?

Click here to find out more: Energy Capital Net Zero Neighbourhoods