A mobile energy clinic arrives in Banbury on Friday (June 15) to help needy families win heating grants.

The grants, worth up to £2,000, are available to elderly or disabled people and some families with children under 16. The walk-in clinic - a bright red bus - is touring the Cherwell district promoting Warm Front Grants, a Government initiative to help families on benefits.

Experts from the Eaga Partnership, a company that administers the grant on behalf of the Government, will be on hand to give advice.

Cherwell District Council is working with Eaga to ensure everyone in the area has the chance to benefit from a warmer, healthier home.

Eaga's chief executive, John Clough, said: "Anyone who thinks they might be eligible for a grant, or who just wants advice on saving money on heating and energy costs, should visit us."

The bus will be in the Bridge Street/Market Place area from 10am to 4pm.

Fuel poverty is defined as when a family spends more than ten per cent of disposable income on essential heating.

Warm Front Grants are available to families with a child who are receiving one or more of the following: income support, housing benefit, council tax benefit, income-based jobseekers allowance, disabled person's tax credit, working families tax credit, attendance allowance, disability living allowance, or war disablement pension.

Grants are available to people over 60 receiving one or more of the following: income support, council tax benefit, income-based jobseekers allowance, or housing benefit.