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Funded Energy Redress Projects

Since the Energy Redress Scheme launched Phase One of the scheme in 2018, Energy Saving Trust has awarded over £150 million to fund nearly 660 projects across England, Scotland and Wales. These grants have enabled organisations to deliver projects that help energy consumers in vulnerable situations to save energy and money in their homes and to live warmer, more comfortable lives. Phase Two of the scheme launched in May 2022.

To find out more about the projects we have funded, see the full list, which can be filtered.

You can also find specific case studies of some of the funded projects here.

Full list of projects

This is a complete list of successfully funded Energy Redress Scheme projects since 2018.

Phase 1
Round 4
Charity
Saltley Community Association
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£41,161
Project Name
Supporting vulnerable energy consumers in Saltley

The project aims to help 600 households within an inner city area of Birmingham with personalised energy and income maximisation advice over the phone, face to face at events and via 200 home visits. The advice will be offered by qualified energy advisors and the team will work with local pharmacies to target vulnerable and hard to reach energy consumers.

Phase 1
Round 4
Charity
the Environment Centre
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£43,434
Project Name
Raising Standards for Southampton Tenants

The project will raise awareness amongst privately renting tenants about their rights, in particular around Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) and the housing health and safety rating system (HHSRS) and empower them to report issues, which can then be enforced.

Phase 1
Round 4
Charity
ACE - Energy Action in Caerau and Ely
Location
United Kingdom
  • Wales
Grant award
£45,980
Project Name
Warm and Safe Partnership

The project will see ACE and Care & Repair Cardiff and Vale work together to deliver energy advice to over 200 vulnerable households across Cardiff. They will work with the local health sector to support those at risk from cold related illnesses and use a mapping tool to target areas of high fuel poverty. The advice will be delivered via home visits, weekly drop in sessions in community venues and at community events.

Phase 1
Round 4
Charity
Age UK Sheffield
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£63,740
Project Name
Older Sheffielders WIN

Age UK will develop their capacity to deliver energy advice through their health based home visiting service, to reach 864 vulnerable older people in Sheffield. The charity will train two members of staff to become Energy Advisers and the project will fund small home energy saving measures that will be installed by their handyperson.

Phase 1
Round 4
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Project Name
Money and Power: Reducing Fuel Poverty

This project will reduce fuel poverty in Blackbird Leys, an area of multiple deprivation on the southeastern edge of Oxford. The advice team will support 500 households with money and power advice appointments over the 2 years and will also refer people on to local charity, Better Housing Better Health, for more intensive energy advice and support.

Phase 1
Round 4
Charity
Groundwork West Midlands
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£59,313
Project Name
There's no place like home

Groundwork West Midlands and Home from Hospital Care will work together to deliver affordable warmth support to people returning home from hospital. 500 people will receive in-depth advice and advocacy support, a further 800 people will receive energy literacy information and 400 households will benefit from the installation of small energy saving measures. Two of Home from Hospital Care's 'After Care Coordinators' will become trained energy advisers and 20 of their volunteers will be trained to identify energy related issues when working in people's homes.

 

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Groundwork West Midlands and Home from Hospital Care will work together to deliver affordable warmth support to people returning home from hospital. 500 people will receive in-depth advice and advocacy support, a further 800 people will receive energy literacy information and 400 households will benefit from the installation of small energy saving measures. Two of Home from Hospital Care's 'After Care Coordinators' will become trained energy advisers and 20 of their volunteers will be trained to identify energy related issues when working in people's homes.

 

Two of Home from Hospital Care's 'After Care Coordinators' will become trained energy advisers and 20 of their volunteers will be trained to identify energy related issues when working in people's homes.

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Phase 1
Round 5
Charity
Age UK East London
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£49,887
Project Name
Warm and Well at home

Warm and Well at Home aims to support the oldest vulnerable energy consumers. 

It will help them to stay warm and well at home by using experienced handy-people to install small, practical measures in the home, alongside high-quality energy saving advice.

 

Phase 1
Round 5
Charity
Citizens Advice Manchester
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£89,200
Project Name
Switched On - Young People's Energy Advice

A partnership between Citizens Advice Manchester and Salford University to deliver a unique combination of user-led research and energy support, to fuel poor young people across the City of Manchester.

Citizens Advice Manchester will employ and train 2 young people, aged between 18 and 25 to become peer to peer ‘Energy Ambassadors.’ They will work with young people (drawn from lone parents, vulnerable families, care leavers etc) to test a range of engagement and delivery models, aimed at raising awareness of energy efficiency and encouraging changes in behaviour to help them move out of fuel

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A partnership between Citizens Advice Manchester and Salford University to deliver a unique combination of user-led research and energy support, to fuel poor young people across the City of Manchester.

Citizens Advice Manchester will employ and train 2 young people, aged between 18 and 25 to become peer to peer ‘Energy Ambassadors.’ They will work with young people (drawn from lone parents, vulnerable families, care leavers etc) to test a range of engagement and delivery models, aimed at raising awareness of energy efficiency and encouraging changes in behaviour to help them move out of fuel poverty.

The research will be used to develop a toolkit on how to encourage, engage and promote positive behaviours around energy for young people.

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Phase 1
Round 5
Charity
North Devon Homes
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£163,419
Project Name
Making heat cheaper, smarter and greener - Boxergy

This project will trial a new technology called Boxergy, which combines highly efficient electric heating with energy storage. With a time of use electricity tariff, the system can significantly reduce the heating costs for households currently using night storage heaters and aims to offer heating costs comparable to or cheaper than gas boilers.

There will be 7 Boxergy systems installed, benefiting 9 socially rented homes using night storage heaters and located in villages between South Molton and Tiverton in North Devon. These will include 3-bedroom houses which will have an individual

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This project will trial a new technology called Boxergy, which combines highly efficient electric heating with energy storage. With a time of use electricity tariff, the system can significantly reduce the heating costs for households currently using night storage heaters and aims to offer heating costs comparable to or cheaper than gas boilers.

There will be 7 Boxergy systems installed, benefiting 9 socially rented homes using night storage heaters and located in villages between South Molton and Tiverton in North Devon. These will include 3-bedroom houses which will have an individual Boxergy system and semi-detached bungalows which will share a system. 

The project will include an evaluation carried out by National Energy Action (NEA), investigating resident satisfaction, ease of use, running costs and reliability. Performance will be compared to the resident’s previous energy consumption and against comparable households with night storage heaters .

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Phase 1
Round 5
Charity
The Footprint Trust charity
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£76,000
Project Name
Warm Island - Home Energy help

Over two years, trained staff will give face to face energy advice to over 3000 people on the Isle of Wight through a range of outreach activities and home visits.

The Footprint Trust will engage with vulnerable people in the community by attending a range of events and drop ins to give quality guidance to individuals and provide talks to disability groups or Home Start groups.

150 Frontline Workers will receive training to help them to better support the clients that they work with.

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