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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 £102 million to fund nearly 538 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 8
Charity
Cloch Housing Association
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
  • Greenock
Grant award
£162,613
Project Name
Energy Activators

Energy Activators is an energy advice project targeting residents within Inverclyde’s most 15% deprived areas, who are in greatest need of support to reduce household energy consumption. The project is a partnership between Cloch Housing Association, Oak Tree Housing Association, Larkfield Housing Association and The Wise Group. The project will see shared energy advisers undertaking home energy advice visits to those most in need and holding monthly drop-in Energy Cafés in community venues. The project also involves an Energy Mentoring Trainee Support Programme that will provide dedicated

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Energy Activators is an energy advice project targeting residents within Inverclyde’s most 15% deprived areas, who are in greatest need of support to reduce household energy consumption. The project is a partnership between Cloch Housing Association, Oak Tree Housing Association, Larkfield Housing Association and The Wise Group. The project will see shared energy advisers undertaking home energy advice visits to those most in need and holding monthly drop-in Energy Cafés in community venues. The project also involves an Energy Mentoring Trainee Support Programme that will provide dedicated training and work experience opportunities to local unemployed individuals.

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Phase 1
Round 8
Charity
Burmantofts Community Projects
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Leeds
Grant award
£355,738
Project Name
Money Buddies Energy Plus

Money Buddies Energy Plus's Advisers will provide energy and financial well-being advice in vulnerable client's homes and at 20 Foodbanks throughout Leeds and the surrounding bordering postcodes. Clients will have their own tailored Money Buddy Energy Plus Plan; a cooperative tool designed to motivate clients to keep track of their progress on agreed actions, including facilitating behavioural change, energy advice recommendations, dealing with debts and financial well-being. Advisers review progress with clients and find out what support will be required in the future. The project will work

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Money Buddies Energy Plus's Advisers will provide energy and financial well-being advice in vulnerable client's homes and at 20 Foodbanks throughout Leeds and the surrounding bordering postcodes. Clients will have their own tailored Money Buddy Energy Plus Plan; a cooperative tool designed to motivate clients to keep track of their progress on agreed actions, including facilitating behavioural change, energy advice recommendations, dealing with debts and financial well-being. Advisers review progress with clients and find out what support will be required in the future. The project will work with the local Groundwork Green Doctor Team to ensure clients also have access to energy saving home improvements.

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Phase 1
Round 8
Charity
Community Energy Plus
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Truro
Grant award
£49,932
Project Name
Warmer Tenants Advice Service

The Warmer Tenants Advice Service aims to reduce fuel poverty for vulnerable tenants by addressing the issue at source - by targeting small private sector landlords and working with them alongside their tenants to improve the energy efficiency of poorly performing homes.The project will target let properties with an EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) rating of E to G, raising awareness of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards and Housing Health & Safety Rating Systems. Through telephone advice and site visits, a Domestic Energy Assessor will support landlords and tenants to raise the quality

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The Warmer Tenants Advice Service aims to reduce fuel poverty for vulnerable tenants by addressing the issue at source - by targeting small private sector landlords and working with them alongside their tenants to improve the energy efficiency of poorly performing homes.The project will target let properties with an EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) rating of E to G, raising awareness of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards and Housing Health & Safety Rating Systems. Through telephone advice and site visits, a Domestic Energy Assessor will support landlords and tenants to raise the quality of their properties by; understanding their EPC rating, identifying cost effective, low carbon improvements and securing any funding available to make the improvements.

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Phase 1
Round 8
Charity
Centre for Sustainable Energy
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Bristol
Grant award
£48,938
Project Name
Emergency Caseworkers support

Centre for Sustainable Energy will employ two caseworkers to meet the unprecedented demand for energy advice expected over winter and to manage the increased time, depth and complexity of cases from vulnerable households. Casework will involve dealing with and resolving issues of debt, accessing income related benefits, accessing energy efficiency measures (including heating), monitoring and paying fuel bills and switching tariffs. This will involve advocating on clients' behalf to their landlord, energy supplier or helping them with accessing grants, measures (excluding ECO) or referring to

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Centre for Sustainable Energy will employ two caseworkers to meet the unprecedented demand for energy advice expected over winter and to manage the increased time, depth and complexity of cases from vulnerable households. Casework will involve dealing with and resolving issues of debt, accessing income related benefits, accessing energy efficiency measures (including heating), monitoring and paying fuel bills and switching tariffs. This will involve advocating on clients' behalf to their landlord, energy supplier or helping them with accessing grants, measures (excluding ECO) or referring to other agencies.

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Phase 1
Round 8
Charity
Foundations Independent Living Trust
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Glossop
Grant award
£270,847
Project Name
Warm and Adapted Homes

Foundations Independent Living Trust is the charitable arm of Foundations, the national body for Home Improvement Agencies (HIA) in England.Their project will extend and enhance the HIAs can offer to Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) applicants, who are identified as needing energy advice or measures to improve the thermal comfort of their home. There will be over 125 HIA staff who will receive training in energy advice and other associated topics to enable them to provide energy advice during 5000 DFG home visits. Over 1000 small energy saving measures will also be installed in vulnerable

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Foundations Independent Living Trust is the charitable arm of Foundations, the national body for Home Improvement Agencies (HIA) in England.Their project will extend and enhance the HIAs can offer to Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) applicants, who are identified as needing energy advice or measures to improve the thermal comfort of their home. There will be over 125 HIA staff who will receive training in energy advice and other associated topics to enable them to provide energy advice during 5000 DFG home visits. Over 1000 small energy saving measures will also be installed in vulnerable client’s homes to help them save energy and keep warm.

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Phase 1
Round 9
Charity
Energy Projects Plus
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Wallasey
Grant award
£206,129
Project Name
Warmth For Health

Warmth for Health will provide energy efficiency, fuel poverty, and grant advice to all households, and deeper support and handholding to clients needing repair/replacement of the measures not supported through ECO.  

Phase 1
  • Round 9
Round 9
Charity
Marches Energy Agency
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Shrewsbury
Grant award
£254,461
Project Name
Warmer Derby & Derbyshire 2 - extension

Warmer Derby & Derbyshire 2 will build on our local, independent energy advice service, providing basic energy advice, more intensive support for complex problems around high energy costs/ billing issues/ debt/ income maximisation via an experienced, qualified and independent energy advisor or benefits assessor.   

Phase 1
Round 9
Charity
National Energy Action (NEA)
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Newcastle upon Tyne
Grant award
£190,870
Project Name
A Warm Welcome 2

A Warm Welcome will identify expectant mothers and families with young children with a low income to provide energy advice and support to families to manage their energy bills, keep warm and keep the lights on, advice about support available and what to do in fuel debt.

Phase 1
Round 9
Charity
Birmingham Disability Resource Centre
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Birmingham
Grant award
£220,903
Project Name
Warm, Safe and Sound Project

The Warm, Safe and Sound Programme will continue to support disabled people and those with long-term health conditions, who are at risk of (or are living in) fuel poverty. This project will take a holistic approach, using the social model of disability to look at the barriers faced by each household, empowering disabled people to take control of their energy usage and finances.

Phase 1
Round 9
Charity
National Energy Foundation
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Milton Keynes
Grant award
£109,175
Project Name
Better Housing Better Health (Phase 2)

Better Housing Better Health will provide 1500 vulnerable households with expert advice, in depth-support and end to end case management. It will deliver 60 online training events, aiming to educate 360 local stakeholders on fuel poverty, cold homes and energy efficiency with a network of 20 ‘warmth champions’ who will be provided with additional support and training and will be situated amongst local community hubs, providing a trusted voice on available support.

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