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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 10
Charity
West Devon Community and Voluntary Services (WDCVS)
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£98,905
Project Name
Warmer Healthier Homes SW Devon

Warmer Healthier Homes South West Devon is a partnership approach to addressing fuel poverty and poor health outcomes in West Devon and South Hams. The partnership will utilise the experience, relationships, activities and two local community energy groups to establish local partnership teams who can identify those most in need, enabling targeted and meaningful energy advice and support.

Phase 1
Round 11
Charity
Bournville Village Trust
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£378,135
Project Name
Bournville Village Trust

Birmingham Fuel Poverty Alliance partnership will work with people on multiple complex social and economic needs around poverty, housing, domestic abuse, digital inclusion as well as fuel poverty. Ten energy advice advocates with Energy Efficiency training will deliver advice and advocacy, raising awareness of the help among people who are newly at risk of fuel poverty due to the economic and social impacts of Covid-19. 

Phase 1
Round 11
Charity
Students Organising for Sustainability UK
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£130,044
Project Name
Homes Fit For Study

Homes Fit For Study (HFFS) will support over 21,500 students helping reduce their exposure to fuel poverty by providing high quality home energy advice to students, living in the private rented sector (PRS), supporting them to adopt energy saving habits through a behaviour change and awareness raising campaign, implement low/no cost energy efficiency measures, improve their thermal comfort and understand their heating systems, learn to understand energy bills and tariffs, including switching advice and support, in particular those already struggling with their bills, seek out energy efficient

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Homes Fit For Study (HFFS) will support over 21,500 students helping reduce their exposure to fuel poverty by providing high quality home energy advice to students, living in the private rented sector (PRS), supporting them to adopt energy saving habits through a behaviour change and awareness raising campaign, implement low/no cost energy efficiency measures, improve their thermal comfort and understand their heating systems, learn to understand energy bills and tariffs, including switching advice and support, in particular those already struggling with their bills, seek out energy efficient properties and appliances. Home energy audits will be delivered by trained student home energy advisors, providing peer-to-peer advice. 

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Phase 1
Round 11
Charity
Centre for Sustainable Energy
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£408,265
Project Name
WHAM (Warmer Homes Advice and Money)

The WHAM project (Warmer Homes Advice and Money) will support Bristol and North Somerset’s most vulnerable residents – giving advice on energy, money and benefits, and carrying out home repairs. It will ensure those in fuel poverty and whose health or circumstances make them vulnerable to a cold home can freely access support of Bristol and North Somerset’s leading organisations tackling all aspects of fuel poverty.

Phase 1
Round 11
Charity
Groundwork London
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£127,938
Project Name
COMFORT

COMFORT (Collaboration to minimise fuel consumption for residents in west London) will enable the growth and development of a successful partnership between Groundwork London, two Local Authorities and numerous other local community partners, to support the most vulnerable/fuel-poor households in west London. Through a combination of high-quality energy-advice home visits, online/telephone consultations and frontline training, energy advisors will directly support 1,350 fuel-poor households, benefitting around 6,255 residents. COMFORT aims to improve the energy-efficiency of homes and help

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COMFORT (Collaboration to minimise fuel consumption for residents in west London) will enable the growth and development of a successful partnership between Groundwork London, two Local Authorities and numerous other local community partners, to support the most vulnerable/fuel-poor households in west London. Through a combination of high-quality energy-advice home visits, online/telephone consultations and frontline training, energy advisors will directly support 1,350 fuel-poor households, benefitting around 6,255 residents. COMFORT aims to improve the energy-efficiency of homes and help vulnerable energy consumers to better represent their interests in the energy market. 

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Phase 1
Round 11
Charity
Habitats & Heritage
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£144,958
Project Name
South West London Energy Advice Partnership

South West London Energy Advice Partnership (SW Leap) is a new energy efficiency advice service for vulnerable consumers that offers home energy visits, telephone, email and online advice and conducts outreach visits to talk to users of community centres and other local service providers. All advice given is recorded and estimates of the financial savings and carbon reduction impact of the service are made. Volunteers are trained to give energy advice and gain work experience, giving them practical skills to assist in entering the expanding green jobs market.

Phase 1
Round 11
Charity
Macmillan Cancer Support
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£354,505
Project Name
Tackling fuel poverty caused by cancer (2)

 

Tackling fuel poverty caused by cancer will provide an Energy Advice Team to support people with cancer by giving energy savings advice. There will now be an additional team of Advisers who assist both with energy advice and household income maximisation (ie claiming benefits or securing grants) to reach a wider range of vulnerable people and provide a 'one-stop' approach to improving the household financial situation and keeping homes warm. This expert team now take referrals not only from the Macmillan telephone helpline and also from Macmillan health professionals working in local

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Tackling fuel poverty caused by cancer will provide an Energy Advice Team to support people with cancer by giving energy savings advice. There will now be an additional team of Advisers who assist both with energy advice and household income maximisation (ie claiming benefits or securing grants) to reach a wider range of vulnerable people and provide a 'one-stop' approach to improving the household financial situation and keeping homes warm. This expert team now take referrals not only from the Macmillan telephone helpline and also from Macmillan health professionals working in local communities and hospitals.

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Phase 1
Round 11
Charity
Aberfeldy Parish Church
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
Grant award
£80,020
Project Name
Warm Connections

Warm Connections provides a free, impartial energy advice service to households in Aberfeldy and the surrounding area, where there is a predominance of rural, off the gas grid households. The main aims of the project are to give advice ranging from behavioural changes through to signposting to grants and loans, and securing emergency financial support for those in fuel debt, raise awareness of home energy use, mental wellbeing and climate change by informing and educating the general public about actions that can be taken and support which is available. 

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Warm Connections provides a free, impartial energy advice service to households in Aberfeldy and the surrounding area, where there is a predominance of rural, off the gas grid households. The main aims of the project are to give advice ranging from behavioural changes through to signposting to grants and loans, and securing emergency financial support for those in fuel debt, raise awareness of home energy use, mental wellbeing and climate change by informing and educating the general public about actions that can be taken and support which is available. 

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Phase 1
Round 11
Charity
NDVS (North Devon Voluntary Service)
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£133,749
Project Name
Warmer Homes North Devon

Warmer Homes North Devon will work to support vulnerable patients with health issues and those more at risk from the impacts of Covid-19 which could be made worse by living in a cold home. It will provide one-to-one in-depth personalised energy advice to patients, when they are at their most vulnerable and may have energy related money issues or risk living in a cold and damp house through a Warmer Homes Advisor and volunteers who will work alongside hospital discharge teams, working as part of ‘help returning home’ schemes to provide patients with energy advice, home visits and case work for

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Warmer Homes North Devon will work to support vulnerable patients with health issues and those more at risk from the impacts of Covid-19 which could be made worse by living in a cold home. It will provide one-to-one in-depth personalised energy advice to patients, when they are at their most vulnerable and may have energy related money issues or risk living in a cold and damp house through a Warmer Homes Advisor and volunteers who will work alongside hospital discharge teams, working as part of ‘help returning home’ schemes to provide patients with energy advice, home visits and case work for those needing extra support.

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Phase 1
Round 11
Charity
ALIenergy
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
Grant award
£99,938
Project Name
Lochaber Affordable Warmth Service

Lochaber Affordable Warmth Service, led by ALIenergy, in partnership with Home Energy Scotland (HES) and in collaboration with a range of local organisations will tackle the challenge of delivering an affordable warmth advice service for the diverse communities of Lochaber with a particular focus on off-gas households including social tenants, private tenants and homeowners. Households will be supported via an experienced Home Energy Advisor to extend comprehensive support to the vulnerable and often isolated households across this large and challenging area of the West Highlands of Scotland.

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Lochaber Affordable Warmth Service, led by ALIenergy, in partnership with Home Energy Scotland (HES) and in collaboration with a range of local organisations will tackle the challenge of delivering an affordable warmth advice service for the diverse communities of Lochaber with a particular focus on off-gas households including social tenants, private tenants and homeowners. Households will be supported via an experienced Home Energy Advisor to extend comprehensive support to the vulnerable and often isolated households across this large and challenging area of the West Highlands of Scotland.

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