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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 721 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
Torus Foundation
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£165,044
Project Name
Supportive Energy'

Supportive Energy will be a unique energy advice service, delivering results for vulnerable and disadvantaged social housing tenants across the North West. Two qualified Energy Advice Officers will provide wrap-around support to ensure households not only receive quality energy advice, but also benefit from the wider support structure available through Torus Foundation. Volunteer Community Champions will be trained and supported by the energy advisors to give low level energy advice to their peers.

Phase 1
Round 8
Charity
Arun and Chichester Citizens Advice Bureau
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£296,010
Project Name
Tackling fuel poverty together in Sussex

Arun and Chichester Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice 1066 are developing a new regional energy advice service across Sussex, Brighton and Hove. The service will be available to all vulnerable people currently in fuel poverty with a focus on targeting those impacted by COVID-19 who are “clinically extremely vulnerable”. They will also replicate the highly effective Citizens Advice 1066 phone service delivered in East Sussex and training will be provided to over 600 Citizens Advice volunteer general advisers to maximise reach and embed a culture of tackling fuel poverty. 

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Arun and Chichester Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice 1066 are developing a new regional energy advice service across Sussex, Brighton and Hove. The service will be available to all vulnerable people currently in fuel poverty with a focus on targeting those impacted by COVID-19 who are “clinically extremely vulnerable”. They will also replicate the highly effective Citizens Advice 1066 phone service delivered in East Sussex and training will be provided to over 600 Citizens Advice volunteer general advisers to maximise reach and embed a culture of tackling fuel poverty. 

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Phase 1
Round 8
Charity
CITIZENS ADVICE ROSSENDALE & HYNDBURN
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£93,278
Project Name
The Healthier Energy Project

Citizens Advice Rossendale & Hyndburn & the Homewise Society will deliver a holistic energy advice service to the most vulnerable households in Rossendale, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley. The service will be delivered face-to-face with outreach and home visits (where possible), over the phone and by email, helping people to access energy saving measures & services, as well as the support they need for emotional, physical and financial health. Advisers and volunteers will be trained to provide quality fuel advice and the partnership ensures households have access to additional services such as a

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Citizens Advice Rossendale & Hyndburn & the Homewise Society will deliver a holistic energy advice service to the most vulnerable households in Rossendale, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley. The service will be delivered face-to-face with outreach and home visits (where possible), over the phone and by email, helping people to access energy saving measures & services, as well as the support they need for emotional, physical and financial health. Advisers and volunteers will be trained to provide quality fuel advice and the partnership ensures households have access to additional services such as a trusted handyman, minor aids and adaptations and independent living services.

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Phase 1
Round 8
Charity
Bioregional
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£198,810
Project Name
Scaling-up deep retrofit for social landlords

This will be a collaborative research project that seeks to develop a sustainable business model for social landlords to deliver low-carbon, whole-house retrofit for hard-to-treat homes. Over 12-months the team will establish a baseline of properties, tenant perspectives, risks and costs. Through systems modelling they’ll review existing solutions, shortlisting the most promising technologies, design and create specifications that detail whole life costings, different business models and business cases. They will also  identify opportunities for replication of the model across a range of

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This will be a collaborative research project that seeks to develop a sustainable business model for social landlords to deliver low-carbon, whole-house retrofit for hard-to-treat homes. Over 12-months the team will establish a baseline of properties, tenant perspectives, risks and costs. Through systems modelling they’ll review existing solutions, shortlisting the most promising technologies, design and create specifications that detail whole life costings, different business models and business cases. They will also  identify opportunities for replication of the model across a range of typologies to provide a commercially-viable dissemination service package to the housing industry.

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Phase 1
Round 8
Charity
Cloch Housing Association
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
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 9
Charity
Croydon BME Forum
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£42,294
Project Name
Healthy Homes for all

Healthy Homes for all is a project to increase awareness of domestic energy issues and reduce the risk of fuel poverty amongst harder to reach and BME communities, likely to be disproportionately affected by the impacts of covid-19, and more at risk of self-disconnection. The project will fund a full-time qualified energy advisor for a year who will use existing networks to deliver talks, training sessions and one-to-one support for residents in person, by telephone or virtually.

Phase 1
Round 9
Charity
Severn Wye Energy Agency
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£324,695
Project Name
Energy Aware Communities Gloucestershire

This project is an opportunity to work with vulnerable communities who often experience barriers to accessing energy services and managing their energy. Training will be provided to staff and volunteers of our partners and reciprocally our energy staff would benefit from training from each group to improve the service we provide.

Phase 1
Round 9
Charity
Elderpark Housing Association
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
Grant award
£200,000
Project Name
Govan Energy Advice Project

Through the recruitment of three energy advisors, the Govan Energy Advice Service will provide direct practical help to vulnerable households across the Govan community of Glasgow. This project will offer support to prevent fuel poverty, tackle fuel debt, access best value tariffs and reduce household energy consumption through better energy usage.

Phase 1
Round 9
Charity
Energy Projects Plus
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
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
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.   

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