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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 12
Charity
Age UK Sheffield
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£74,574
Project Name
Reaching Out Sheffield

Reaching Out Sheffield will deliver energy efficiency advice to 1,500 of the city’s hardest to reach and most vulnerable older people, with a particular focus on black and ethnic minority people. It will provide advice on saving energy, keeping homes warm, support to reduce fuel bills, and repairing or replacing faulty equipment. Where needed, we will also provide and fit, free of charge, equipment such as draught excluders and low energy light bulbs.

Phase 1
Round 12
Charity
Citizens Advice Denbighshire
Location
United Kingdom
  • Wales
Grant award
£678,732
Project Name
Force 4 Energy

Force 4 Energy, will deliver energy advice to 6,000 vulnerable veteran households, recruiting from the veteran community to help the veteran community. Trained outreach assessors will provide energy efficiency assessments, delivery and installation of small efficiency measures and remote/home visit advice. The project will help households to deal with energy and other debts, to access the Warm Homes Discount, to get better deals and to resolve disputes with energy companies. It will also provide guidance on free or low-cost changes that can be made around the home to reduce fuel usage some of

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Force 4 Energy, will deliver energy advice to 6,000 vulnerable veteran households, recruiting from the veteran community to help the veteran community. Trained outreach assessors will provide energy efficiency assessments, delivery and installation of small efficiency measures and remote/home visit advice. The project will help households to deal with energy and other debts, to access the Warm Homes Discount, to get better deals and to resolve disputes with energy companies. It will also provide guidance on free or low-cost changes that can be made around the home to reduce fuel usage some of which we will provide. 

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Phase 1
Round 12
Charity
Citizens Advice Staffordshire North & Stoke on Trent
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£265,683
Project Name
PMW Energy

The PMW Energy project will establish a dedicated Energy Advice Team and is aimed at all people suffering fuel poverty or exclusion. It will focus activity on raising beneficiaries' awareness and understanding of the benefits of energy efficiency measures, how reducing fuel poverty can improve their physical and mental health, and getting the best deal on their fuel bills by switching tariffs or suppliers. Practical help will aim to ensure local people can access the full range of benefits and access measures and grants available from commercial, statutory and charitable sources such as

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The PMW Energy project will establish a dedicated Energy Advice Team and is aimed at all people suffering fuel poverty or exclusion. It will focus activity on raising beneficiaries' awareness and understanding of the benefits of energy efficiency measures, how reducing fuel poverty can improve their physical and mental health, and getting the best deal on their fuel bills by switching tariffs or suppliers. Practical help will aim to ensure local people can access the full range of benefits and access measures and grants available from commercial, statutory and charitable sources such as insulation and efficiency, grants, concessions, hardship schemes through active referrals.

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Phase 1
Round 12
Charity
ClwydAlyn Housing Limited
Location
United Kingdom
  • Wales
Grant award
£476,997
Project Name
Healthy Homes, People, Lives & Communities

Healthy Homes, People, Lives and Communities will support a minimum of 3000 vulnerable households and 5000 residents across North Wales to be warmer, safer and healthier. Employing a holistic approach that identifies and prevents fuel poverty to enable residents to get on-going, sustainable support in the region. By providing immediate, direct support to households, training frontline staff to provide ongoing support, and enabling people to address fuel poverty as well as avoidable health and well-being issues, the project will help create warmer, safer and healthier communities across North

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Healthy Homes, People, Lives and Communities will support a minimum of 3000 vulnerable households and 5000 residents across North Wales to be warmer, safer and healthier. Employing a holistic approach that identifies and prevents fuel poverty to enable residents to get on-going, sustainable support in the region. By providing immediate, direct support to households, training frontline staff to provide ongoing support, and enabling people to address fuel poverty as well as avoidable health and well-being issues, the project will help create warmer, safer and healthier communities across North Wales.  

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Phase 1
Round 12
Charity
Groundwork North Wales
Location
United Kingdom
  • Wales
Grant award
£49,388
Project Name
The Saving Energy Bank

The Saving Energy Bank project will help vulnerable consumers in North East Wales using credit meters. It will target those experiencing fuel poverty and in energy debt, including those who are rationing their usage, with detriment to their wellbeing, or at risk of disconnection. The project will primarily provide an advice service to help consumers identify where their costs are arising, how they might reduce their energy consumption, provide easy-to-fit, low-cost small energy saving measures, provide crisis payments, directly to their energy provider to reduce outstanding debts.

Phase 1
Round 12
Charity
PEC Trust
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£240,992
Project Name
Kings Tamerton Affordable Net Zero Homes

Kings Tamerton Affordable Net Zero Homes will partner with Plymouth City Council for its first PEC Homes project, which is a c.40 unit scheme on council owned land. PEC Homes intends to use the innovative Energiesprong approach towards procurement, design, build and monitoring. It will be the first Energiesprong new build scheme in the country.  PEC has already assessed the viability of the proposed site as well the feasibility of the Energiesprong approach for new build which could provide viable, affordable, net zero housing

Phase 1
Round 13
Charity
Citizens Advice SORT Group
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£374,752
Project Name
Tenants Powered Up

Tenants Powered Up will deliver intensive energy advice to people living in privately rented accommodation and vulnerable situations and will assemble a team of specialist Energy Advice workers. They will work closely with local authorities, the Combined Mayoral Authority, the Fire service, and voluntary sector partners to provide direct energy advice to around 2800 tenants. It will also help ensure landlords meet their obligations by working with local authority enforcement functions and by internal referral to our specialist Legal Aid Housing Advice provision.

Phase 1
  • Round 13
Round 13
Charity
Positive Action in Housing
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
Grant award
£83,664
Project Name
Stay Warm Go Green

Stay Warm Go Green is a multi-faceted Energy advice service for BAME/Refugee communities offering targeted multi-lingual Energy saving advice and support, energy awareness workshops, new tenants information pack and distribution of small energy saving measures delivered by a team of qualified Multilingual Energy officers and Community Energy Champions. 

Phase 1
Round 13
Charity
Age Concern Tyneside South
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£49,925
Project Name
My House is Cold Too

My House is Cold Too will continue the work delivered within the past 2 years, by delivering high quality energy advice to vulnerable older people with referrals and practical measures given to improve fuel efficiency in their homes. They will continue to build staff skills and increase advice capacity to support over 900 more people with this project.

Phase 1
Round 13
Charity
Citizens Advice Sutton
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£267,108
Project Name
Energy Max

Energy Max is a collaborative project offering specialist fuel poverty advice and will be delivered across South West London covering a population of around 1.6million.  This partnership seeks to greatly improve fuel poverty and advice provision by going beyond standard referrals between organisations and undertaking a joint case handling approach. It will address an existing and rapidly growing shortfall in fuel poverty and debt advice services capacity and capability.  

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