Funded Energy Redress Projects

Since the Energy Redress Scheme launched Phase One of the scheme in 2018, Energy Saving Trust has awarded over £213 million to fund nearly 790 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 9
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
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
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
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
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.   

Phase 1
Round 9
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
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
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
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
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
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.

Phase 1
Round 10
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£150,147
Project Name
Smart and Fair Energy Choices Tool

The Smart and Fair Energy Choices Tool will support energy advisors across Great Britain to assess the various smart energy offers available for their clients, in relation to their specific household circumstances. The tool, designed with user and beneficiary input, will allow advisors to give robust tailored advice to each client about the suitability of different available offers, the associated benefits, what is needed to realise them, and the risks involved and how to avoid them.

Phase 1
Round 10
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£290,946
Project Name
Cold to Cosy Homes Cumbria

The Cold to Cosy Homes project will extend their existing services into new parts of Cumbria and will help households keep warm, reduce fuel costs, carbon emissions and help tackle the climate emergency. Their trained Home Energy Advice team will provide home energy advice via Covid-19 safe home visits and virtual visits, plus phone, email and online support. The service will provide energy saving measures, at the advice stage or professionally fitted at a subsequent visit. 

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