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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 2
Round 2
Charity
Knowsley District Citizens Advice Bureau
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£178,320
Project Name
Knowsley Community Energy Support

The project will deliver a comprehensive energy advice service to the population of Knowsley, the second most economically deprived Local Authority area in England. The project will work closely across the local voluntary sector to help identify those who are being impacted the most by fuel poverty and provide an in-depth service designed around people’s needs in all aspects of energy advice, including referrals to complementary services within the voluntary sector, with an emphasis on health and wellbeing, disability and family support services. It will work to provide a borough-wide, single

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The project will deliver a comprehensive energy advice service to the population of Knowsley, the second most economically deprived Local Authority area in England. The project will work closely across the local voluntary sector to help identify those who are being impacted the most by fuel poverty and provide an in-depth service designed around people’s needs in all aspects of energy advice, including referrals to complementary services within the voluntary sector, with an emphasis on health and wellbeing, disability and family support services. It will work to provide a borough-wide, single point of contact for energy related support services, utilising existing resources, and delivering measurable impacts on beneficiaries to influence future energy advice programmes.

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Phase 2
Round 2
Charity
Scarf
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
Grant award
£287,800
Project Name
Moray Energy Advice Programme

Scarf will provide a Home Energy Advice Team service in Moray with the aim of supporting one of the regions with the highest level of fuel poverty. The programme will offer Moray households a home energy audit. This audit will advise on property fabric upgrades, soft measures and funding available to improve the properties’ energy efficiency. Once the energy audit is complete and recommendations are made, the in-home advisers will offer free and impartial energy efficiency advice to the household to educate the household on energy usage. The programme will be available to all tenures and where

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Scarf will provide a Home Energy Advice Team service in Moray with the aim of supporting one of the regions with the highest level of fuel poverty. The programme will offer Moray households a home energy audit. This audit will advise on property fabric upgrades, soft measures and funding available to improve the properties’ energy efficiency. Once the energy audit is complete and recommendations are made, the in-home advisers will offer free and impartial energy efficiency advice to the household to educate the household on energy usage. The programme will be available to all tenures and where appropriate be delivered both in-home and remotely.

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Phase 2
Round 2
Charity
Whitley Bay Big Local
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£42,554
Project Name
Draught Includers

Draught Includers is a project that aims to engage vulnerable people in community activities and help them to get the help they need to keep their properties warm and their bills under control. The initiative will work closely with North Tyneside Voda (CVS) and a network of 30 community based or faith-based organisations who are delivering a warm hubs programme, to provide additional support. A sustainability adviser will visit each of the warm hubs and provide advice and support to people and volunteers and staff will be upskilled to provide support themselves. Support will be provided over

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Draught Includers is a project that aims to engage vulnerable people in community activities and help them to get the help they need to keep their properties warm and their bills under control. The initiative will work closely with North Tyneside Voda (CVS) and a network of 30 community based or faith-based organisations who are delivering a warm hubs programme, to provide additional support. A sustainability adviser will visit each of the warm hubs and provide advice and support to people and volunteers and staff will be upskilled to provide support themselves. Support will be provided over the telephone and in person. Free home starter kits and installation will also be offered.

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Phase 2
Round 4
Charity
Cwm Arian Renewable Energy
Grant award
£199,152
Project Name
Community-led Retrofit Service, Wales

A new community led pan-Wales retrofit technical and advisory service for owner occupiers (O/O) and the private rented sector (PRS).  The service will be hosted and delivered through existing trusted community-led organisations and will be based on PAS2035: Retrofitting Dwellings for Improved Energy Efficiency and delivered by accredited Retrofit Assessors and Retrofit Co-ordinators. The project will engage with the able-to-pay market, creating the confidence necessary to stimulate private investment by owner occupiers to carry out deep retrofit.

Phase 2
Round 4
Charity
Citzens Advice Mid Mercia
Grant award
£299,830
Project Name
Energy Resilience Alliance: Empowering Vulnerable Communities

Citizens Advice Mid Mercia will lead an innovative collaboration between three Local Citizens Advice, local foodbanks, and Beat the Cold, to identify and engage with vulnerable Foodbank-users in East Staffordshire, Tamworth, Lichfield, Stafford, South Staffordshire and Cannock Chase. Through this collaboration vulnerable residents will be identified and provided with crisis support as well as holistic energy advice from energy advisors.

 

Phase 2
Round 4
Charity
Reading Citizens Advice Bureau
Grant award
£207,345
Project Name
Not One Penny More

The project will provide comprehensive and holistic energy advice to 750 people per year and aim to reduce energy bills. The project will build on local partnerships with voluntary and community organisations to increase energy advice referrals, focussing on those areas of highest deprivation, increase home visits and referrals, train advisers and more.

 

Phase 2
Round 4
Charity
West Devon Community & Voluntary Services
Grant award
£128,634
Project Name
Warmer Healthier Homes 2

Warmer Healthier Homes SW Devon (WHH) is the continuation of an existing Energy Redress funded project providing high quality, in depth energy support to vulnerable householders in SW Devon. The project will target the most vulnerable in a wider area with home visits and detailed phone advice, offering crisis grants and small measures, and onward referrals to whole house retrofitting and wellbeing support where possible. WHH provides a unique service in SW Devon in the level of detailed support which leads to a meaningful improvement in the affordability of energy and wellbeing for vulnerable

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Warmer Healthier Homes SW Devon (WHH) is the continuation of an existing Energy Redress funded project providing high quality, in depth energy support to vulnerable householders in SW Devon. The project will target the most vulnerable in a wider area with home visits and detailed phone advice, offering crisis grants and small measures, and onward referrals to whole house retrofitting and wellbeing support where possible. WHH provides a unique service in SW Devon in the level of detailed support which leads to a meaningful improvement in the affordability of energy and wellbeing for vulnerable householders. 

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Phase 2
Round 4
Charity
Darlington Citizens Advice
Grant award
£161,801
Project Name
Energy Focus Local

The project will expand a team of specialist energy advisers to provide intensive advice and support to 1,070 households in vulnerable situations and engage with a further 1,600 throughout Darlington, Redcar, Cleveland and Hartlepool to mitigate the effect of fuel poverty. The project will have two strategic focus areas. It will target tenants living in privately rented accommodation. It will also seek to uplift the numbers of BAME beneficiaries that would otherwise be achieved through its core service offering.

 

Phase 2
Round 4
Charity
Community Action Northumberland
Grant award
£80,009
Project Name
Remote Northumberland Energy Advice 2

Community Action Northumberland will provide a high level of support to rural residents through energy advice from energy advisors, including one-to-one advice, group advice. They are committed to reducing fuel poverty and increasing household energy efficiency across Northumberland’s rural communities and will continue to provide a network of warm, energy-efficient community venues acting as focal points for energy support and advice.

Phase 2
Round 4
Charity
Rhondda Cynon Taff Citizens Advice
Grant award
£105,419
Project Name
Empowered 2.0

Empowered 2.0 will enhance the provision of free, in-depth energy advice and support to assist consumers in Rhondda Cynon Taff (RCT) facing fuel poverty due to the cost-of-living crisis and high energy bills. A Specialist Energy Adviser (SEA) will be employed at 37 hours per week, to deliver advice, support and casework, to 805 vulnerable consumers, including: people aged 75+, low-income families and single parents with children under the age of five, people with disabilities, or health conditions, which are exacerbated by cold homes. The SEA will collaborate with advisers and partners (NEST

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Empowered 2.0 will enhance the provision of free, in-depth energy advice and support to assist consumers in Rhondda Cynon Taff (RCT) facing fuel poverty due to the cost-of-living crisis and high energy bills. A Specialist Energy Adviser (SEA) will be employed at 37 hours per week, to deliver advice, support and casework, to 805 vulnerable consumers, including: people aged 75+, low-income families and single parents with children under the age of five, people with disabilities, or health conditions, which are exacerbated by cold homes. The SEA will collaborate with advisers and partners (NEST, Warm Wales, Care and Repair, and the Council’s Energy Team) to achieve this, whilst accepting reciprocal advice referrals. Crisis and capital funds will delivered to help reduce energy bills amongst those in fuel poverty that cannot afford to access such support.

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