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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 £102 million to fund nearly 538 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
Marches Energy Agency
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Shrewsbury
Grant award
£209,472
Project Name
Healthy Homes Shropshire

Healthy Homes Shropshire will build on nearly two decades of local, independent energy advice provided by Marches Energy Agency. The project will reach 1,200 households with energy advice using a freephone service, intensive support for complex problems around billing issues and debt, home visits to explore energy issues and to fit low cost energy efficiency measures.

Phase 1
Round 10
Charity
South Hams Citizens Advice Bureau
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Totnes
Grant award
£272,909
Project Name
Em-POWER

Em-POWER will help to alleviate fuel poverty in Devon and Cornwall, targeting those living in social housing by partnering in the first instance with LiveWest, the largest housing association covering the area. By giving tenants the resources, advice and support they need to feel confident using their energy systems and managing their energy bills. This project will ensure a pathway for 2,400 households to reach long-term solutions for exiting fuel poverty.

Phase 1
Round 10
Charity
Centre for Sustainable Energy
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Bristol
Grant award
£163,518
Project Name
Futureproof advice support

This Futureproof advice support project will increase uptake of low and zero carbon household energy retrofit by building capacity and expertise within local, independent advice organisations, whose delivery will drive its success. The project will benefit from a partnership with Plymouth Energy Community and Bristol Energy Network, avoiding duplication of effort, learning, and doubling the dissemination network.

Organisations will work together to train advisors and deliver whole-house retrofit plans locally. They will disseminate learning to other energy advice agencies to follow when

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This Futureproof advice support project will increase uptake of low and zero carbon household energy retrofit by building capacity and expertise within local, independent advice organisations, whose delivery will drive its success. The project will benefit from a partnership with Plymouth Energy Community and Bristol Energy Network, avoiding duplication of effort, learning, and doubling the dissemination network.

Organisations will work together to train advisors and deliver whole-house retrofit plans locally. They will disseminate learning to other energy advice agencies to follow when producing low-carbon retrofit plans.

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Phase 1
Round 10
Charity
Cumbria Action for Sustainability
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Penrith
Grant award
£161,758
Project Name
Retrofit for Cumbria

Working in partnership with Carbon Co-op, URBED and key local communities, the Retrofit for Cumbria project will develop a service that supports comprehensive householder centred energy retrofit. They will build on the findings of the Manchester based People Powered Retrofit project, undertaking research and establishing the systems, training and processes necessary to have:

  1. An economically sustainable one-stop shop retrofit service in Cumbria.
  2. Sufficient skilled contractors to provide quality deep retrofit measures in a wide variety of building types.
  3. Increased householder confidence
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Working in partnership with Carbon Co-op, URBED and key local communities, the Retrofit for Cumbria project will develop a service that supports comprehensive householder centred energy retrofit. They will build on the findings of the Manchester based People Powered Retrofit project, undertaking research and establishing the systems, training and processes necessary to have:

  1. An economically sustainable one-stop shop retrofit service in Cumbria.
  2. Sufficient skilled contractors to provide quality deep retrofit measures in a wide variety of building types.
  3. Increased householder confidence, trust and satisfaction in the local supply chain.
  4. Unlocked £1.4million of spend on retrofit in Cumbria.
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Phase 1
Round 10
Charity
Monmouthshire County Citizens Advice
Location
United Kingdom
  • Wales
  • Chepstow
Grant award
£42,250
Project Name
Warmer Monmouthshire

Warmer Monmouthshire will provide Energy Advice for households on low incomes in rural parts of the county and especially in areas off the gas grid. Their new Energy Adviser will provide information, advice and casework for local people, on using energy wisely, help with form filling, negotiation with landlords and other authorities and referrals into other schemes where appropriate.

Phase 1
Round 10
Charity
Southway Housing Trust
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Manchester
Grant award
£258,969
Project Name
Southway Energy Buddies

The Southway Energy Buddies project will address fuel poverty and promote better awareness of home energy efficiency by delivering comprehensive energy advice to Southway tenants and training to Southway staff to ensure that they are able to identify fuel debt and know how to refer tenants for support. The project will combine awareness raising events, one-to-one advice and support, staff and stakeholder training and peer support to reach as many tenants as possible.

Phase 1
Round 10
Charity
Citizens Advice Diss, Thetford and District
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Diss
Grant award
£220,013
Project Name
Norfolk Warm and Wise Partnership

Norfolk Warm and Wise Partnership is a county-wide energy advice scheme to reach and support 2,000 households in vulnerable situations. New qualified energy advisers will be employed to offer energy advice training to all 244 volunteer and staff advisers across Norfolk and deliver free and impartial energy advice to vulnerable households via email, free-phone and online. Once Covid-19 restrictions allow, they will also offer face-to-face sessions at 12 Citizen's Advice offices across Norfolk and 11 outreach locations.

Phase 1
Round 10
Charity
Cyngor ar Bopeth Ceredigion Citizens Advice
Location
United Kingdom
  • Wales
  • Cardigan
Grant award
£69,952
Project Name
Cosy Ceredigion

The Cosy Ceredigion project will have the Citizens Advice team will target households most at risk of self-disconnection from their energy supplies, fuel poverty and exclusion from other sources of support. Practical help and quality assured advice will be given to increase the uptake of benefits, deal with debt and to ensure households are using energy wisely.

Phase 1
Round 10
Charity
National Energy Foundation
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Milton Keynes
Grant award
£749,925
Project Name
Pilot Whole House Retrofit Service

The Whole-House Retrofit Service is a collaboration between the National Energy Foundation (NEF) and two community based climate organisations in Winchester District and Petersfield. The project will build knowledge, capacity and a local supply chain to create a new service that supports owner occupiers to transform the energy performance of their homes, informed by an Whole House Plan developed by a Retrofit Coordinator and backed by NEF’s new ‘SuperHomes Rating Scheme’ (SRS) which will provide a benchmark of retrofit excellence. 

Phase 1
Round 10
Charity
West Devon Community and Voluntary Services (WDCVS)
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Okethampton
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.

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