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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
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.

Phase 1
Round 10
Charity
Age UK Barnsley
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Barnsley
Grant award
£228,203
Project Name
Smart Solar in Barnsley

Through tailored customer energy education and advice, the Smart Solar in Barnsley project aims to increase the level of solar self-consumption, which in turn reduces the tenants electricity bills. The project will also trial an automated increase in solar self consumption through the use of domestic battery technology. The project will gain market intelligence on local grid revenues to ascertain how secure these are and if they can contribute to a retrofit battery model for other social housing tenants.

Phase 1
Round 10
Charity
Citizens Advice Waltham Forest
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • London
Grant award
£49,909
Project Name
Levelling the Field

Working with HEET, a specialist fuel poverty organisation, Citizens Advice Waltham Forest will deploy the Levelling the Field project to identify vulnerable private tenants and provide a package of customised advice and support to tackle the three main issues that contribute to fuel poverty: low incomes, high fuel costs and energy inefficient housing.

Phase 1
Round 10
Charity
DIAL Barnsley
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Barnsley
Grant award
£256,440
Project Name
Warm Connections

Warm Connections is a new bespoke advice service for residents across Barnsley with a disability or long term health condition, to help them tackle fuel poverty, cold homes and improve their health and wellbeing. Through the provision of a free and impartial energy advice services, the project will improve cold homes through energy efficiency improvements and behaviour change, whilst  addressing fuel poverty through income maximisation and fuel debt advice.

Phase 1
Round 10
Charity
PEC Trust
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Plymouth
Grant award
£340,282
Project Name
Warm Homes

The Warm Homes project brings PEC, the Local Authority, adult social care (ASC) and community health provider Livewell Southwest together, to support fuel poor households. The project will see a team of four supporting 2,000 vulnerable residents accessing social care services, with energy advice and support to improve their living conditions.

Phase 1
Round 11
Charity
Centre for Sustainable Energy
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Bristol
Grant award
£408,265
Project Name
WHAM (Warmer Homes Advice and Money)

The WHAM project (Warmer Homes Advice and Money) will support Bristol and North Somerset’s most vulnerable residents – giving advice on energy, money and benefits, and carrying out home repairs. It will ensure those in fuel poverty and whose health or circumstances make them vulnerable to a cold home can freely access support of Bristol and North Somerset’s leading organisations tackling all aspects of fuel poverty.

Phase 1
Round 11
Charity
Groundwork London
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • London
Grant award
£127,938
Project Name
COMFORT

COMFORT (Collaboration to minimise fuel consumption for residents in west London) will enable the growth and development of a successful partnership between Groundwork London, two Local Authorities and numerous other local community partners, to support the most vulnerable/fuel-poor households in west London. Through a combination of high-quality energy-advice home visits, online/telephone consultations and frontline training, energy advisors will directly support 1,350 fuel-poor households, benefitting around 6,255 residents. COMFORT aims to improve the energy-efficiency of homes and help

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COMFORT (Collaboration to minimise fuel consumption for residents in west London) will enable the growth and development of a successful partnership between Groundwork London, two Local Authorities and numerous other local community partners, to support the most vulnerable/fuel-poor households in west London. Through a combination of high-quality energy-advice home visits, online/telephone consultations and frontline training, energy advisors will directly support 1,350 fuel-poor households, benefitting around 6,255 residents. COMFORT aims to improve the energy-efficiency of homes and help vulnerable energy consumers to better represent their interests in the energy market. 

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Phase 1
Round 11
Charity
Habitats & Heritage
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Twickenham
Grant award
£144,958
Project Name
South West London Energy Advice Partnership

South West London Energy Advice Partnership (SW Leap) is a new energy efficiency advice service for vulnerable consumers that offers home energy visits, telephone, email and online advice and conducts outreach visits to talk to users of community centres and other local service providers. All advice given is recorded and estimates of the financial savings and carbon reduction impact of the service are made. Volunteers are trained to give energy advice and gain work experience, giving them practical skills to assist in entering the expanding green jobs market.

Phase 1
Round 11
Charity
Macmillan Cancer Support
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • London
Grant award
£354,505
Project Name
Tackling fuel poverty caused by cancer (2)

 

Tackling fuel poverty caused by cancer will provide an Energy Advice Team to support people with cancer by giving energy savings advice. There will now be an additional team of Advisers who assist both with energy advice and household income maximisation (ie claiming benefits or securing grants) to reach a wider range of vulnerable people and provide a 'one-stop' approach to improving the household financial situation and keeping homes warm. This expert team now take referrals not only from the Macmillan telephone helpline and also from Macmillan health professionals working in local

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Tackling fuel poverty caused by cancer will provide an Energy Advice Team to support people with cancer by giving energy savings advice. There will now be an additional team of Advisers who assist both with energy advice and household income maximisation (ie claiming benefits or securing grants) to reach a wider range of vulnerable people and provide a 'one-stop' approach to improving the household financial situation and keeping homes warm. This expert team now take referrals not only from the Macmillan telephone helpline and also from Macmillan health professionals working in local communities and hospitals.

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