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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 13
Charity
Hjaltland Housing Association
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
  • Shetland
Grant award
£64,577
Project Name
Fabric First Retrofit To Timber Kit

Fabric First Retrofit To Timber Kit will pilot a retrofit solution for difficult to treat timber kit properties to bring them up to the insulation standard of Hjaltland Housing Association’s new build properties through a fabric first approach to improve thermal performance, air tightness and reduce thermal bridging.  At present there is not an innovative solution for fabric first improvements to timber kit properties. 

Phase 1
Round 13
Charity
The Energy Advisory Service SCIO
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
  • Stornoway
Grant award
£285,290
Project Name
Fair Energy Isles

Fair Energy Isles will reduce emissions, demonstrate measurable and lasting reductions in the carbon intensity of energy use and accelerate the just transition to net zero in fuel poor households across the Outer Hebrides. This will improve the accessibility of renewable energy products, energy efficiency and services for fuel poor households by establishing a local decarbonisation service which offers advice and oversee the local supply chain. This aims to build an evidence base to help other remote rural communities replicate this work.

Phase 1
Round 13
Charity
Blairtummock Housing Association Ltd
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
  • Glasgow
Grant award
£99,869
Project Name
Easterhouse Cosy Homes

Easterhouse Cosy Homes will provide an energy advice and advocacy service in 3 communities in Easterhouse, Glasgow. An Energy Advisor will support up to 750 households. This will build on their successful income advice service to tackle fuel poverty and address need and demand which has been identified -  low income and vulnerable households, families/individuals struggling to heat homes and pay energy bills, and new tenants who are at risk of becoming in debt. 

Phase 1
Round 13
Charity
IMO Charity
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Blackburn
Grant award
£76,960
Project Name
Be Warm, Save Money

Be Warm, Save Money will support vulnerable people experiencing fuel poverty in Blackburn and Darwen to save energy, keep their homes warm, reduce bills, manage debt, and access appropriate benefits and grants. The project will support two main groups: people with English as a second language who have barriers to understanding vital information and elderly people who are socially and digitally excluded. 

Phase 1
Round 13
Charity
Zero Carbon Harrogate
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Harrogate
Grant award
£125,422
Project Name
Retrofit Training and Engagement Programme

Retrofit Training and Engagement Programme aims to reduce the climate impact from domestic energy use in the Harrogate district by accelerating the delivery of local retrofit services. It will improve the accessibility of energy efficiency and renewable energy services for local households by addressing issues with both supply and demand for retrofit services. 

Phase 2
Round 1
Charity
Act on Energy
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • London
Grant award
£1,300,650
Project Name
Warmer Homes West Midlands- phase 2

Warmer Homes West Midlands Phase 2 will build on two years of strong delivery that has already supported over 10,000 vulnerable householders.  The energy crisis means that more help is urgently needed, this will offer support to a further 13,550 struggling householders across the seven urban local authorities of the West Midlands Combined Authority.  Support will include a team of fully qualified energy advisors and community outreach workers, over the telephone, through case work, home visits and events and additionally, empower volunteers as local energy champions.  This builds on successful

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Warmer Homes West Midlands Phase 2 will build on two years of strong delivery that has already supported over 10,000 vulnerable householders.  The energy crisis means that more help is urgently needed, this will offer support to a further 13,550 struggling householders across the seven urban local authorities of the West Midlands Combined Authority.  Support will include a team of fully qualified energy advisors and community outreach workers, over the telephone, through case work, home visits and events and additionally, empower volunteers as local energy champions.  This builds on successful work in local communities particularly with those who are digitally excluded, from BAME communities or foodbank users. 

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Phase 2
Round 1
Charity
Citizens Advice Mid Lincolnshire
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Sleaford
Grant award
£48,650
Project Name
The Energy Saver Project

The Energy Saver Project aims to reduce participants' household bills, whilst maximising their income.  This will be achieved by providing consumers with support ranging from light touch information to full, tailored and ongoing casework. Clients will be assisted via multi channels including video platform, telephone, email and face to face, thereby providing a seamless and flexible service that is accessible to all. The target group are consumers who are considered to be vulnerable. This includes those on a low income and/or are vulnerable such as those spending >10% of net monthly income on

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The Energy Saver Project aims to reduce participants' household bills, whilst maximising their income.  This will be achieved by providing consumers with support ranging from light touch information to full, tailored and ongoing casework. Clients will be assisted via multi channels including video platform, telephone, email and face to face, thereby providing a seamless and flexible service that is accessible to all. The target group are consumers who are considered to be vulnerable. This includes those on a low income and/or are vulnerable such as those spending >10% of net monthly income on utilities, those on low incomes those in receipt of DLA/PIP, JSA, ESA or UC, those with a disability/long term sickness, those of pensionable age, those with dependent children.

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Phase 2
Round 1
Charity
Groundwork West Midlands
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Tipton
Grant award
£273,492
Project Name
Green Doctor

The North Staffordshire Green Doctor programme will add capacity to existing energy/welfare advice provision in an area made worse by the cost of living and energy price rises. Green Doctors, qualified energy advisors, will target 1600 households with more complex energy needs such as long-term ill-health or disability, and who find it difficult to engage with online/telephone-based advice services due to poor mental health and caring responsibilities. To ensure broad reach, Green Doctors will deliver targeted social marketing, events in fuel poor neighbourhoods to raise awareness of the

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The North Staffordshire Green Doctor programme will add capacity to existing energy/welfare advice provision in an area made worse by the cost of living and energy price rises. Green Doctors, qualified energy advisors, will target 1600 households with more complex energy needs such as long-term ill-health or disability, and who find it difficult to engage with online/telephone-based advice services due to poor mental health and caring responsibilities. To ensure broad reach, Green Doctors will deliver targeted social marketing, events in fuel poor neighbourhoods to raise awareness of the service. Alongside wider providers, they will develop strategies to improve co-ordination/targeting of resources, ensuring the most vulnerable can access the level of help they need.

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Phase 2
Round 1
Charity
Purbeck Citizens Advice Bureau
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Wareham
Grant award
£404,044
Project Name
Energy for Life

The Energy for life project will help vulnerable consumers through the Citizens Advice Dorset Energy Unit, by providing in depth advice and casework to 1,540 vulnerable households from a team of Energy Caseworkers. This aims to build financial resilience among vulnerable consumers and increase the likelihood of households being able to meet their heating requirements to stay warm and safe and avoid cold-related health problems.  This will be delivered through home visits and telephone advice appointments, in addition to internal referrals within the Citizens Advice service for further support

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The Energy for life project will help vulnerable consumers through the Citizens Advice Dorset Energy Unit, by providing in depth advice and casework to 1,540 vulnerable households from a team of Energy Caseworkers. This aims to build financial resilience among vulnerable consumers and increase the likelihood of households being able to meet their heating requirements to stay warm and safe and avoid cold-related health problems.  This will be delivered through home visits and telephone advice appointments, in addition to internal referrals within the Citizens Advice service for further support (Household Support Fund, welfare benefit applications & appeals, debt advice and solutions, water company assist schemes).

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Phase 2
Round 1
Charity
The National House Project
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Crewe
Grant award
£191,364
Project Name
Care leavers as Energy Champions - NHP

The Care leavers as Energy Champions project will with Local Authorities (LA) to establish Local House Projects (HPs) across the UK to prepare and support young people leaving care to ‘live connected and fulfilling lives’. This energy project aims to inform, educate and raise awareness of energy efficiencies by providing intensive support with lasting solutions so that this vulnerable group can avoid fuel poverty and sustain their tenancies. They will work with young people to develop resources that work for them, and with young people as researchers and energy champions the project is geared

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The Care leavers as Energy Champions project will with Local Authorities (LA) to establish Local House Projects (HPs) across the UK to prepare and support young people leaving care to ‘live connected and fulfilling lives’. This energy project aims to inform, educate and raise awareness of energy efficiencies by providing intensive support with lasting solutions so that this vulnerable group can avoid fuel poverty and sustain their tenancies. They will work with young people to develop resources that work for them, and with young people as researchers and energy champions the project is geared to developing a young person led approach. Young people will be supported to develop energy aware behaviours as they move to independent living and staff and young people will be trained as energy champions to support young people who already face considerable challenges as young tenants which has been further exacerbated by the energy fuel crisis and the cost of living crisis.

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