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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 660 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
PEC Trust
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
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
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
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
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
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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Phase 1
Round 11
Charity
Aberfeldy Parish Church
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
Grant award
£80,020
Project Name
Warm Connections

Warm Connections provides a free, impartial energy advice service to households in Aberfeldy and the surrounding area, where there is a predominance of rural, off the gas grid households. The main aims of the project are to give advice ranging from behavioural changes through to signposting to grants and loans, and securing emergency financial support for those in fuel debt, raise awareness of home energy use, mental wellbeing and climate change by informing and educating the general public about actions that can be taken and support which is available. 

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Warm Connections provides a free, impartial energy advice service to households in Aberfeldy and the surrounding area, where there is a predominance of rural, off the gas grid households. The main aims of the project are to give advice ranging from behavioural changes through to signposting to grants and loans, and securing emergency financial support for those in fuel debt, raise awareness of home energy use, mental wellbeing and climate change by informing and educating the general public about actions that can be taken and support which is available. 

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Phase 1
Round 11
Charity
NDVS (North Devon Voluntary Service)
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£133,749
Project Name
Warmer Homes North Devon

Warmer Homes North Devon will work to support vulnerable patients with health issues and those more at risk from the impacts of Covid-19 which could be made worse by living in a cold home. It will provide one-to-one in-depth personalised energy advice to patients, when they are at their most vulnerable and may have energy related money issues or risk living in a cold and damp house through a Warmer Homes Advisor and volunteers who will work alongside hospital discharge teams, working as part of ‘help returning home’ schemes to provide patients with energy advice, home visits and case work for

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Warmer Homes North Devon will work to support vulnerable patients with health issues and those more at risk from the impacts of Covid-19 which could be made worse by living in a cold home. It will provide one-to-one in-depth personalised energy advice to patients, when they are at their most vulnerable and may have energy related money issues or risk living in a cold and damp house through a Warmer Homes Advisor and volunteers who will work alongside hospital discharge teams, working as part of ‘help returning home’ schemes to provide patients with energy advice, home visits and case work for those needing extra support.

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Phase 1
Round 11
Charity
ALIenergy
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
Grant award
£99,938
Project Name
Lochaber Affordable Warmth Service

Lochaber Affordable Warmth Service, led by ALIenergy, in partnership with Home Energy Scotland (HES) and in collaboration with a range of local organisations will tackle the challenge of delivering an affordable warmth advice service for the diverse communities of Lochaber with a particular focus on off-gas households including social tenants, private tenants and homeowners. Households will be supported via an experienced Home Energy Advisor to extend comprehensive support to the vulnerable and often isolated households across this large and challenging area of the West Highlands of Scotland.

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Lochaber Affordable Warmth Service, led by ALIenergy, in partnership with Home Energy Scotland (HES) and in collaboration with a range of local organisations will tackle the challenge of delivering an affordable warmth advice service for the diverse communities of Lochaber with a particular focus on off-gas households including social tenants, private tenants and homeowners. Households will be supported via an experienced Home Energy Advisor to extend comprehensive support to the vulnerable and often isolated households across this large and challenging area of the West Highlands of Scotland.

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Phase 1
Round 11
Charity
Research Institute for Disabled Consumers
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£242,713
Project Name
Enabling Inclusive Innovation & Sustainable Choice

Enabling Inclusive Innovation and Sustainable Choice will combine Research Institute for Disabled Consumers (RiDC) and Energy Systems Catapult (ESC) resources, skills and knowledge to provide strategic new research and assets to support the development of innovative, accessible smart and low carbon energy products and services, and inform consumer and policymaker decision making. Disabled and older consumers and a newly formed Living Lab test resource of 50 homes, will take part in a programme of six insight and test evaluation projects, including co-design workshops, accessibility and

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Enabling Inclusive Innovation and Sustainable Choice will combine Research Institute for Disabled Consumers (RiDC) and Energy Systems Catapult (ESC) resources, skills and knowledge to provide strategic new research and assets to support the development of innovative, accessible smart and low carbon energy products and services, and inform consumer and policymaker decision making. Disabled and older consumers and a newly formed Living Lab test resource of 50 homes, will take part in a programme of six insight and test evaluation projects, including co-design workshops, accessibility and usability evaluations and mystery shopping. All research findings will be reviewed with cross-sector stakeholders and consumers to jointly develop action plans for solutions.

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Phase 1
Round 11
Charity
Ateb Group
Location
United Kingdom
  • Wales
Grant award
£67,109
Project Name
Ateb Group

Save Energy Save Money will address fuel poverty and promote better awareness of home energy efficiency to empower vulnerable people living in the remote rural communities of Pembrokeshire and West Carmarthenshire to deal with their energy bills and household income more effectively and find ways to save money. This will be achieved by delivering one-to-one tailored energy advice sessions and ongoing casework for complex issues.

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