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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 2
  • Round 6
Round 6
Charity
Macmillan Cancer Support
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£426,307
Project Name
Tackling fuel poverty caused by cancer 2024

The project aims to meet the ongoing demand for energy advice and support for people with cancer. They will support people with cancer by providing energy advice, financial support, and signposting to fuel poverty services.

Phase 2
  • Round 6
Round 6
Charity
Whitley Bay Big Local
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£48,806
Project Name
Draught Includers 2

The project aims to engage vulnerable people in community activities and support them to get the help they need to keep their properties warm and their bills under control. The project will be delivered through community outreach, telephone calls, and home visits. They will provide information to help people understand their bills and how to reduce day to day costs as well as giving specific advice around energy usage and bills. They will also distribute small measures tailored to people's needs to help people reduce their home energy costs. 

Phase 2
  • Round 6
Round 6
Charity
Citizens Advice Sutton
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£171,957
Project Name
Energymax

The project aims to address increased demand for energy advice. Working in partnership with Thinking Works, qualified staff in specialist energy advice, will provide a deeper and broader range of energy advice to vulnerable consumers. 

Phase 2
  • Round 6
Round 6
Charity
Unity in Community
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£296,454
Project Name
HEAT (Hull Energy Action Team)

The project will provide advice and support to vulnerable households living within Hull. The project aims to educate local households, so that they will be able to make informed decisions regarding their energy usage, and also to work towards changing individual behaviours. They will deliver energy awareness workshops across the City, to engage with a wide audience.

Phase 2
  • Round 6
Round 6
Charity
Housing Association Charitable Trust
Grant award
£249,353
Project Name
Retrofit Credits - Local Circular Economies

The project unlocks investment in residential retrofit by verifying the emission reductions and social value of retrofit projects and originating high quality carbon credits backed by the resulting emission reductions. Building on a methodology which allows them to generate and sell carbon credits, the project will focus on bringing together a range of stakeholders to help accelerate the decarbonisation of UK housing stock. 

Phase 2
  • Round 6
Round 6
Charity
Citizens Advice Edinburgh,
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
Grant award
£60,024
Project Name
Community Energy Advice

Community Energy Advice will use a three-faceted approach to support clients with energy issues: prevention, early intervention, and education. Advice will be provided via a proactive outreach, using a combination of pop-up advice hubs at community partner locations, home visits, and phone support.

Phase 2
  • Round 6
Round 6
Charity
Citizens Advice SORT Group
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£476,753
Project Name
EnergyWise: AI Powered Advice

The project aims to meet the increased demand for energy advice by implementing three innovative tools. These game changing initiatives, including an AI Energy Supervisor bot, and EnergyWise price comparison tool, will improve efficiency in delivery, reduce the cost of advice interventions and provide intensive energy advice solutions to vulnerable individuals in Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale and Trafford.

Phase 2
  • Round 6
Round 6
Charity
The Society for the Reduction of Carbon Ltd
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£196,417
Project Name
Retrofit for All: People Centred Retrofit

Working with a partnership of Manchester housing providers, the project will develop solutions to the challenges they face in centring householders' needs and priorities in the delivery of public retrofit programmes. Based on learnings they will update their Retrofit for All Toolkit which details recommendations for scheme managers to enable a ‘people centred approach’ to the delivery of retrofit programmes, as well as develop a consultancy service for providers seeking further support.

Phase 2
  • Round 7
Round 7
Charity
Argyll, Lomond and the Isles Energy Agency
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
Grant award
£324,912
Project Name
Highland Energy Advice Service

The project will deliver home energy advice to at least 26,000 households, focusing particularly on rural off-gas areas, across this large and remote area, where fuel poverty levels are some of the highest in the UK. They will offer a range of energy advice topics to raise awareness, increase resilience and reduce the risk of fuel poverty going forwards. The project will also provide free training events for 250 frontline workers that support vulnerable people, to help them to recognise and refer fuel-poor households.

Phase 2
  • Round 7
Round 7
Charity
Healthy n Happy
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
Grant award
£137,765
Project Name
Healthy n Happy Energy

The project will deliver expert led energy advice to support vulnerable people in Cambuslang and Rutherglen. They will provide comprehensive community and individual support through events, information sessions, and 1-1 support across multiple venues and communities. They will also connect with supporting local partners to ensure all vulnerable people receive the help they need when they need it. 

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