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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 721 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
Age UK Barnsley
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
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
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
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
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 10
Charity
Applecross Community Company
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
Grant award
£85,668
Project Name
AppleCoRRE - unlocking local grid constraints

Applecross is a grid-constrained, rural community with only single-phase power available. This energy barrier hinders business development, limits locally generated energy exports and restricts Electric Vehicle charging capabilities. This AppleCoRRE - unlocking local grid constraints project addresses these through a feasibility study into a Community Rapid & Renewable Energy Hub. This system will utilise inverter technology to convert/upscale constrained power supplies into usable power for rapid charge points and introduce this solution within a fully functioning hub using local renewable

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Applecross is a grid-constrained, rural community with only single-phase power available. This energy barrier hinders business development, limits locally generated energy exports and restricts Electric Vehicle charging capabilities. This AppleCoRRE - unlocking local grid constraints project addresses these through a feasibility study into a Community Rapid & Renewable Energy Hub. This system will utilise inverter technology to convert/upscale constrained power supplies into usable power for rapid charge points and introduce this solution within a fully functioning hub using local renewable energy generation.#

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Phase 1
Round 10
Charity
Clackmannanshire Citizens Advice Bureau LTD
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
Grant award
£74,186
Project Name
Local Energy Advice Project (LEAP)

Local Energy Advice Project (LEAP) offers a holistic approach to empower vulnerable people to deal with their energy bills and household income more effectively. This will be achieved by delivering one-to-one tailored energy advice sessions (either by telephone, face to face or home visits dependent on Covid-19 restrictions), ongoing casework for complex issues and group energy sessions (either online or in person).

Phase 1
Round 10
Charity
Forth Valley Sensory Centre
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
Grant award
£83,914
Project Name
Making Sense of Carbon Efficiency

The Making Sense of Carbon Efficiency project aims to help people with sight and/or hearing loss better understand their energy bills and provide practical advice on how to save energy in the home. This information is not always accessible to deaf or blind people, with many leaflets not available in large print, braille not often an option and few firms providing BSL services that enable deaf people to ask about their bills.

By supporting with applications to Home Energy Scotland for home improvements and help people better understand their personal carbon footprint, this project will

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The Making Sense of Carbon Efficiency project aims to help people with sight and/or hearing loss better understand their energy bills and provide practical advice on how to save energy in the home. This information is not always accessible to deaf or blind people, with many leaflets not available in large print, braille not often an option and few firms providing BSL services that enable deaf people to ask about their bills.

By supporting with applications to Home Energy Scotland for home improvements and help people better understand their personal carbon footprint, this project will showcase how people can make small changes that help us all on the journey to net zero.

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Phase 1
Round 10
Charity
REAP (Rural Environment Action Project)
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
Grant award
£73,430
Project Name
WarmWell Moray

WarmWell Moray will continue REAP's energy advice work to tackle fuel poverty amongst vulnerable people in Moray. People in this rural area will be supported to make appropriate changes to their situation - to be warm and well through energy saving measures, small grants, advice and referral on to other services.

Phase 1
Round 10
Charity
Beat the Cold
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£227,013
Project Name
Smart Solar in Cannock

Beat the Cold will work with Chase Community Solar to increase savings to the Council tenants that have solar PV on their bungalow roofs. The project aims to significantly increase the amount of the solar energy residents use by introducing domestic battery technology and providing tailored customer advice and energy education.

Phase 1
Round 10
Charity
Community Action Northumberland
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£147,995
Project Name
Remote Northumberland Energy Advice

The Remote Northumberland Energy Advice project will see two part-time Energy Advisors recruited to provide one-to-one advice and support to the remote rural communities of Northumberland. The charity will raise awareness of the advice service through the existing network of over 20 ‘Warm Hubs’ and recruiting additional volunteers to their Community Energy Agent network. The advisers will provide telephone and email advice, run promotional roadshows and will promote other existing support services.

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