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 2
Round 1
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Richmond
Grant award
£238,520
Project Name
Warm & Well in North Yorkshire

The Warm & Well in North Yorkshire project will increase capacity and do as much preventative work as possible while reaching out to those who have complex needs. This includes; budgeting/debt advice for those struggling to pay fuel bills, energy advice on measures and grants, mental health support so that debt advice and preventative solutions work.

Phase 2
Round 1
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • London
Grant award
£150,952
Project Name
RetrofitCredits

RetrofitCredits is a new service that will unlock investment in social housing retrofit by verifying the emission reductions and social value of housing retrofit projects and originating carbon credits backed by those emission reductions. It will centre the impact of these retrofit activities on residents and communities through the incorporation of social value metrics, so that the funding unlocked through carbon credits doesn’t just reduce carbon, but also improves lives.

The pilot aims to test this methodology on up to 3,500 housing association homes undergoing retrofit. In doing so, this

RetrofitCredits is a new service that will unlock investment in social housing retrofit by verifying the emission reductions and social value of housing retrofit projects and originating carbon credits backed by those emission reductions. It will centre the impact of these retrofit activities on residents and communities through the incorporation of social value metrics, so that the funding unlocked through carbon credits doesn’t just reduce carbon, but also improves lives.

The pilot aims to test this methodology on up to 3,500 housing association homes undergoing retrofit. In doing so, this project will facilitate significant capital flows from businesses making carbon neutral or net-zero commitments to housing providers, reducing the overall cost of funding retrofit activities.

Phase 2
Round 1
Charity
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Bristol
Grant award
£36,769
Project Name
Keeping Warm this Winter

The Keeping Warm this Winter project will use their knowledge, contacts and experience to put together a program of DIY training and home energy advice, that will be taken to where it is most needed within the city to alleviate fuel poverty. It will give people needed the skills and confidence to make changes to their homes and behaviour that would enable them to maximise the impact of the energy they used, and that more community workers needed to have a current and practical understanding of how to help families and individuals in crisis. This project will also provide a number of home

The Keeping Warm this Winter project will use their knowledge, contacts and experience to put together a program of DIY training and home energy advice, that will be taken to where it is most needed within the city to alleviate fuel poverty. It will give people needed the skills and confidence to make changes to their homes and behaviour that would enable them to maximise the impact of the energy they used, and that more community workers needed to have a current and practical understanding of how to help families and individuals in crisis. This project will also provide a number of home visits, including a home thermal heat loss study, in order to provide draught proofing for those unable to undertake the energy saving measures themselves.

Phase 2
Round 1
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
  • Edinburgh
Grant award
£47,279
Project Name
The Welcoming Home Energy Efficiency Project

The Welcoming Home Energy Efficiency Project aims to tackle and prevent fuel poverty and associated risks by supporting New Scots (refugees, asylum seekers and migrants) in Edinburgh to learn about the local energy and billing system, implementing home energy efficiency measures and behaviours to reduce their energy consumption. Through home energy visits and one-to-one energy advice, project participants will be able to control their energy consumption, access financial support, improve their home energy efficiency, and apply for fuel debt assistance when required. This intervention will

The Welcoming Home Energy Efficiency Project aims to tackle and prevent fuel poverty and associated risks by supporting New Scots (refugees, asylum seekers and migrants) in Edinburgh to learn about the local energy and billing system, implementing home energy efficiency measures and behaviours to reduce their energy consumption. Through home energy visits and one-to-one energy advice, project participants will be able to control their energy consumption, access financial support, improve their home energy efficiency, and apply for fuel debt assistance when required. This intervention will benefit all New Scots living in Edinburgh, as well as support local agencies and service providers to reach the most excluded and marginalised members of the community, such as newly arrived refugees and asylum seekers.

Phase 2
Round 2
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
  • Oban
Grant award
£305,306
Project Name
Argyll Energy Advice Service 2

Argyll Energy Advice Service is led by Argyll, Lomond and the Islands Energy Agency (ALIenergy), in collaboration with Home Energy Scotland and a range of local referral organisations working with vulnerable clients, including foodbanks, health and social care providers, and housing associations. Together they will deliver a home energy advice service for the diverse and mainly rural communities of Argyll and Bute, with a particular focus on off-gas households, many of which are very seriously affected by fuel poverty. The service will offer: immediate crisis intervention; a range of energy

Argyll Energy Advice Service is led by Argyll, Lomond and the Islands Energy Agency (ALIenergy), in collaboration with Home Energy Scotland and a range of local referral organisations working with vulnerable clients, including foodbanks, health and social care providers, and housing associations. Together they will deliver a home energy advice service for the diverse and mainly rural communities of Argyll and Bute, with a particular focus on off-gas households, many of which are very seriously affected by fuel poverty. The service will offer: immediate crisis intervention; a range of energy advice topics to raise awareness and reduce the risk of fuel poverty going forwards; and referrals into a variety of available schemes including Scottish Government funded insulation and heating replacements.

Phase 2
Round 2
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Manchester
Grant award
£188,474
Project Name
Switching to Smart

Citizens Advice SORT Group have been successful in getting an in-principle agreement with Google Nest hardware team for a research programme in Greater Manchester. This proposal includes discounting Nest Thermostat E by £100 to £99.99 and product training for Citizens Advice staff and volunteers. Nest estimates the average user will save between 8.4% to 16.5% on their energy bills - given recent increase in the price cap this could be essential savings for consumers in this area. This one year project will provide intensive energy advice via home visits, install smart thermostats, check in on

Citizens Advice SORT Group have been successful in getting an in-principle agreement with Google Nest hardware team for a research programme in Greater Manchester. This proposal includes discounting Nest Thermostat E by £100 to £99.99 and product training for Citizens Advice staff and volunteers. Nest estimates the average user will save between 8.4% to 16.5% on their energy bills - given recent increase in the price cap this could be essential savings for consumers in this area. This one year project will provide intensive energy advice via home visits, install smart thermostats, check in on quarterly basis to monitor the cost savings and energy consumption habits focused on 400 people living in fuel poverty.

Phase 2
Round 2
Charity
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Doncaster
Grant award
£249,985
Project Name
Recharge Energy Advice Project

Live Inclusive supports disabled/long-term condition communities to live as independently as possible. They will increase support through the Recharge Energy Advice Project to support these communities. They will help to communicate with energy providers on their behalf and support customers to make changes in attitudes/behaviour to energy use and supply small measures to help.  They provide energy saving light bulbs and other energy saving products to help reduce energy bills as well as increase the positive impact on communities’ health and well-being.

Phase 2
Round 2
Charity
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • London
Grant award
£631,542
Project Name
Disability Energy Support service

Scope’s Disability Energy Support service (DES) will support 10,000 disabled households across England and Wales with free, impartial and tailored person or household-centred energy advice. Support will be provided via a telephone appointment or bespoke email and action plan, supporting them to improve their ability to meet and afford their energy needs. Further signposting will be shared to external organisations offering additional support, such as grant payments or fuel vouchers, free energy efficiency equipment, or debt advice.

Phase 2
Round 2
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Birmingham
Grant award
£380,122
Project Name
Cost of living support - North Birmingham

Building on existing work as a community partnership to help vulnerable people in North Birmingham who are impacted by the cost-of-living crisis, the project will deliver a community-based fuel poverty advice and advocacy service. This will expand the availability of dedicated fuel poverty support, offered through energy cafes, a phone line, drop-in, community events, and in-depth case work.  It will build upon the existing help with the impact of increasing fuel bills to make a positive difference to people experiencing increased stress as a result of fuel price increases and to alleviate the

Building on existing work as a community partnership to help vulnerable people in North Birmingham who are impacted by the cost-of-living crisis, the project will deliver a community-based fuel poverty advice and advocacy service. This will expand the availability of dedicated fuel poverty support, offered through energy cafes, a phone line, drop-in, community events, and in-depth case work.  It will build upon the existing help with the impact of increasing fuel bills to make a positive difference to people experiencing increased stress as a result of fuel price increases and to alleviate the impact on anxiety, depression and mental health caused by fuel poverty.

Phase 2
Round 2
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Bognor Regis
Grant award
£508,004
Project Name
Tackling Fuel Poverty Together Programme - Expansion

Arun and Chichester Citizens Advice (ACCA) and Citizens Advice 1066 (CA1066) will work in partnership to expand the existing Tackling Fuel Poverty Together Programme and provide high-level energy advice to the most vulnerable groups at risk of disconnection due to the cost-of-living crisis through single point of contact (SPOC) telephone/video advice services. The programme will: expand the West and East Sussex SPOC services to deal with increased demand; deliver awareness training to external front line staff and training updates to Citizens Advice volunteers; and distribute fuel vouchers to

Arun and Chichester Citizens Advice (ACCA) and Citizens Advice 1066 (CA1066) will work in partnership to expand the existing Tackling Fuel Poverty Together Programme and provide high-level energy advice to the most vulnerable groups at risk of disconnection due to the cost-of-living crisis through single point of contact (SPOC) telephone/video advice services. The programme will: expand the West and East Sussex SPOC services to deal with increased demand; deliver awareness training to external front line staff and training updates to Citizens Advice volunteers; and distribute fuel vouchers to vulnerable fuel poor households. The service will be promoted in areas of high-level deprivation.

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