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Funded Energy Redress Projects

Since the Energy Redress Scheme launched in 2018, Energy Saving Trust has awarded over £213 million to fund nearly 790 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.

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
Age Concern Tyneside South
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£49,925
Project Name
My House is Cold Too

My House is Cold Too will continue the work delivered within the past 2 years, by delivering high quality energy advice to vulnerable older people with referrals and practical measures given to improve fuel efficiency in their homes. They will continue to build staff skills and increase advice capacity to support over 900 more people with this project.

Phase 1
Round 13
Charity
Citizens Advice Sutton
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£267,108
Project Name
Energy Max

Energy Max is a collaborative project offering specialist fuel poverty advice and will be delivered across South West London covering a population of around 1.6million.  This partnership seeks to greatly improve fuel poverty and advice provision by going beyond standard referrals between organisations and undertaking a joint case handling approach. It will address an existing and rapidly growing shortfall in fuel poverty and debt advice services capacity and capability.  

Phase 1
Round 13
Charity
Age UK Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£701,557
Project Name
Warm & Wise

Warm & Wise is a pioneering project specifically supporting older energy consumers in vulnerable situations across Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Rutland, supporting 7,000 households in a two-year period with in-depth, personally tailored energy advice and the fitting of free energy-saving measures and minor repairs. In addition, in-depth telephone calls and energy-related support will increase householders' incomes via welfare benefits applications, all of which supports areas of high fuel poverty.

Phase 1
Round 13
Charity
Foresight Limited
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£47,028
Project Name
Making best use of my Energy

Making best use of my Energy will provide high quality advice and support which is currently unavailable on a local basis to disabled and older people residing in East Lindsey, North and North East Lincolnshire significantly improving quality of life through financial savings, warmer homes and a better understanding of the energy needs and usage resulting in behavioural change and positive decisions as a result of accessing the project.

Phase 1
Round 13
Charity
South Seeds
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
Grant award
£113,398
Project Name
Working with Southside vulnerable energy consumers

Working with Southside vulnerable energy consumers will solve residents' energy issues for one of the most densely populated areas in Scotland, where 35,000 residents live within a 20 minute walk. In an area of mixed tenure and mixed demographics, they will target vulnerable families living in privately rent accommodation and solve the energy issues of over 500 households per year.

Phase 1
Round 13
Charity
Ardenglen Housing Association Ltd
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
Grant award
£111,132
Project Name
Castlemilk Pantry Energy Advice Project

Castlemilk Pantry Energy Advice Project aims to expand local provision across the Castlemilk community through an Energy Advisor who will provide support and advice to members of the Castlemilk Pantry. Castlemilk has a population of 14,000 an will aim to support those most vulnerable to fuel poverty to help them receive direct support and advice to implement long-term behavioural changes.

Phase 1
Round 13
Charity
Hjaltland Housing Association
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
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
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 2
Round 1
Charity
Citizens Advice Cheshire West
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£177,445
Project Name
Energy for Life

The Energy for Life project aims to support the most vulnerable residents of Cheshire to reduce their energy bills and make the most of their energy supply. It aims to create awareness of, and support application to, funds and schemes that can help people with their energy costs. After understanding each individual situation advisors will provide energy advice to the most vulnerable residents of Cheshire. This advice will be based on providing support to residents to make changes that will help for years to come, introducing energy saving measures, behavioural changes to cut energy costs and

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The Energy for Life project aims to support the most vulnerable residents of Cheshire to reduce their energy bills and make the most of their energy supply. It aims to create awareness of, and support application to, funds and schemes that can help people with their energy costs. After understanding each individual situation advisors will provide energy advice to the most vulnerable residents of Cheshire. This advice will be based on providing support to residents to make changes that will help for years to come, introducing energy saving measures, behavioural changes to cut energy costs and applications to grants. They will help people in the way that suits them best: individual face to face advice, online advice or by phone. It will also run group workshops in local community venues and attend events. 

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Phase 2
Round 1
Charity
Groundwork UK
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£1,164,900
Project Name
Green Doctor: Energy crisis response programme

The Green Doctor: Energy crisis response programme will address thed need amongst vulnerable energy customers impacted by rising fuel prices to support an additional 4,300 of the most vulnerable households, to reduce and manage their costs through in-depth home-based energy advice and support. They will target areas of increasing fuel poverty, where existing energy advice services are struggling to meet demand, working with partners to identify and help vulnerable customers needing additional support, including low income households, residents in poorly insulated housing, those suffering ill

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The Green Doctor: Energy crisis response programme will address thed need amongst vulnerable energy customers impacted by rising fuel prices to support an additional 4,300 of the most vulnerable households, to reduce and manage their costs through in-depth home-based energy advice and support. They will target areas of increasing fuel poverty, where existing energy advice services are struggling to meet demand, working with partners to identify and help vulnerable customers needing additional support, including low income households, residents in poorly insulated housing, those suffering ill-health, young families/single parents, and older people.

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