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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 2
Round 2
Charity
Cumbria Action for Sustainability
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
Grant award
£275,790
Project Name
Retrofit and Renewables Community Delivery Programme

The ‘Home Retrofit Advice Service’ and ‘Solar Made Easy’ projects will be scaled up to build householder confidence and improve accessibility of energy efficiency and renewable energy measures for householders. Taking a community-by-community approach, working in partnership with local community groups, parish councils and the Farmer Network; they will increase engagement and confidence in the local supply chain; increase supplier confidence in the market and unlock £1million of spend on retrofit in Cumbria (£10k per household). As part of the project, they will support 700 homeowners with

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The ‘Home Retrofit Advice Service’ and ‘Solar Made Easy’ projects will be scaled up to build householder confidence and improve accessibility of energy efficiency and renewable energy measures for householders. Taking a community-by-community approach, working in partnership with local community groups, parish councils and the Farmer Network; they will increase engagement and confidence in the local supply chain; increase supplier confidence in the market and unlock £1million of spend on retrofit in Cumbria (£10k per household). As part of the project, they will support 700 homeowners with advice via events, webinars and other training and upskill contractors to provide quality ’deep retrofit’ in a wide variety of building types.  

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Phase 2
Round 2
Charity
Newport City Homes
Location
United Kingdom
  • Wales
Grant award
£498,829
Project Name
NCH Energy Smart People and Communities

Partnering with Warm Wales and National Energy Action (NEA), Newport City Homes will provide a team consisting of trained Community Workers to provide light touch energy advice, looking to reduce fuel expenditure and improve energy efficiency of their homes. Warm Wales community workers will provide in-depth energy advice and education along with energy saving packs. In addition, Warm Wales will work with social prescribing projects and wellbeing to support customers to engage in activities to improve their health and well-being. Awareness training for those that are first point of contact for

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Partnering with Warm Wales and National Energy Action (NEA), Newport City Homes will provide a team consisting of trained Community Workers to provide light touch energy advice, looking to reduce fuel expenditure and improve energy efficiency of their homes. Warm Wales community workers will provide in-depth energy advice and education along with energy saving packs. In addition, Warm Wales will work with social prescribing projects and wellbeing to support customers to engage in activities to improve their health and well-being. Awareness training for those that are first point of contact for customers will be implemented, so that fuel poverty can be identified and prevented. Fuel debt and energy awareness training will be provided by NEA to give direct support to households to create warmer, safer, healthier and energy smarter communities in Newport.

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Phase 2
Round 2
Charity
Thenue Housing Association
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
Grant award
£229,857
Project Name
Thenue Energy Advice Project (TEA Project)

The Energy Advice and Advocacy project will be delivered by Thenue Housing Assocation, a registered social landlord managing over 3,800 properties in the east End of Glasgow and Netherholm, Castlemilk.  Households will be provided with ‘warm’ referrals from housing staff, community partners and self-referrals from local residents.  The project will target low-income and vulnerable households struggling to heat their homes and pay energy bills. Energy advisers will provide tailored in-depth energy advice and an advocacy service. The service will adopt an educational, preventative approach to

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The Energy Advice and Advocacy project will be delivered by Thenue Housing Assocation, a registered social landlord managing over 3,800 properties in the east End of Glasgow and Netherholm, Castlemilk.  Households will be provided with ‘warm’ referrals from housing staff, community partners and self-referrals from local residents.  The project will target low-income and vulnerable households struggling to heat their homes and pay energy bills. Energy advisers will provide tailored in-depth energy advice and an advocacy service. The service will adopt an educational, preventative approach to stop new tenants from developing utility arrears and reaching a point of crisis. The project will also offer practical and financial support.

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Phase 2
Round 4
Charity
Canopy Housing Project Ltd
Grant award
£200,000
Project Name
Canopy Community Retrofit

The project will retrofit empty homes with teams of local volunteers, and homeless people who then will move into the homes on completion. Canopy Community Retrofit will combine its ‘self-help’ housing model, community volunteering programme, and commitment to bio-based materials, to engage some of the most disadvantaged, isolated people in Leeds in practical climate action.

Phase 2
Round 4
Charity
Groundwork North Wales
Grant award
£159,104
Project Name
Power to Single Parents

The project aims to reduce the financial stress being experienced by single-parent families with children, consequent to the ongoing surge in energy costs. It will do this through delivery of a combination of 1:1 energy saving advice sessions in both homes and community settings, follow-up visits, drop-in events, telephone or email support and by providing  small energy saving measures and crisis support.

 

Phase 2
Round 4
Charity
The Society for the Reduction of Carbon Ltd
Grant award
£168,683
Project Name
Socialising heat pumps' flexibility benefits

The project will address the energy crisis and empower social housing tenants and landlords to save energy and money. As a result of social housing decarbonisation, large numbers of tenants have access to the benefit of low carbon heat and/or photovoltaics (PVs) and batteries, yet many are unable to fully realise the benefits. The project will support to engage tenants and landlords to efficiency use heat pumps, with research and campaigns.

Phase 2
Round 4
Charity
Caritas Diocese of Salford
Grant award
£228,935
Project Name
Caritas Energy Advice Service

Caritas Salford aims to tackle poverty in very deprived communities across Greater Manchester and Lancashire.  They provide a practical response to those in crisis and suffering hardship through 12 community projects that support over 2,000 vulnerable and socially excluded households a year. They will establish a new Energy Advice Service to support its existing work with, for example, people at risk of homelessness attending our ‘Warm Hub’ day centres; people attending our food bank; families accessing support from its team of social workers and counsellors; adult refugees attending our

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Caritas Salford aims to tackle poverty in very deprived communities across Greater Manchester and Lancashire.  They provide a practical response to those in crisis and suffering hardship through 12 community projects that support over 2,000 vulnerable and socially excluded households a year. They will establish a new Energy Advice Service to support its existing work with, for example, people at risk of homelessness attending our ‘Warm Hub’ day centres; people attending our food bank; families accessing support from its team of social workers and counsellors; adult refugees attending our education services; and people who are D/deaf or have other accessibility (physical, mental, sensory and learning) needs, attending our clubs and support sessions.  This project will increase energy awareness and reduce fuel poverty among some of the hardest-to-reach and most vulnerable energy consumers. 

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Phase 2
Round 4
Charity
North Devon Voluntary Service
Grant award
£184,113
Project Name
Warmer Homes Phase 2

This project will continue the work to support vulnerable and fuel-poor households with practical energy saving advice and measures. The partnership between One Northern Devon Fuel Poverty group as a key stakeholder, and 361 Energy as delivery partner remains at the core of the project. The scope of the project will remain on hospital, NHS teams, home care providers and will extend to home care providers and third sector groups working with minority communities.

Phase 2
Round 4
Charity
Totnes Renewable Energy Society Ltd (TRESOC)
Grant award
£119,512
Project Name
Energy Local Totnes

Energy Local Totnes (ELT) is a club for buying and selling locally-generated renewable electricity at a fair price, saving domestic customer members money off their bills and at the same time helping to reduce their carbon emissions. Households that sign up to ELT will purchase 100% green electricity at a competitive price. For the first year the price for locally generated renewable energy is set at 19.5pkWh, compared to the average bill of 33pkWh. ELT is innovative, as it is the first Energy Local "Plus" club, which can continue to grow by the addition of small-scale generation, balanced by

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Energy Local Totnes (ELT) is a club for buying and selling locally-generated renewable electricity at a fair price, saving domestic customer members money off their bills and at the same time helping to reduce their carbon emissions. Households that sign up to ELT will purchase 100% green electricity at a competitive price. For the first year the price for locally generated renewable energy is set at 19.5pkWh, compared to the average bill of 33pkWh. ELT is innovative, as it is the first Energy Local "Plus" club, which can continue to grow by the addition of small-scale generation, balanced by new customers, supporting and greening the local economy.

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Phase 2
Round 4
Charity
Age UK Lambeth
Grant award
£219,598
Project Name
Lambeth Energy Boost

The Connect Lambeth consortium will support Lambeth residents struggling with energy poverty through high quality energy advice, and holistic support with partners to improve their financial resilience, enabling them to meet the cost of energy bills. ‘Lambeth Energy Boost’ is designed to engage with those residents most at risk from fluctuations in the cost of their energy.  A targeted community engagement program delivered in food banks, community centres and general practices and will help meet the needs of the most vulnerable and hard to reach who engage less in statutory and community

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The Connect Lambeth consortium will support Lambeth residents struggling with energy poverty through high quality energy advice, and holistic support with partners to improve their financial resilience, enabling them to meet the cost of energy bills. ‘Lambeth Energy Boost’ is designed to engage with those residents most at risk from fluctuations in the cost of their energy.  A targeted community engagement program delivered in food banks, community centres and general practices and will help meet the needs of the most vulnerable and hard to reach who engage less in statutory and community services. 

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