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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 £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 1
Round 4
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Oxford
Project Name
Money and Power: Reducing Fuel Poverty

This project will reduce fuel poverty in Blackbird Leys, an area of multiple deprivation on the southeastern edge of Oxford. The advice team will support 500 households with money and power advice appointments over the 2 years and will also refer people on to local charity, Better Housing Better Health, for more intensive energy advice and support.

Phase 1
Round 5
Charity
Age UK East London
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • London
Grant award
£49,887
Project Name
Warm and Well at home

Warm and Well at Home aims to support the oldest vulnerable energy consumers. 

It will help them to stay warm and well at home by using experienced handy-people to install small, practical measures in the home, alongside high-quality energy saving advice.

 

Phase 1
Round 5
Charity
Citizens Advice Manchester
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Manchester
Grant award
£89,200
Project Name
Switched On - Young People's Energy Advice

A partnership between Citizens Advice Manchester and Salford University to deliver a unique combination of user-led research and energy support, to fuel poor young people across the City of Manchester.

Citizens Advice Manchester will employ and train 2 young people, aged between 18 and 25 to become peer to peer ‘Energy Ambassadors.’ They will work with young people (drawn from lone parents, vulnerable families, care leavers etc) to test a range of engagement and delivery models, aimed at raising awareness of energy efficiency and encouraging changes in behaviour to help them move out of fuel

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A partnership between Citizens Advice Manchester and Salford University to deliver a unique combination of user-led research and energy support, to fuel poor young people across the City of Manchester.

Citizens Advice Manchester will employ and train 2 young people, aged between 18 and 25 to become peer to peer ‘Energy Ambassadors.’ They will work with young people (drawn from lone parents, vulnerable families, care leavers etc) to test a range of engagement and delivery models, aimed at raising awareness of energy efficiency and encouraging changes in behaviour to help them move out of fuel poverty.

The research will be used to develop a toolkit on how to encourage, engage and promote positive behaviours around energy for young people.

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Phase 1
Round 5
Charity
North Devon Homes
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Barnstaple
Grant award
£163,419
Project Name
Making heat cheaper, smarter and greener - Boxergy

This project will trial a new technology called Boxergy, which combines highly efficient electric heating with energy storage. With a time of use electricity tariff, the system can significantly reduce the heating costs for households currently using night storage heaters and aims to offer heating costs comparable to or cheaper than gas boilers.

There will be 7 Boxergy systems installed, benefiting 9 socially rented homes using night storage heaters and located in villages between South Molton and Tiverton in North Devon. These will include 3-bedroom houses which will have an individual

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This project will trial a new technology called Boxergy, which combines highly efficient electric heating with energy storage. With a time of use electricity tariff, the system can significantly reduce the heating costs for households currently using night storage heaters and aims to offer heating costs comparable to or cheaper than gas boilers.

There will be 7 Boxergy systems installed, benefiting 9 socially rented homes using night storage heaters and located in villages between South Molton and Tiverton in North Devon. These will include 3-bedroom houses which will have an individual Boxergy system and semi-detached bungalows which will share a system. 

The project will include an evaluation carried out by National Energy Action (NEA), investigating resident satisfaction, ease of use, running costs and reliability. Performance will be compared to the resident’s previous energy consumption and against comparable households with night storage heaters .

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Phase 1
Round 5
Charity
The Footprint Trust charity
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Newport
Grant award
£76,000
Project Name
Warm Island - Home Energy help

Over two years, trained staff will give face to face energy advice to over 3000 people on the Isle of Wight through a range of outreach activities and home visits.

The Footprint Trust will engage with vulnerable people in the community by attending a range of events and drop ins to give quality guidance to individuals and provide talks to disability groups or Home Start groups.

150 Frontline Workers will receive training to help them to better support the clients that they work with.

Phase 1
Round 5
Charity
Angus Housing Association
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
  • Arbroath
Grant award
£188,024
Project Name
Angus HA Kirkbank Internal Heating Upgrades

Angus Housing Association is seeking a contribution from the Redress scheme towards the cost of upgrading the internal heating system in 36 properties that are being added to a shared loop ground source heat pump. The properties currently have electric storage heaters that are expensive and difficult to control. The new wet central heating systems will provide a more efficient heating system for the vulnerable residents and help to reduce fuel poverty.

Phase 1
Round 5
Charity
Citizens Advice Torfaen
Location
United Kingdom
  • Wales
  • Cwmbran
Grant award
£44,957
Project Name
Warmer Torfaen

Warmer Torfaen will provide Energy Advice for clients of the Torfaen County Borough Council Financial Inclusion Unit. 

The Energy Caseworker will attend visits with Financial Inclusion Unit support workers where fuel poverty has been identified. They will assess the condition of the property and the needs of the household and provide appropriate advice on energy saving behaviours. They will enable the installation of small energy saving measures into the clients homes and refer them onto additional sources of specialist energy support.

Phase 1
Round 5
Charity
Positive Action in Housing
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
  • Glasgow
Grant award
£73,236
Project Name
Save Warm N Informed

A 2-year project that will offer targeted, multi-lingual support including home visits and capital measures, to help vulnerable people in BAME communities to better understand energy issues and avoid getting into fuel poverty. The programme will mainly be carried out by newly trained Community Energy Champions from BAME communities. The champions will promote energy efficiency within their communities, deliver home visits and provide small capital measures, to help people save energy and money. The project will also create and distribute a new Information Pack for BAME tenants.

Phase 1
Round 5
Charity
Wheatley Foundation
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
  • Glasgow
Grant award
£229,250
Project Name
Energy champions

This project will enable the Foundation to offer an enhanced energy advice service to 12,000 vulnerable social housing tenants across Central Scotland over two years.

The advice team offers friendly one to one support, mostly in people’s homes, working through six social housing providers. 

They help people to understand the information and choices available to them and overcome barriers so that they can access essential products and services from the energy market that are suitable for their needs.

Phase 1
Round 5
Charity
Canolfan Cynghori Ynys Mon
Location
United Kingdom
  • Wales
  • Holyhead
Grant award
£46,210
Project Name
I Can Energy

The project will enable the charity to have a qualified energy adviser based in their new Mental Health hubs, to support the most vulnerable people in their communities with home energy issues.

The Energy support worker will help clients to undertake energy comparison activity, understand energy saving behavioural changes and undertake holistic ‘Energy Health Checks' with the intent to make effective referrals to specialist partners e.g. NEST, RSLs, mental health team.

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