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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 5
Charity
Community Energy Plus
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Truro
Grant award
£80,216
Project Name
Park Homes PLUS

Park Homes PLUS will provide a comprehensive energy efficiency advice service for vulnerable Park Home residents across Cornwall.

Phase 1
Round 5
Charity
Royal Association for Deaf People
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Colchester
Grant award
£120,548
Project Name
Deaf Energy Smart

Deaf Energy Smart will provide information and advice about energy to Deaf people in their first language, British Sign Language (BSL).

Information will be provided online in BSL clips, at workshops and at outreach events within the Deaf community. Advice will be provided face-to-face and online via webcam, both in BSL, and during home visits for elderly and vulnerable Deaf people.

Participants will be able to save on energy bills, claim any help they are entitled to, understand and control their energy usage and live more comfortably.

 

Phase 1
  • Round 5
Round 5
Charity
Youth Cymru
Location
United Kingdom
  • Wales
  • Pontypridd
Grant award
£49,849
Project Name
Chillout & Save Your Energy

This project will work with young people to educate and train them to engage with energy issues, providing the understanding, tools, personal support and resources that they need to make better informed choices and decisions regarding energy.

A toolkit will be developed to help specialist youth workers integrate energy advice into their work with young people and the project will enable four social action projects to be developed by young people across Wales.

Phase 1
Round 5
Charity
Ashfield Citizens Advice Bureau
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Nottingham
Grant award
£49,960
Project Name
Ashfield Energy Efficiency

This charity aspires to tackle the high fuel poverty rates in their area by providing a 2-year energy advice service, focused on the most vulnerable clients in their area.

Working with other partners and stakeholders, clients will be helped to save money on their energy bills through face to face advice and support in accessing energy efficiency grants, to further prevent them from suffering from fuel poverty.

Phase 1
Round 5
Charity
Energy Projects Plus
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Wallasey
Grant award
£173,222
Project Name
Energy Action For Warmth

A street by street approach to deliver energy advice to vulnerable residents across the Wirral. Energy Action For Warmth will take learning from their Sustainable Seacombe project into a new area, being the town of Greasby.

The team will split the communities into "micro areas" of approximately 175 homes and on a weekly basis will conduct an awareness campaign within a micro area, to engage with as many residents as possible. This will take the form of door-knocking, home visits, local community drop-in events and telephone advice. 

Advice will be delivered by qualified energy advisers who

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A street by street approach to deliver energy advice to vulnerable residents across the Wirral. Energy Action For Warmth will take learning from their Sustainable Seacombe project into a new area, being the town of Greasby.

The team will split the communities into "micro areas" of approximately 175 homes and on a weekly basis will conduct an awareness campaign within a micro area, to engage with as many residents as possible. This will take the form of door-knocking, home visits, local community drop-in events and telephone advice. 

Advice will be delivered by qualified energy advisers who can refer people onto other appropriate support services too.

 

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Phase 1
Round 5
Charity
Severn Wye Energy Agency
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Gloucester
Grant award
£113,010
Project Name
Energy Advocate - South Gloucestershire

This project is a partnership between Severn Wye Energy Agency (SWEA) and Sirona Care and Health. It will provide targeted support to hard-to-reach vulnerable people who often fall through the net of conventional fuel poverty programmes. SWEA will embed a trained Energy Advocate within Sirona, to work alongside their frontline staff to help take their clients out of fuel poverty. The Energy Advocate will conduct home visits and grant signposting and hold appointment based and drop-in surgeries across South Gloucestershire.

Phase 1
Round 5
Charity
Cardiff Deaf Centre
Location
United Kingdom
  • Wales
  • Cardiff
Grant award
£127,611
Project Name
Deaf Energy Awareness (for the) Future

The project will enable the Centre to employ a BSL Energy Champion who will be trained to deliver energy awareness, advice and guidance to Deaf people, supported by a team of volunteers.

All communication will be in British Sign Language (supported by Interpreter where required). The Champion will deliver 20 awareness/education events over 2 years across South Wales as well as detailed one to one sessions with deaf households to help them save energy and money in their homes.

Phase 1
Round 5
Charity
Groundwork London
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • London
Grant award
£49,528
Project Name
EASIE: Energy-Advice Spread through Innovation Engagement

EASIE: Energy-Advice Spread through Innovation Engagement will pilot a range of engagement mechanisms to identify and support 261 under-served/hard-to-reach Hounslow households, including Deaf and Blind residents, people who do not speak any English, residents with severe long-term health conditions and residents suffering from extreme social isolation.

They will achieve this through a combination of assisted energy-advice home visits, bolstered by targeted clinics, stalls and talks at community events and faith groups, and frontline training workshops.

Phase 1
Round 5
Charity
South Seeds
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
  • Glasgow
Grant award
£98,859
Project Name
Supporting vulnerable Govanhill energy consumers

This project will provide home energy advice to residents on Glasgow's southside, particularly vulnerable families living in privately rented accommodation. The project will enable experienced energy officers to give face to face advice to residents from their community base, as well as follow up support in the home. 

The service will be promoted through other local organisations and the team will work collaboratively with both the local Council’s energy team and Home Energy Scotland.

Phase 1
Round 5
Charity
Citizens Advice County Durham
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Durham
Grant award
£241,413
Project Name
County Durham Social Landlord Tenants Project

This project will engage and support vulnerable consumers that are living in social housing and provide them with tailored energy advice and support that they do not currently have access to. Referrals into the programme will come from a range of stakeholders and partners including, Social Landlords and Housing Associations and members of the Advice in County Durham Network (170+ members). Tenants will also be able to self-refer.

It will also help to build capacity across the Energy Advice sector in County Durham and join up the support that is available for vulnerable energy customers.

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