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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 13
Charity
Citizens Advice SORT Group
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Oldham
Grant award
£374,752
Project Name
Tenants Powered Up

Tenants Powered Up will deliver intensive energy advice to people living in privately rented accommodation and vulnerable situations and will assemble a team of specialist Energy Advice workers. They will work closely with local authorities, the Combined Mayoral Authority, the Fire service, and voluntary sector partners to provide direct energy advice to around 2800 tenants. It will also help ensure landlords meet their obligations by working with local authority enforcement functions and by internal referral to our specialist Legal Aid Housing Advice provision.

Phase 1
  • Round 13
Round 13
Charity
Positive Action in Housing
Location
United Kingdom
  • Scotland
  • Glasgow
Grant award
£83,664
Project Name
Stay Warm Go Green

Stay Warm Go Green is a multi-faceted Energy advice service for BAME/Refugee communities offering targeted multi-lingual Energy saving advice and support, energy awareness workshops, new tenants information pack and distribution of small energy saving measures delivered by a team of qualified Multilingual Energy officers and Community Energy Champions. 

Phase 1
Round 13
Charity
Age Concern Tyneside South
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • South Shields
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
  • Wallington
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 9
Round 9
Charity
Marches Energy Agency
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Shrewsbury
Grant award
£254,461
Project Name
Warmer Derby & Derbyshire 2 - extension

Warmer Derby & Derbyshire 2 will build on our local, independent energy advice service, providing basic energy advice, more intensive support for complex problems around high energy costs/ billing issues/ debt/ income maximisation via an experienced, qualified and independent energy advisor or benefits assessor.   

Phase 2
Round 1
Charity
Churches Housing Action Team
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Tiverton
Grant award
£248,717
Project Name
Mid Devon Energy Partnership

The Mid Devon Energy Partnership will tackle fuel poverty, underheated/energy inefficient homes, and related health issues in Mid Devon. Led by Churches Housing action team (CHAT), the project will partner with Exeter Community Energy (ECOE) to utilise their experience in delivering energy advice services to vulnerable households. The two organisations have existing relationships, presence and activities within communities across the district, by working together they will help more households to make energy efficiency and fuel savings advice/support. The project will provide 1-2-1-person

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The Mid Devon Energy Partnership will tackle fuel poverty, underheated/energy inefficient homes, and related health issues in Mid Devon. Led by Churches Housing action team (CHAT), the project will partner with Exeter Community Energy (ECOE) to utilise their experience in delivering energy advice services to vulnerable households. The two organisations have existing relationships, presence and activities within communities across the district, by working together they will help more households to make energy efficiency and fuel savings advice/support. The project will provide 1-2-1-person centred advice and support, plus drop-in clinics, pop up events and community outreach in towns and villages across the district.

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Phase 2
Round 1
Charity
Energy Projects Plus
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Wallasey
Grant award
£446,898
Project Name
Warm and Well

Working with 9 local authorities, 2 Fire and Rescue Services and local community organisations, our “Warm and Well” programme will raise awareness and provide new dedicated support to help struggling residents to better weather this Cost of Living Crisis". They will do this by helping them to reduce their energy demand (through measures and behaviour change), access any financial support available, understand and manage their fuel bills, and increase their confidence to participate in the energy market when price competition re-starts. They will support over 8,200 vulnerable households with

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Working with 9 local authorities, 2 Fire and Rescue Services and local community organisations, our “Warm and Well” programme will raise awareness and provide new dedicated support to help struggling residents to better weather this Cost of Living Crisis". They will do this by helping them to reduce their energy demand (through measures and behaviour change), access any financial support available, understand and manage their fuel bills, and increase their confidence to participate in the energy market when price competition re-starts. They will support over 8,200 vulnerable households with telephone and face -to-face advice and casework support, train 132 front line and community staff, deliver 400 home visits, and create two regional forums to increase collaborative approaches to tackling the fuel crisis.

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Phase 2
Round 1
Charity
National Energy Foundation
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Milton Keynes
Grant award
£1,147,570
Project Name
Better Housing Better Health - East

The Better Housing Better Health project will support vulnerable consumers at a crucial time, giving them access to high-quality energy advice, advocacy, and interventions across a large area of the East of England.  The project will be providing direct support to 10,000 households in vulnerable situations through a comprehensive engagement programme targeting deprived communities promoting NEF’s free-to-access ‘Better Housing Better Health’ service (BHBH) in several new areas. To enhance support available, NEF will conduct 500 in-home energy visits to those needing additional care and

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The Better Housing Better Health project will support vulnerable consumers at a crucial time, giving them access to high-quality energy advice, advocacy, and interventions across a large area of the East of England.  The project will be providing direct support to 10,000 households in vulnerable situations through a comprehensive engagement programme targeting deprived communities promoting NEF’s free-to-access ‘Better Housing Better Health’ service (BHBH) in several new areas. To enhance support available, NEF will conduct 500 in-home energy visits to those needing additional care and administer £180,000 of emergency funding to consumers in extreme energy hardship.  This will include funding to train 20 new ‘energy champions’ resulting in a further 10,000 vulnerable consumers being supported.  The project has been designed to provide an immediate response to the current ‘energy crisis’ and will benefit from all of NEF’s experience and expertise in supporting vulnerable energy consumers.

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Phase 2
Round 1
Charity
The Big Issue Foundation
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • London
Grant award
£185,000
Project Name
Fighting Fuel Poverty

The Fighting Fuel Poverty project will directly support 1,000 socially and economically excluded Big Issue vendors and at least 1,000 of their family members experiencing fuel poverty over 24 months. It will train 7 frontline staff to achieve a Level 3 City and Guilds Energy Awareness qualification - supported by 3 Specialist Energy Advisors that have already achieved the qualification - and impart expert energy advice to Big Issue vendors and their families facing high energy support needs which inhibit their ability to access energy support from anywhere else.

Phase 2
Round 1
Charity
Citizen Outreach Coalition
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Liverpool
Grant award
£122,306
Project Name
Energy Savings Awareness Campaign

The Energy Savings Awareness Campaign will identify and deliver energy saving advice to households experiencing fuel poverty because of the recent energy price hikes. Beneficiaries will include refugees that have been given their status and a tenancy. These group of people are more vulnerable and at risk and in need due to language barrier. All home/telephone advice will be delivered by a trained adviser who will work full time to deliver energy savings advice. The project will also produce several energy savings multilingual advice videos that will be heavily promoted on social media in

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The Energy Savings Awareness Campaign will identify and deliver energy saving advice to households experiencing fuel poverty because of the recent energy price hikes. Beneficiaries will include refugees that have been given their status and a tenancy. These group of people are more vulnerable and at risk and in need due to language barrier. All home/telephone advice will be delivered by a trained adviser who will work full time to deliver energy savings advice. The project will also produce several energy savings multilingual advice videos that will be heavily promoted on social media in target communities.

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