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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
Zero Carbon Harrogate
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Harrogate
Grant award
£125,422
Project Name
Retrofit Training and Engagement Programme

Retrofit Training and Engagement Programme aims to reduce the climate impact from domestic energy use in the Harrogate district by accelerating the delivery of local retrofit services. It will improve the accessibility of energy efficiency and renewable energy services for local households by addressing issues with both supply and demand for retrofit services. 

Phase 1
Round 13
Charity
Centre for Sustainable Energy
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Bristol
Grant award
£158,152
Project Name
Energy Advice Capacity Project

Energy Advice Capacity Project will meet the increasing demand for energy advice from vulnerable customers and meet the current increased demand for energy advice and support in the wake of increased energy and living costs, and the ending of COVID-19 support. The project will also help those with complex needs to benefit from personalised and in-depth energy advice. 

Phase 1
Round 13
Charity
Marches Energy Agency
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Shrewsbury
Grant award
£499,640
Project Name
Building Retrofit across the Marches

Building Retrofit across the Marches will create and test a local delivery pathway for domestic retrofit. It will support and guide householders to invest with confidence, knowing they will significantly lower carbon, energy use and running costs, and make their homes warmer and healthier. Around 350 householders will be recruited and surveyed from a mix of on-gas/ off-gas, urban/rural, able-to-pay/ struggling financially, DIYers, old and new homes, owner occupier/ private rental.

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 6
Round 6
Charity
Middlesbrough Environment City Trust
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Middlesbrough
Grant award
£108,601
Project Name
Cosy Homes South Tees

The project will create energy advice provision in Redcar & Cleveland, developing the proactive approach already used in Middlesbrough and providing consistency across the South Tees Affordable Warmth Partnership area.

Provision of an extensive one-to-one advice programme with a strong focus on families, developing a robust referral pathway to support vulnerable clients through energy advice, access to energy efficiency measures, income maximisation and wellbeing support.

Phase 1
  • Round 6
Round 6
Charity
Lancashire BME Network Ltd
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Blackburn
Grant award
£439,313
Project Name
Energy 360

A partnership of five organisations will see ten energy advisors trained to deliver face-to-face energy saving advice to 1350 Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) households in Pennine Lancashire, so that they can access and benefit from specialist energy advice. The interventions will be delivered in a culturally sensitive way, in various community languages and from community venues to ensure accessibility. 

The advisors will work closely with beneficiaries, offering a tailored support package including home energy health checks, benefit maximisation checks, letter reading/writing, interpreting

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A partnership of five organisations will see ten energy advisors trained to deliver face-to-face energy saving advice to 1350 Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) households in Pennine Lancashire, so that they can access and benefit from specialist energy advice. The interventions will be delivered in a culturally sensitive way, in various community languages and from community venues to ensure accessibility. 

The advisors will work closely with beneficiaries, offering a tailored support package including home energy health checks, benefit maximisation checks, letter reading/writing, interpreting, advocacy, signposting and referrals onwards.

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Phase 1
  • Round 8
Round 8
Charity
Act on Energy
Location
United Kingdom
  • England
  • Evesham
Grant award
£909,358
Project Name
Warmer Homes West Midlands

Warmer Homes West Midlands is an ambitious partnership programme to provide a universal, top-level energy advice service for the fuel poor across the seven urban local authority areas in the West Midlands Combined Authority area. This is a large-scale energy advice programme will help over 7,000 vulnerable households, create nine new jobs and help secure a further eight jobs. The project aims to reduce fuel poverty and improve the health and wellbeing of people with pre-existing cold and damp related medical conditions, through energy saving advice, energy saving measures an income

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Warmer Homes West Midlands is an ambitious partnership programme to provide a universal, top-level energy advice service for the fuel poor across the seven urban local authority areas in the West Midlands Combined Authority area. This is a large-scale energy advice programme will help over 7,000 vulnerable households, create nine new jobs and help secure a further eight jobs. The project aims to reduce fuel poverty and improve the health and wellbeing of people with pre-existing cold and damp related medical conditions, through energy saving advice, energy saving measures an income maximisation advice. Advice will be delivered by a team of qualified energy advisors by telephone, through case work, home visits and community events where it is safe to do so. A team of community outreach workers will ensure that as wide a range of people as possible will be able to take advantage of Warmer Homes West Midlands.

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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 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. 

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