Energy Redress Scheme Opens for Main and Small Project Grants

Funding for larger and smaller work supporting vulnerable energy consumers.

Registered charities in Great Britain can now apply for Energy Saving Trust’s Main and Small Project Grants Funds, which aim to:

Support energy consumers in vulnerable situations.
Deliver benefits to the types of consumers that were negatively impacted by the specific issues that triggered redress payments.

Funding is divided as follows:

The Small Project Fund contains £500,000 in total and offers grants of between £20,000 and £49,999.
The Main Project Fund contains £3 million in total and offers grants of between £50,000 and £300,000.

Organisations must be registered with the Energy Redress Scheme ahead of applying, which allows the Trust to check whether they are eligible.

Examples of the kind of activities that can be funded through the Energy Redress Scheme include:

Engaging vulnerable customers with energy issues and referring them for support
Delivering energy advice that does not duplicate existing advice services
Installation of energy saving or renewable energy measures that cannot be funded elsewhere and/or are innovative or are being used in innovative ways
In-home safety advice and measures related to energy systems
Training and education on energy that is targeted at supporting vulnerable customers.

Grants can be used for capital or revenue funding and can provide up to 100% of the project cost. Projects lasting up to two years can be funded.

The deadline to apply is 5pm on 25 May 2023.

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