Over £4.2m in Ofgem redress funding awarded to energy charities
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Energy Saving Trust has today announced over £4.2 million has been awarded to 30 charities across England, Scotland and Wales in the latest round of the Energy Redress Scheme.
Officially named the Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme, the initiative managed by Energy Saving Trust redistributes voluntary payments from Ofgem-regulated energy companies.
The fifth round of the funding scheme received over 110 applications from charitable organisations, with successful Scottish charities such as Angus Housing Association, Positive Action in Housing, Wheatley Foundation and a range of local Citizen’s Advice Organisations being awarded financial backing between £44,000 and £636,000.
These grants will enable the charities to deliver projects that provide support to energy consumers in vulnerable situations across the UK, helping them to save energy and money in their homes and to get on top of their fuel bills.
The projects include trialling new energy-efficient technologies in social housing, heating system upgrades and providing energy advice in British Sign Language (BSL).
Mike Thornton, group director of operations at Energy Saving Trust, said: “It was good to see a wide range of applications for Round 5 of the scheme and the successful projects will help to keep thousands of people in vulnerable situations warm and safe in their homes.
“The Energy Redress Scheme is helping a wide variety of charities to support people in vulnerable situations with home energy advice, measures to reduce their fuel bills and through the delivery of innovative energy-saving solutions to those most in need.”
Since its launch in April 2018, the Energy Redress Scheme has funded 64 projects across England, Scotland and Wales with more than £7.4m in funding allocated so far.
The full list of charities who will benefit from the funding:
| Charity | Location of Project | Grant Request |
| Act on Energy | Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Coventry and Solihull | £303,520.25 |
| Age Concern Tyneside South
| South Tyneside | £49,568.40 |
| Age UK East London | Tower Hamlets and Havering Boroughs in London | £49,886.76 |
| Angus Housing Association
| Arbroath, Scotland | £188,024 |
| Canolfan Cynghori Ynys Mon
| North Wales | £46,210.40 |
| Cardiff Deaf Centre
| South Wales | £127,611.45 |
| Citizens Advice Bureau Ashfield
| Ashfield, Nottinghamshire | £49,960 |
| Citizens Advice Bureau County Durham | County Durham | £241,412.80 |
| Citizens Advice Bureau Edinburgh
| Edinburgh | £51,007 |
| Citizens Advice Bureau Fylde
| Fylde in the North West | £48,632 |
| Citizens Advice Bureau Manchester
| Manchester | £89,200 |
| Citizens Advice Bureau Stirling District
| Stirling, Scotland | £103,481 |
| Citizens Advice Bureau Torfaen
| South East Wales, Torfaen | £44,957 |
| Community Energy Plus
| Cornwall | Grant amount still to be confirmed |
| Energy Projects Plus | Wirral, Liverpool | £173,223 |
| the Environment Centre (tEC)
| Portsmouth | £173,183.75 |
| The Footprint Trust Charity
| Isle of Wight | £76,000 |
| Groundwork London
| London Borough of Hounslow | £49,528.23 |
| The Groundwork South Trust Limited
| Slough | £44,411.67 |
| Groundwork UK | West Mids, East Mids, Yorkshire and Humber, North West and North East England | £636,560.13 |
| Live Inclusive
| Rotherham and Doncaster | £111,130.40 |
| North Devon Homes
| North Devon | £163,777 |
| PEC Trust | Plymouth, Devon | £414,769.40 |
| Positive Action in Housing
| Glasgow | £73,236 |
| Royal Association for Deaf People
| London, East England and North-East England. | £120,547.90 |
| Severn Wye Energy Agency
| South Gloucestershire | £113,010 |
| South Seeds
| Govanhill Estate in Glasgow | £98,859.20 |
| Stockton and District Advice & Information Service
| Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Sunderland, Stockton on Tees, Redcar | £367,437.40 |
| Wheatley Foundation
| Central Scotland | £229,250 |
| Youth Cymru
| South Wales | £49,849.99 |
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