Main Fund and Small Project Fund
Maximum value: £25,000
Application deadline: 20th February 2024
Grants are available to charities in Great Britain for supporting energy consumers in vulnerable situations.
Background
The Ofgem Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme, known as the Energy Redress Scheme, is funded through payments from energy companies who may have breached rules. The Energy Saving Trust has been appointed by Ofgem to distribute the funding to charities. The priority of the scheme is to support energy consumers in vulnerable situations and to deliver benefits to the types of consumers that were negatively impacted by the specific issues that triggered the redress payment.
Objectives of Fund
The priorities of the Main and Small Grants schemes are to:
- Support energy consumers in vulnerable situations.
- Deliver benefits to the types of consumers that were negatively impacted by the specific issues that triggered the redress payment.
Value Notes: For the August 2023 round, there is a total of £3 million to fund new projects across the following funding streams:
- Small Project Fund contains £300,000 and offers grants of between £20,000 and £49,999 for projects that will support energy consumers in vulnerable situations.
- Main Project Fund contains £1.8 million and offers grants of between £50,000 and £250,000 for projects that will support energy consumers in vulnerable situations.
- Innovation Fund contains £450,000 and offers grants of between £20,000 and £200,000 for projects that will develop innovative products or services to benefit energy consumers (Covered in a separate entry).
- Carbon Emissions Reduction Fund contains £450,000 and offers grants of between £20,000 and £200,000 for projects that encourage householders to reduce their carbon emissions (Covered in a separate entry).
Eligible Expenditure:
- Projects that support energy consumers in vulnerable situations.
- Projects that deliver benefits to the types of consumers that were negatively impacted by the specific issues that triggered the Redress payment.
Vulnerability can impact consumers at different points in their lives and can manifest itself in several ways, such as facing difficulty in paying energy bills or being less able to make effective choices in the energy market. A wide range of factors can exacerbate vulnerability, ranging from living on a low income to having disabilities or illness and/or a reliance on electricity for heating.
Examples of the kind of activities that can be funded through the Energy Redress Scheme include:
- Engaging vulnerable consumers with energy issues and delivering energy advice and support that does not duplicate existing services.
- Installation of energy saving or renewable energy measures that cannot be funded from other sources.
- Training and education on energy issues that are targeted at supporting vulnerable consumers.
- Crisis support, linked to energy bills or the energy efficiency of a property, only as part of a wider energy advice project aimed at providing sustainable change for a client.
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.
For more information: Your guide to understanding the new redress scheme (energyredress.org.uk)
To apply: Apply for funding | Energy Redress scheme
- Energy Redress Scheme Enquiries
Energy Saving Trust
21 Dartmouth Street
London
SW1H 9BP
Tel: 020 7222 0101
Fax: 020 7654 2444
Email: energyredress@est.org.uk