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Grants to Organisations

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Organisational Grants 2006/07

Small Grants Programme

This programme was launched in January 2007 to provide small capital grants for equipment/activities relating to ‘energy debt’ work for up to a maximum of £1,000.  The programme's closing date was 28th February 2007.  Congratulations to the following organisations that received funding under the programme.

  • Age Concern Exeter
  • Angolan Advice and Information Centre

  • Bristol Debt Advice Centre

  • Centre 70 Advice Centre

  • Cheltenham Housing Aid Centre

  • Chiltern Citizens Advice Bureau

  • City of Brighton & Hove Credit Union

  • Colchester and Tendring Women’s Refuge

  • District of Canterbury Credit Union

  • East Devon Citizens Advice Bureau

  • Exmouth Citizens Advice Bureau

  • Forest of Dean Citizens Advice Bureau

  • Gosport Citizens Advice Bureau

  • Homemaker South West

  • Meridian Money Advice

  • North Devon and Exmoor Regeneration

  • North Wiltshire Citizens Advice Bureau

  • Plymouth Focus

  • Queens Park Bangladesh Association

  • Rother District Citizens Advice Bureau

  • Sevenoaks Citizens Advice Bureau

  • Single Parents Information Network

  • South Hams Citizens Advice Bureau

  • Toynbee Hall

  • Westcountry Energy Action

Organisational Grants 2005/06

Funding for year 3 centered round three different areas.

Continuation Funding

Projects funded in 2005/05 were offered, and accepted, continuation funding to continue their work raising awareness of the Trust and providing valuable money advice within their geographical areas. These projects are:

  • Bristol Debt Advice Centre
  • Blackfriars Advice Centre
  • East London Financial Inclusion Unit
  • Lewisham Citizens Advice Bureau
  • Direct Debt Line, Polegate, Kent
  • Truro Citizens Advice Bureau
Energy Efficiency Advice

Trustees decided to allocate some funding to addressing one of their objectives of promoting energy efficiency. Three pilot projects commenced on 1st May 2006 with the following Energy Efficiency Advice Centres to offer and provide a home visit to applicants of the Trust so that they can receive free energy efficiency advice and implement cost saving measures within their homes:

  • South East London Energy Efficiency Advice Centre
  • Cornwall Energy Efficiency Advice Centre
  • South West London/Kent Energy Efficiency Advice Centre
Follow Up Pilot

The remaining funding for the year was allocated to the following agencies to allow them to undertaken exit interviews with clients they have previously helped with applications to the Trust to see how they are managing their ongoing finances and to offer further assistance as necessary:

  • Hastings & Rother Citizens Advice Bureau
  • Bideford & District Citizens Advice Bureau
  • Bristol Debt Advice Centre
  • Direct Debt Line
  • Blackfriars Advice Centre
  • East Devon Citizens Advice Bureau
  • Brighton & Hove Citizens Advice Bureau
  • Kensington Citizens Advice Bureau
Organisational Grants 2004/05

EDF Energy Trust Organisational Grants Round Three

In February 2005, the Trust launched the third round of organisational grants with the purpose to:

  1. Supporting debt advice in the identified areas highlighted as being areas of deprivation and where there are vulnerable families and individuals.
  2. Raising the awareness of the Trust among agencies and individuals with a view to increasing levels of grant application. (This would enable the Trust to be able to use its resources for those most in need.)

The Trustees are delighted to announce the following organisations as those to be funded under this grant round:

Organisational Grants 2003/04
EDF Energy Trust Organisational Grants Round One

The EDF Energy Trust made 27 Organisational grants in Round One, including a pilot application take up scheme in the Bath area.

The majority of the grants awarded were for money advice and debt management with a number of the grants going to new and innovative projects to establish specialist debt advice and create pilot schemes to establish the evidence needed to seek long term funding for other funders.

The projects who were awarded funding are:

  • Ash CAB
  • Barking Aid, Support and Information Services
  • Bath CAB
  • BCCAS
  • Bideford & District CAB
  • Carers of Barking & Dagenham
  • East Devon CAB
  • Eastbourne CAB
  • Frome & District CAB
  • Hastings and Rother CAB
  • Kingston Upon Thames Age Concern
  • Meridian Money Advice
  • Money Advice & Community Support Service
  • Money Advice Association
  • North Devon CAB
  • North Somerset CAB
  • Plymouth CAB
  • SAFE (Services Against Financial Exclusion)
  • South Hams CAB
  • South Somerset CAB
  • Teignbridge CAB
  • The RCJ Advice Bureau
  • Torbay CAB
  • Waltham Forest CAB
  • West Cornwall CAB
  • Westminster CAB

EDF Energy Trust Organisational Grants Round Two.

In Round Two, a total of £222,836 in awards went to six organisations across London and the south of England. This round focused on raising the profile of the Trust and targeting debt advice in the areas identified as being areas of deprivation and where there were large numbers of fuel poor households. Funding was for the recruitment of a full time Money Advice Development Worker.

The successful organisations were:

  • Bristol Advice Debt Centre
  • Blackfriars Advice Centre
  • East London Financial Inclusion Unit
  • Lewisham Citizen Advice Bureau
  • Direct Debt Line, Polegate, Kent
  • Truro Citizens Advice Bureau