Grants to Organisations

Recipients

Organisational Grants 2011

Two projects have been awarded funding in 2011 with their projects due to start on 1 October. These organisations have strong partnerships with other local organisations and are based in areas know to have high levels of fuel debt. Funding has been committed for 1 year.

  • Toynbee Hall
    (awaiting contact details)
  • Nucleus Advice Centre
    (awaiting contact details)

2011 Continuation Funding (to 2009 Organisation Grant Projects)

Continuation funding has been awarded to the four projects originally awarded grants in 2009, to allow their projects to continue for a further year.

  • Hammersmith & Fulham Citizens Advice Bureau
    Contact: Linda Gyamfi t:020 7385 1322 e:[email protected]
  • Medway Citizens Advice Bureau
    Contact: Lorraine Camp t:01634 888 182 e:[email protected]
  • Thurrock Citizens Advice Bureau
    Contact: Abimbola (Abi) Adeoye t:01375 389 513 e:[email protected]
  • Westminster Citizens Advice Bureau
    Contact: Christina Oby-Onia t:0208 969 4675 e:[email protected]

Organisational Grants 2010

Ten projects were awarded grants in 2010, including three organisations awarded continuation funding from original awards made in 2007. All projects commenced on 1 October 2010, other than Bristol Debt Advice Centre's project which commenced on 1 September 2010, Shepway CAB's project which commenced on 1 January 2011, and Sedgemoor CAB's project which commenced April 2011. Funding has been committed for 2 years.

Small Grants Programme 2010

In January 2010 Trustees initiated a small grants programme offering one-off grants to charitable organisations for small capital items/activities to assist in the provision of 'energy debt' advice and submission of online applications to the EDF Energy Trust. Grants were available up to a maximum value of �3,000.

Items that the Trust considered as eligible expenditure included:

  • Computers / laptops
  • Scanners to scan documents for attachment to emailed applications to the EDF Energy Trust
  • Printers
  • Software to enable agencies to enhance their current services
  • Self help materials on debt prevention / resolution for clients
  • Money advice training course fees
  • Development of energy debt prevention literature in community languages

The list of 45 sucessful organisations can be viewed by clicking here

Organisational Grants 2009

Four projects were awarded in 2009 commencing from 1st August. Funding has been committed for an 18 month period. The organisations awarded grants were:

  • Hammersmith & Fulham CAB
  • Medway CAB
  • Thurrock CAB
  • Westminster CAB
Organisational Grants 2007

Fuel Poverty Programme

Five projects were awarded funding in 2007, under the Fuel Poverty Programme. The project commenced in 2007 and funding has been committed for 3 years. The organisations awarded grants were;

  • Hastings & Rother CAB
  • Brighton & Hove CAB
  • Money Advice Plymouth
  • Bristol Debt Advice Centre
  • Waltham Forest CAB

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:

  • Hastings & Rother Citizen Advice Bureau
  • East Devon Citizen Advice Bureau
  • Age Concern Torbay
  • Brighton and Hove Citizen Advice Bureau
  • Exmouth Citizen Advice Bureau
  • Havering Citizen Advice Bureau
Organisational Grants 2003/04
 

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
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