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Funding for the current year has centered round 3 different areas. Firstly round 2 projects were offered and accepted continuation funding to continue their work on raising awareness of the Trust and providing valuable money advice within their geographical areas. These projects are:
Energy Efficiency Advice
Trustees decided to allocate some funding to addressing one of their objectives of promoting energy efficiency. 3 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:
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:
EDF Energy Trust Organisational Grants Round 3 – Announcement of funded projects.
In February 2005 the Trust launched the 3rd round of organisational grants with the purpose to:
Trustees are delighted to announce the following organisations as those to be funded under this grant round:
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EDF Energy Trust Organisational Grants Round 2
In round 2 a total of £222,836 in awards went to 6 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
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EDF Energy Trust Organsational Grants Round 1
The EDF Energy Trust made 27 Organisational grants in round 1 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