Fuel Bank Foundation (FBF) has a scheme available that works like a Food Bank but with Fuel Vouchers. FBF is keen for more groups to become Fuel Banks and is happy to receive applications – may be of interest to Warm Spaces, Food Banks & Food Pantries.
National Energy Action (NEA) provides Training – National Energy Action (NEA) and multi-lingual information leaflets and resources to front line staff and people providing information and advice to people in fuel poverty. Training is partly funded for charities and community-led groups. NEA also have a useful Cost of Living support page Struggling with your energy bills? | National Energy Action (NEA)
Energy Saving Trust (EST) administers the Energy Redress Scheme. The scheme distributes voluntary payments through funding to groups and charities from Ofgem licensees that may have breached rules. Funding amounts vary and are reviewed on a quarterly basis. EST currently run four funding streams, focused particularly on energy end use:
Wales & West Utilities has funding available to spend on projects which can support consumers in vulnerable situations and/or raise awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide to help keep people safe. If you have a project that you think we should take up, either by ourselves or collaboratively with other gas networks, then go to Carbon Monoxide Allowance Vulnerability | Wales & West Utilities (wwutilities.co.uk) or give contact VCMA@wwutilities.co.uk.
Join the Warm Welcome Find a Space network: https://www.warmwelcome.uk/#find-a-space
Warm This Winter is a UK-wide campaign supported by leading anti-poverty and environmental organisations calling on the UK government to provide more emergency support for people struggling with energy bills this and every winter, and a coherent plan to move the UK away from fossil fuels, through a rollout of home insulation and affordable renewablesClimate Cymru is running a sister
Warm this Winter campaign in Wales. Since launching in September 2023, Warm This Winter Wales has brought together a network of campaigners from across the environmental and poverty sectors to push the Welsh and UK Governments to take immediate and long-term action on the cost-of-living crisis and the underlying problems
Warm This Winter Advocacy – Climate Cymru We have put together below a list of resources and references where you can find information, get help or take action to address the cost of living crisis and the energy crisis.
Food Cardiff Network – information and help for food related projects.
Where to start – Digital Communities Wales training (gov.wales) Free training service to support the people of Wales with their digital skills, confidence and well-being.
The National Digital Inclusion Network: Wales – Good Things Foundation Digital Communities Wales’ partner, Good Things Foundation, are helping thousands of vulnerable people in communities across the UK to get connected through their National Databank. The databank is tackling data poverty head on by providing free SIMS and mobile data to people in need.
Manage financial difficulties in your charity arising from cost of living pressures. – Charity Commission dedicated guidance page signposting trustees to guidance and support on offer as charities face increasing costs and demands on their services. The resources on the page are drawn from our existing longer form guidance and will provide a starting point for trustees on governance as they tackle the cost of living, and in particular greater financial challenges in running their charity.
You can also find C3SC’s latest funding briefing here, updated on a monthly basis.
