15 January 2010

Not-for-profit organisations and groups (such as children''s charities, local community groups, support organisations, housing associations, local authorities and others) who work with or represent the vulnerable and fuel poor are being invited to apply for funding to the Scottish Power Energy People Trust.

Priority will be given to projects aimed at helping families with young children and young people. The Scottish Power Energy People Trust will award grant funding up to a maximum of £100,000 for projects lasting for up to three years. Previous projects supported include the Greater Manchester North Energy Efficiency Advice Centre, which received a grant of £20,500 to deliver training to front line home visiting staff to identify the fuel poor and then provide a system to allow the easy triggering of a range of intervention measures including Warm Front/EE grants, benefits checks and credit union services etc and the Granton Information Centre which received a grant of £29, 866 to tackle fuel poverty by increasing household disposable income by raising awareness of welfare benefit, pension credit and tax credit entitlement. Trustees meet in the first week of March, June, September and December each year and applications need to be submitted at four weeks prior to the meeting date.

For more information see the Energy People Trust website.

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