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SGN Safe & Warm scheme

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Join a network of community organisations providing support during the cost of living crisis.

Project duration: November 2022 ongoing

CSE is working with SGN to help create a network of community organisations that can provide much-needed support for people struggling with the current cost-of-living crisis. The scheme is called Safe and Warm and has been running since December 2022.

Safe and Warm provides funding and support for local initiatives helping customers with carbon monoxide safety and alleviating fuel poverty.

It gives grants of £30,000 to £40,000 to small organisations who support people in high-vulnerability locations who are in need of help to stay safe and warm over the colder winter period.

Liz Crew is director of TechResort, one of the funded organisations. She told us: “Most of our clients are on low incomes and feeling the cost-of-living rises very acutely. Digital poverty underpins their challenges in finding out accurate energy information and maximising their income to help offset the price rises. You are enabling us to reach people who often don’t present at traditional support sites – such as foodbanks – because of the associated shame linked to poverty.”

Organisations whose applications are Successful applicants are given resources to supporting project staff and volunteers in their work with vulnerable customers, free training on carbon monoxide safety awareness advice, help with getting customers onto the priority services register, and the opportunity to join network meetings, collaborate with other organisations, and provide SGN with local insights to help shape future schemes.

Please note that applications for this scheme are now closed. If you have any queries please email sgncommunity@cse.org.uk.


Who does the scheme fund?

The organisations that the Safe & Warm scheme has funded are from areas where SGN operate the gas network. This includes all of Scotland, and all of the counties of Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, West Sussex, East Sussex and Kent. It also includes parts of Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Surrey and South London.

The focus is on small grassroots organisations who:

Organisations who are successful in their applications are able to demonstrate that they can provide help clients with all of the following, either directly or through referrals:


Previous rounds of Safe and Warm funding has supported 34 organisations, including the following:

London and Surrey:
African Refugee Women Nzoto Ya Nkolo (Croydon)
CDARS (Merton, Wandsworth, Richmond, Kingston and Sutton)
Newham-Refugee-Consortium-BOBOTO (Croydon)
CREW Energy (Merton)
Hackney Association Youth Club
Afghanistan and Central Asian Association (Lewisham)
Community Links Bromley (Bromley)
The Upper Norwood Library Trust (Lambeth and Croydon)
The Sapphire Community Housing (Lambeth, Lewisham)
Flashy Wings Ministry (Southwark)

West and East Sussex:
TechResort (Polegate and Eastbourne)
The Network of International Women for Brighton and Hove
Worthing Mencap Society
Home-Start Arun, Worthing & Adur
Status Education (Godalming)
Sussex Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (SASBAH)
Horsham Matters

Kent:
Children and Families
Swale Community and Voluntary Services
Folkestone Nepalese Community (Kent)
Canterbury District Volunteer Centre
Friendly Faces of Kent

Oxford:
Oxford Churches Debt Centre
Hope Trust Oxford

Dorset:
Somerford Youth and Community Centre (Bournemouth)
Citizens Advice East Dorset and Purbeck
Bournemouth Foodbank

Hampshire:
PEBL – Prospect Estate Big Local
The Vine Centre (Rushmoor and surrounding areas)
Wickham Community Association


Impact

Here are the topline stats for how the SGN Safe & Warm scheme helped people and organisations in 2023-2024.

In 2023-2024, SGN Safe & Warm scheme awarded a total of £581,825 to charities and community organisations. 35 organisations were funded in Southern England and Scotland. 17,103 households were supported with support and advice on energy saving. £909,623 was saved for customers through energy saving measures and financial support, And 193 staff and volunteers received energy training,

Impact summary

The key outcomes and impact that the SGN Safe and Warm scheme had are described in the 2023-24 Final Report



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