British Gas Energy Trust CEO Jessica Taplin meets with Chris O’Shea and...
Jessica Taplin, CEO of British Gas Energy trust, meets with Chris O’Shea, CEO of Centrica, and Professor Green, musician and mental health advocate, to speak about the support available from the Trust....
View ArticleHousehold Support Fund extended
The fund that has been helping people afford things like food and essential items over the last three years has been extended by a further six months. The Household Support Fund was launched in 2021,...
View ArticleThe Trusts partnership with Lightning Reach
As the cost of living continues to impact those on the lowest income the hardest, the Trust has partnered with support platform Lightning Reach in bid to help even more people. Lightning Reach is a...
View ArticleNational Debt Awareness Week
The personal barriers to accessing debt advice will be in the spotlight this March during the tenth Debt Awareness Week. The week (18-24 March) is organised by national debt advice charity StepChange,...
View ArticleBritish Gas Energy Trust partners with Rightsteps to bring accessible...
The British Gas Energy Trust has partnered with Rightsteps, a certified social enterprise and business for good, to bring a tailored wellbeing platform to those seeking support from the Trust. For the...
View ArticleThe Trust partners with Policy in Practice to help households across Britain...
The British Gas Energy Trust has partnered with Policy in Practice to bring a comprehensive budgeting tool to the forefront, known as the Better Off Calculator. Recommended by GOV.UK, the Better Off...
View ArticleTrust commits £13M to fight poverty over next two years
British Gas Energy Trust is investing £13m to help people in or close to fuel poverty by funding 38 frontline money and energy advice services across Britain. Over two decades, the Trust has helped...
View ArticleHundreds of NHS patients supported through energy scheme
Scotland’s largest independent advice agency is delivering an innovative programme to support patients to be discharged home safely after stays in hospital. Glasgow-based Money Matters is delivering...
View ArticleBreaking language barriers through collaboration
A charity tackling fuel poverty is pioneering new partnerships to break down language barriers across Merseyside. Energy Projects Plus works to advance the education of the public around energy...
View ArticleChance meetings lead to new partnerships for North East charity
A North East charity says fortuitous timing played a part in the formation of innovative partnerships that are now helping to positively impact the lives of people in their community. Citizens Advice...
View ArticleWhite Goods Fund provides ‘extra layer of support’ for vulnerable people
A British Gas Energy Trust project that offers refrigerators, freezers, electric cookers and washing machines to people in need has been labelled as an ‘extra layer of support’ by the charity that has...
View ArticleMPs hear about cost-of-living impact on women
A charity supporting women to improve their lives in Lancashire has told a cross-party group of MPs how women have been disproportionately affected during the cost-of-living crisis. As a result of...
View ArticleBritish Gas Energy Trust roundtable- Physical and Mental Health
Ensuring advice centres are accessible, using simple language and being flexible with timings are just a few ways one leading charity is helping to support people with health conditions in London....
View ArticleBritish Gas Energy Trust Welcomes New Chair
British Gas Energy Trust announced today that Arvinda Gohil will be taking over as its new Chair from 18th June 2024. Arvinda joins the Trust in its 20th year following the announcement that the Trust...
View ArticleBritish Gas launches new initiative to 100% match energy bill payments for...
British Gas has announced a new ‘You Pay: We Pay’ initiative that is first of its kind in the energy sector, where it will 100% match energy payments made by customers who are most in need of help. The...
View ArticleThe Trust creates more than £250 million in societal benefits since 2020 to...
The Trust has created £264 million in societal impact over the past four years, according to new analysis by Oxford Economics. The report comes as the number of fuel poor households has more than...
View ArticleCelebrating money and energy advisers
British Gas Energy Trust is this week celebrating the outstanding work of their funded charitable advisers who are on the frontline of ongoing cost-of-living challenges, facing an estimated 3 million*...
View ArticleTrust funded organisations- Holistic Support
The Trust funds 41 projects across England, Wales and Scotland which offer free and impartial money and energy advice. These projects can support with: Budget planning Benefit and income...
View ArticlePodcast with The New Statesman
Jessica Taplin, CEO of British Gas Energy Trust, Ashley Comley CEO of Citizens Advice Rhondda Cynon Taff and Elly De Decker, CEO of Bromley by Bow Centre recently took part in a podcast with The New...
View ArticleReflections on the British Gas Energy Trust Roundtable: A Holistic Approach...
A blog by Martin Lord, Consortium Director of Citizens Advice Essex I was pleased to be invited to a recent British Gas Energy Trust Roundtable, to mark the Trust’s 20th anniversary. The event allowed...
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