Funded nationally by Citizens Advice, the Energy Outreach Project is a collaboration of locally-delivered advice projects, spanning England and Wales.  The project starts each year in summer, and runs through to the end of March. Local organisations can deliver an “Energy Champion” project, and/or a “Regional Energy Lead” project, each contributing to the national targets, in different ways. Energy Projects Plus is pleased to announce we have been successful for bidding for both projects.

Hazel, delivering an energy efficiency pop-up advice stall, describing our work to the Mayor and Mayoress of Wirral.

Energy Champion

Energy Projects Plus has always known there’s no value in us keeping all of our knowledge around energy efficiency locked up in our office, so we have been out and about these past thirty years, delivering pop-up energy efficiency advice stalls, and/or talks to community groups in the heart of the cities, towns and villages we serve. Events are so core to our activities that in the calendar year 2025 we attended more than 1 event per working day.

We have delivered “Energy Champion” projects as part of the Energy Outreach Project (and the former “Big Energy Saving Network”) since 2013. Attendees can ask our expert Energy Advisors any questions they have about energy bills/keeping warm, take literature on topics of interest, and keep a the pen they use to complete our advice record slip.

If you are planning a community event and you’d like an Energy Champion to attend, contact events@epplus.org and we’ll happily check our calendar for you.

Regional Energy Lead

Dom, delivering a briefing entitled “Making Homes Warmer, Forever”

Energy Projects Plus has delivered this project for the past six years, and we’re pleased to be delivering it again this year. Each region is assigned two Energy Leads. So, while our usual ‘patch’ is Merseyside and Cheshire, for the purposes of Energy Outreach Project, we are a Regional Energy Lead for the whole of the Northwest.

The main function of this role is to deliver training on the topic of energy efficiency to front-line workers (staff and/or volunteers) who themselves engage with potentially vulnerable residents. This training is short (usually an hour), informal, can be delivered face-to-face, or online, and its purpose is to empower individuals who might not normally engage with clients/tenants/members about energy efficiency, to provide some basic advice, and also to know where to refer people for further advice and support.

If you’re interested in arranging a training session for your team, please contact training@epplus.org.