British Gas Energy Trust

We continued to support the work of the British Gas Energy Trust, an independent fund established with an investment of £10 million over a three year period from British Gas.

The trust, which is the first national utility trust fund, in addition to making grants to people in debt, provides funding to voluntary sector organisations and registered charities which assist in the prevention and relief of poverty, with particular emphasis on fuel debt.

Two programmes make up the British Gas Energy Trust:

• The ‘Individual and Families in Need’ programme, which awards grants to individuals and families to clear energy arrears and in some cases pays for essential household costs.
• The ‘Organisational Grants’ programme, which helps voluntary sector groups such as Citizens Advice Bureaux and money advice centres.