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E.ON opens its Energising
Communities Fund
CHARITIES and community groups in
Merseyside are invited to apply for up to ₤2,000 of funding through the E.ON
Energising Communities Fund, available for the 2nd time this year.
To be eligible for funding organisations must submit a request which supports
activities that help bring about a reduction in their own energy use, help
generate energy from a renewable source, or provide energy efficiency advice for
local people.
Applicants are encouraged to get their funding requests in now, ahead of the
application deadline of Monday, 29 January 2018. Groups can apply for funding of
up to ₤2,000 which may cover the full or partial cost of energy related
improvements and activities.
Suzanne Doxey, Community Relations Manager at E.ON, said:- "We're really
excited to be offering our E.ON Energising Communities Fund for the second time
this year to give more local community groups and charities the opportunity to
apply for funding. At E.ON we understand that heating bills can account
for a large part of the running costs for a community group or charity and so
their need to become energy efficient and save on costs is really important.
With our Energising Community Fund we're able to support community groups and
charities who would like to become more sustainable but don't necessarily have
the available funds to be able to progress with their plans. Since launching our
fund in 2013, we've distributed over ₤140,000 to almost 85 community groups
nationwide to fund energy-related projects and it's been great to hear the
benefits that the funding has had, not only on the groups and charities
themselves, but the wider community who use the facilities. We look forward to
receiving the applications and supporting more successful community groups with
the fund."
One recent beneficiary of the fund was a group of school children in Southport
who attended one of 11 energy efficiency workshops at the Southport Eco Centre
which was funded by a ₤1,925 grant. The pupils have since shared the energy
saving advice and money saving tips they learnt with their families and the
wider community, as well as presenting a special assembly at which the rest of
the school heard about simple steps to reduce energy use in the home.
For full Terms and Conditions for the E.ON Energising Communities Fund and to
access the application form, please visit:-
EOnEnergy.Com/Community.
The E.ON Energising Communities Fund is one of the ways E.ON is supporting
homeowners and the wider community to become more energy efficient and to save
money on their heating bills. To find out more about how E.ON could support,
visit:- EOnEnergy.Com.
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