ENERGY SAVING FOR ALL 

CEMVO Scotland is working in partnership with Changeworks to deliver the Energy Saving for All project, which is a project funded by British Gas Energy Trust to provide ethnic minority (EM) communities with free and impartial energy advice and support.

Our Climate Impact

500+

Supported 500+ ethnic minority householders to access energy advice and support.

68 Households

households were referred for in-depth support with Changeworks Affordable Warmth Service with 25 households referred to CAB for income max and budgeting services.

26 Volunteers

Our 26 volunteers have been integral to the success of the project adding their experience, language skills and additional capacity to support staff.

700+
In 2024-26 our BGET project officers and volunteers supported over 700 people with first touch energy advice and distributed 230 warm packs.

52 Events

52 outreach events including presentations, drop ins and community events were delivered across Scotland.

About 

What We Offer EM community groups:

Struggling with keeping your home warm or worried about your energy bills?

We are here to help and advice on energy issues and to help you save some energy.

• Talks: We can visit your group and deliver energy advice (lasts around 2 hours) in the form of an informal talk or by setting up stalls, whichever works best for your community.

• Financial Thank-You: For groups that book our services, we can offer a group support payment. It’s a small amount of money that we can offer and the group can use this for any of its needs, it’s a way of thanking them for having us along.

• Freebies and further support: Attendees can receive our freebies which include self-hygiene products, hot water bottles, support packs which include energy saving products like LED bulbs, draught proofing strips, and they can also access free further support wherever needed.

What We Offer our volunteers:

• Be trained in delivering Energy Efficiency Advice.
• Understand your own energy use.
• Travel and subsistence expenses covered.
• Additional training opportunities available.
• Be eligible to apply for internal vacancies.
• References offered after 3 months of volunteering.
• Receive a Certificate of Achievement.
• Use our logo on your Linked In profile.
• Meet like-minded people.

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CEMVO Scotland

 

Email: info@cemvoscotland.org.uk

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