This summer, as I hand over the chair role to Jade Lewis, NEF has published its
latest impact report. It gives a clear indication of how energy efficiency issues have become so much more critical since the 1990s.
Through initiatives like
Better Housing Better Health, the team is working daily to tackle devastating levels of fuel poverty that we should never be seeing in a first-world economy. NEF is helping residents cope with the crippling cost of fuel bills for both heating and cooling homes and to progress the
lower carbon retrofits that are now urgently overdue in the oldest, leakiest homes in Europe.
Quite frankly, the work NEF does today should be the new Government’s most urgent national infrastructure priority.
To give you just a taste, in the last year, NEF has:
- Saved residents over £4 million per year on their energy bills, via NEF’s SuperHomes, Better Housing Better Health, and the Supplier Network projects.
- Delivered 1,367 home visits, delivering in-person advice and support.
- Made more than 8,000 referrals to external supporting services to help with installing measures, befriending services, and access to emergency food vouchers.
- Started 358 families on their home retrofit journey with a Whole House Plan, added or improved insulation in 649 homes, installed low-carbon technology into 231 homes and replaced 374 inefficient boilers.
- Worked with 11 housing associations, 232 charities and not-for-profits, and 71 local authorities.
From its pioneering beginnings to the multi-million-pound charity that it is today, NEF has benefitted from many important partnerships and collaborations, including a significant relationship with National Grid in the last couple of years.
So, if you are looking for a partner to achieve meaningful change using evidence, analysis, and creative ideas in the areas of energy efficiency or fuel poverty,
talk to the team at NEF.
Talk to them about your projects, aspirations, and areas of need. Together we can continue to achieve better performing homes and provide accessible, life-changing support to communities across the UK.