Electrical Safety Council - Electrical Safety Improvement Grants
The Electrical Safety Council (ESC) is currently awarding electrical improvement grants to a limited number of people who cannot afford to restore the electrical installation in their home to a safe standard. They are offering electrical improvement grants nationwide worth up to the value of £800, to resident home owners, aged 60 or over in receipt of a ‘means tested benefit’. If you believe you know of somebody who falls into any of the above categories, and they wish to apply for a grant, ESC may be able to help.
What ESC will do...
Irrespective of the decision on the application, the Electrical Safety Council will notify the applicant in writing within 21 days of receiving their application.
If the applicant is successful, a registered electrical contractor will be appointed by the ESC to undertake a formal assessment of the electrical installation, to identify its condition. The report will be compiled by the electrical contractor and submitted to ESC for verification. Once authorised, an electrical contractor will arrange a convenient time and date for any urgent remedial works (that are considered necessary) to be undertaken. If any of the work is of a dangerous nature, the remedial work may have to be carried out on the day of the electrical installation assessment.
Overview
So as long as the applicant can answer yes to the following three questions, they will be eligible to apply for a grant:
1) Are you aged 60 or over?
2) Are you in receipt of a means tested benefit?
• Income Support
• Jobseekers Allowance (Income Based)
• Pension Credit
• Housing Benefit
• Council Tax Benefit
3) Are you the homeowner of the property the grant is being applied for?
If the applicant can not answer yes to any of the above questions, a grant can not be considered.
Contact Information
If you would like to nominate somebody for a grant please e-mail their name, address, contact telephone number and confirmation that they have agreed for ESC to contact them to :
grants@esc.org.uk. The ESC will then contact the nominated person to discuss the grants scheme and if they initially appear to meet the requirements will send out an application form.
Only the homeowner can make the application, however should you wish to discuss the grants scheme you can either e-mail
grants@esc.org.uk or call 0870 040 0561.
Please note that due to restricted funding the scheme is subject to closure at short notice however any applications received whilst the scheme is closed will be considered as a priority when the scheme is re-opened.