National Energy Action

A new campaign has been launched to urge owners of Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS) electricity meters to accept the offer of a meter upgrade from their energy supplier.

Refugees and asylum seekers unfamiliar with using energy in the UK are receiving new support thanks to the Empowered by Energy partnership.

One in three (8.2 million) UK households could be in poverty by October when the energy price cap rises once more, National Energy Action has warned. Energy experts at Cornwall Insights have predicted that when the price cap rises in October, the average energy bill could reach £3,250 per year

Fuel poverty campaign groups Energy Action Scotland and National Energy Action are backing a new Bill being introduced in the House of Commons today that proposes an additional monetary payment for eligible people across the UK to help with winter fuel costs.

An increase to the energy price cap next April could see the cost of heating the average home double in just over a year, fuel poverty charities have warned.

Kensa has announced the creation of a new Social Impact Fund to directly relieve fuel poverty. Around 10,000 people die across the UK every year because they are unable to keep their homes warm. This winter looks to be even more deadly as the increase in energy costs will mean that many low-income a

People in the UK were ten times more likely to die from a cold home than a road accident during last winter’s cold snap due to poor planning and a lack of national resources, two energy charities have warned. National Energy Action (NEA) and Energy Action Scotland (EAS) said the severe weather bro

Around 80 frail and vulnerable people across the UK will die every day this winter unless action is taking to prevent fuel poverty, a new report has warned. Released in response to new UK government figures on fuel poverty levels in England, the report by charities National Energy Action (NEA) and E

A “fuel bank” which offers pre-pay meter vouchers to those struggling to afford to light and heat their homes has opened in Glasgow. The initiative, which gives people who are suffering from food poverty pre-payment meter vouchers for gas or electricity, is available at Glasgow South East Foodba

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is inviting applications from third sector organisations and community groups across Great Britain for this year’s Big Energy Saving Network. The £1.7 million programme for 2016/17 is jointly funded by DECC and National Energy Action (NEA).

A new fund has opened to not-for-profit organisations which can help engage people and communities across Britain with information about how to get and use smart meters. The Smart Energy GB in Communities Fund has been launched by Smart Energy GB, the voice of the smart meter rollout. Every home in

Huge variations and changes to relevant national and UK wide affordable warmth policies has inevitably hindered progress to eradicate fuel poverty, according to a new report. The UK Fuel Poverty Monitor, produced annually by National Energy Action (NEA) and Energy Action Scotland (EAS), was publishe