Electrical Safety Fund

The Electrical Safety Fund is now open for applications

We are committed to helping those who are most vulnerable to electrical risk and injury in their homes.

Electrical house fires remain the leading cause of domestic fires in the UK, with new risks emerging - particularly from unsafe e-bike and e-scooter batteries. Too often, it is the most vulnerable households that face the greatest dangers.

In response, the Electrical Safety Fund has been enhanced to support a wider range of projects and now has £1 million available for grants.

Alongside its established focus on tackling unsafe electrical products and raising awareness, this year the Fund will also support initiatives addressing risks linked to electrical installations in the home.

Applications that align with our ongoing campaigns, such as Battery Breakdown and Don’t Be Electricked are especially welcome.

By applying to the Electrical Safety Fund, your organisation or community group can receive support to:

  • Tackle risks associated with unsafe electrical products and installations
  • Raise awareness of electrical safety and encourage safer behaviours
  • Deliver practical solutions, such as removing or repairing faulty products and installations

Funding can support a wide range of activities, including product testing, repair, and replacement events; educational workshops and events; awareness raising activities; and home safety installation interventions.

Together, this work helps prevent accidents, protect lives, and creates safer homes.

The Electrical Safety Fund is now open for applications and will close on 12 October 2025.

Apply now

Testimonials

  • “Thank you to the entire Electrical Safety First and Fund for supporting our vision to deliver these workshops to our community. Our community is a very diverse one, with lots of new Scots arriving by the day. This workshop is invaluable in making them aware of things that they otherwise may not be aware of.”

    Funmi Fajemiseye, Director, Safety Awareness Glasgow.

  • “It was an absolute pleasure delivering another project and we thank you once again for providing us with the resources to do this.”

    Sophia Latif, Manager, Milan Senior Welfare Organisation.

  • “The funding has been invaluable…our work with you has helped our local community avoid dangerous situations, which is what it's all about.”

    Joanna, Acumen

  • “Thank you once again for supporting our project, which has helped to raise awareness of electrical safety for more than 650 people living in our supported housing.”

    Louise, Derventio Housing


See the impact of the Electrical Safety Fund

Stats & Figures from 2024/25 fund:

Successful applicants for 2024-2025

 

Act On It Acumen Community Buildings Ltd
Advancement of Community Empowerment CIC
Andalucia learning centre Antrim Community Development Association
Antrim Methodist Church
Arnside Repair Cafe Aspire Community Benefit Society Become United
Birmingham City Council Blackburn College
Brechin Buccaneers
Brechin Buccaneers Bridging the Gap (Glasgow)
Building Blocks Day Centre CIC
CETMA Cleveland Fire Authority Community Arts
Community Enterprise Growth CIC Community Network Group CIC
Connors Toy Library
Creative Curiosities SW CIC Crossroads (Barnsley) Ltd
Crumlin Masonic & Social Club
CWTSH (Community Wellbeing Training and Support Hub) Dangerpoint Limited
Dant Y Llew CIC
Darul Ihsaan Barking Deafblind Scotland
Deal Repair Café
Derby Food 4 Thought Alliance Dimobi Children Disability Trust
Diversify Education and Community CIC
Dundee Bairns East Kent Mencap
East Lancashire Community Action Project
East Norfolk Sixth Form College Energy Coast UTC
Express Tuition Ltd
Friends of Howwood Park Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service
Good Morning Ballymena
Gosport Borough Council on behalf of Gosport Community Safety Partnership Groundwork Five Counties
Halton Borough Council
Hampshire Music Service Havering Council
Headway Suffolk
Hereford, Ludlow and North Shropshire College Homelife, Cumberland Council
Just Fix It for Transition Tynedale
Kids N' Action KIngs Heath Secondary School
Learn for Life Enterprise
Leicester City Council Lifeskills Learning for Living
Little Green Sock Project
MaxTrax CIC Millbrook Silver Circle
Moygashel Regeneration Group
Msakhane CIC Neigbourhood Resource Centre
Newbury and Thatcham Repair Cafe
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service & Hawkesworth Nottinghamshire County Council Trading Standards
Ollardale Community Group
Oxfordshire County Council Oxfordshire County Council Trading Standards Service
Pre-school Learning Alliance trading as Early Years Alliance
Preston Care & Repair LTD Public Protection Partnership
Quaking Houses Village Hall Association
Red Brand Media Repair Cafe Havant ReviveFM CIC
Ringwood Waldorf School Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
SLATE Charity Group
Southside Business District Ltd Speakup Self Advocacy Sports2Work
St Colmcille's Primary School St. Michael's Youth Project
Steeple Community Association
Swansea MAD Team Oasis
The Bowness and Windermere Community Care Trust
The Cedarwood Trust The Community Bureau The Stable
The Edlington Hilltop Centre Associates The Gambia Welfare Society Leeds
The General Store, Selkirk
  The Network of International Women for Brighton and Hove
Transition Wilmslow
West Hull Community Hub West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service
Whitehead Residents Association
Wimbotsham Parish Council WISE UP WORKSHOPS CIC
Wolverhampton City Council
Wycombe Food Hub & Bobkins Bazaar Ymddiriedolaeth Tir Cymunedol 4 Llan Cyf [4Llan Community Land Trust]
Yorkshire Wellbeing Skills Group

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