Energy Fund Application
At present the Fund is able to consider applications from customers of the following energy suppliers:
Applications for all other types of award and from customers of other energy suppliers will be stored and considered when further funding becomes available later in the year.
This Fund is expected to close in March 2019 at which point all stored applications will be closed.
Applicants can submit multiple applications, but can only apply for one request type per application form.
The Let's Talk Energy Fund can provide a range of support measures, however you can only apply for one type of support at a time. If you wish to apply for more than one item you will need to make subsequent applications. Depending on funding available, some support measures may not be immediately available, but eligible applications will be retained in readiness for available funds. Please check the website for items that are currently available.
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The Fund may be able to provide financial support to help clear your gas and/or electricity debts. You will need to provide an recent meter reading which we will confirm with your supplier and if successful make a payment direct to your gas/electricity account.Please note the Fund is only able to make debt awards to current customers of energy providers listed at the beginning of this application form.
You can apply for up to 2 white good items, although we can only offer 1 of each type.
Please note:
The fund is able to provide boiler repair or replacement where applicants existing boiler is damaged or do not currently have a boiler.
Please note:
All boiler repair and replacement work is carried out by our third party supplier
who is Gas Safe registered. By submitting this application you authorise Charis
Grants Ltd to share your personal information with our supplier in order to carry
out the initial assessment of your boiler/property and then subsequent work. This
will only happen if your application is successful.
In order to be considered for assistance from the Let's Talk Energy Fund you or a member of your household need to be able to demonstrate that you meet at least one of the following criteria:
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Available funds are limited; to ensure you stand the best chance of having your application approved please submit documentary evidence along with this application form. Requests for help with debt or boilers replacement/repairs will not be approved without appropriate supporting evidence.
Evidence can be either uploaded at the point at which you submit this application; (scanned images or clear photos are acceptable) or subsequently emailed to us at energyfund@lets-talk.online in the same electronic formats.
Please do not send us any paper documentation unless we specifically ask you to. You will need to provide at least one of the following pieces of evidence:
All DWP and HMRC documents must relate to the period April 2018 – March 2019.
If you do not have any of the above, but believe your gross annual household income is less than £16,190, please submit evidence of your income for all members of the household. This should include wage slips for the last 3 months along with any other income such as your pension. If you are applying for utility debt relief, it is essential that you provide a recent meter reading (not estimate) in order for us to process the request.
IMPORTANT!
Please ensure that all documents clearly show your name and address together details of benefit being awarded.
Evidence must be in the name of the applicant apart from evidence in relation to annual household income.
Tick the types of evidence you'll be providing, then you can select multiple files for each. Your files won't be uploaded to us until you submit the form at the end.
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I understand that Charis Grants Ltd who operate the Let's Talk Energy Fund will process my application in accordance with GDPR legislation, and that they will contact me directly about my application. I declare that the information I have given on this form is complete and correct to the best of my knowledge.
If I have obtained personal information about any other person (e.g. my partner) in support of this application, I confirm that I have obtained consent from that person to the use and sharing of that information.
I understand that you may need to check that I am eligible for the Let's Talk Energy Fund and I may be selected for audit and be required to provide further evidence to support my application.
I have read the plain English privacy policy that can be found via the link at the foot of this page