Having recently attended the NCVO & SCVO webinar, ‘How to manage rising energy costs with Utility Aid’, I’d like to share with you the really useful information that they provided below.

Utility Aid 

NCVO (for organisations based in England)   

SCVO (for organisations based in Scotland)  

Help us to ensure charities get ongoing support with their energy bills 

  • Last week we wrote to Secretary of State, Grant Shapps, to advocate for ongoing support for charities. If you are worried about your charities’ energy bills, please write to your MP. You can find a template letter to use (as well as a copy of our letter) on our website. This is urgent because the energy review is due to be published before Christmas.  
  • If you would like to speak to the NCVO policy team about our work to influence government, please email policy@ncvo.org.uk. It is always helpful for us to hear about your experiences to strengthen our case.   
  • Your experiences make a difference. If you are happy to help us by sharing your story with the media, please contact our communications team. Communications@ncvo.org.uk

Join us – NCVO and SCVO are membership organisations 

  • If you are a charity or voluntary organisation in England, join NCVO. Become one of our over 17,000 members. Membership is free to organisations with an income of under 30k.    
  • If you are a charity or voluntary organisation in Scotland, join SCVO. It only takes a few minutes
  • to complete our application form and membership is free to eligible organisations with an annual income of under £100k