Derventio wins national grant funding to help with electrical safety

Derventio Housing Trust has won funding for a project which will promote electrical safety awareness amongst supported housing residents.

The grant award of £1,128 is being spent on a campaign to raise awareness of electrical safety for people living in Derventio’s supported housing in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Wiltshire. The campaign involves sharing specially designed resources with every resident and providing training to housing and support staff.

As the cost-of-living crisis deepens in the UK, the Electrical Safety Fund is a major annual grant scheme which helps those most vulnerable to electrical injuries in their homes.

Run by the national campaigning charity Electrical Safety First, the fund provides £250,000 to support dozens of local community projects across the UK that aim to reduce domestic electrical risks.

Around half of all domestic fires in the UK are caused by electricity, with most of those arising from electrical products.

Samuel Terry, Policy and Research Manager at Electrical Safety First, says:

Electrical safety risks have been exacerbated in recent years by several wider factors, including the cost-of-living crisis, rocketing inflation, and rising energy prices.

We are delighted to be funding projects that seek to keep people safe in their homes, with a focus on tackling risks associated with electrical products, increasing the public’s awareness of electrical safety, and promoting changes in behaviour.