BECOME AN ENERGY CHAMPION
TAKE ACTION IN YOUR HOME
AND IN YOUR COMMUNITY!

Sign up to our Energy Champion programme, here:

A free programme to help you make your home warmer and reduce your energy bills. 

The Energy Champion programme will offer you advice and support to increase the warmth of your home, reduce your energy bills, and help tackle the climate crisis. 

What’s included?

  • A free workshop series (starting February 2025)

  • Support to make low cost energy improvements

  • Opportunities to volunteer

  • Subject to eligibility, a free home Energy Trace.


This opportunity is for anyone living in Bristol.

How to sign up:

Register your interest in the Energy Champion programme here.

More about the offer:

A workshop series and support to help you take action:

The free workshop series will cover topics, ranging from practical DIY draught-proofing (including a free DIY kit), to making low cost energy improvements, combating damp and mould, and the basics of retrofit and low carbon heating. Join us every Wednesday evening throughout February 2025 at the Greenway Centre (more details to follow soon).

Interested in volunteering? Our programme will support you to do this.


A free Energy Trace of your home worth up to £350 (eligibility criteria apply):

If you meet our eligibility criteria (see below), then we will also be offering you a free Energy Trace of your home (worth up to £350). You’ll have the option of booking this in winter or spring. To ensure we’re reaching a diverse range of people in Bristol, we are looking to focus our free Energy Traces to people from any of the following demographics:

  • Black/or minority ethnic

  • Trans/non-binary or gender non conforming

  • Person with a disability

  • On a low income

  • A renter, or in social/council housing

If you fit any of the above then, register your interest here and we will get in touch to help you book a free Energy Trace.

Why should I get a free Energy Trace?

The Energy Trace will involve a trained Energy Tracer assessing your home to identify draughts and heat loss, aided by a thermal imaging camera. At the end of the session, you will have an idea of the steps you can take to make low cost energy improvements. Mouldy and draughty homes are a problem for a lot of people, the Energy Trace is the first step in knowing how to improve these issues. If you’re a renter, there are still lots of improvements you can make to increase the warmth of your home. The Energy Trace can also provide evidence for getting your landlord or agency to make improvements if needed.

The time commitment:

  • An Energy Trace takes between 1-3.5 hours depending on the size of your house, and there will likely be four key workshops which will last around 1.5-2 hours each. However, there is no fixed time commitment, so if you are limited in time we would still encourage you to sign up as an Energy Champion. We are aware that there will likely be varying levels of engagement from each Energy Champion. Some of you may only have time to get your free Energy Trace and attend the key workshops, others might also get involved with local community action.

  • Sharing some of the information you’ll get from the workshops with your friends and family is also a fantastic way to be an Energy Champion.