Aims of the British Gas Energy Trust

The Trust's mission statement says:

The Trust exists for:

The relief of poverty particularly among those who are unable to meet or pay charges for the supply of energy provided to premises used or occupied by them; and

The prevention and relief of poverty by educating the public in relation to debt awareness and prevention.

To help facilitate the achievement of its mission the trust has identified five strategic aims:

• To administer a grants programme aimed at reducing energy debt for those experiencing poverty and hardship and to make a limited number of grants where these greatly enhance the quality of life and/or form part of a sustainable package to increase financial stability.
• To increase and improve independent money advice services thereby enabling greater opportunity to resolve debt problems in the long term and also to support applications to the Trust where need is identified.
• To facilitate debt prevention work aimed at raising individuals awareness of personal financial rights and responsibilities.
• To ensure the effective and efficient administration of the trust fund through investing in the infrastructure which will help deliver the Trust’s objective and the funding of research to advise the trustees.
• To work with other trusts and organisations to support a network of trust funds throughout the UK encouraging good practice and consistency of approach.

To find out more about how these aims work in practice visit the main sections on Grants to Individuals and Organisational Grants.