Electrical Safety First: Electrical Fire Safety Fund
Overview
The fund has supported the delivery of project-based fire prevention initiatives in local communities. These aim to effectively tackle the causes of electrical fires by increasing the public’s awareness of electrical safety and promoting appropriate behavior changes that will lead to the safe use of electrical appliances and installations.
The Electrical Safety Council's Electrical Fire Safety Fund invite applications for up to £5,000 per project.
The funding is available to community consumer-safety services including Fire & Rescue Services and Trading Standards teams to deliver fire prevention initiatives at local level that aim to effectively tackle the causes of electrically-related fires.
The Fund aims to provide direct benefit to local communities through project-based partnerships that will deliver outcomes which will, in the long term, contribute to a reduction in the number of accidental fires and associated injuries in UK homes caused by electricity.
The ESC will give preference to projects that focus on tackling the causes and effects of electrically-related fires, as detailed below and, in particular, those which aim to increase the public's awareness of electrical safety and promote appropriate changes in behaviour that will lead to the safe use of electrical appliances and installations.
Preference will be given to projects that seek to address the problems of misuse and/or lack of maintenance of electrical appliances.