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Applications are currently being accepted for the Electrical Safety First Fund 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Electrical Safety First established the Electrical Safety Fund to address the risks associated with unsafe electrical products and installations in UK homes.Now in its fifth year, the programme focuses on community-led solutions that can make homes safer and reduce preventable electrical accidents. Projects should combine practical action with education or awareness where appropriate and demonstrate a clear benefit to people at risk of electrical harm.
Accident Prevention & Safer Homes: Funding supports interventions that directly reduce electrical risks, helping prevent fires and injuries, and creating safer living environments.
Practical Support: Grants can be used for product testing, repairs, replacements, and home safety installations — tackling unsafe electrical products and installations head-on.
Awareness & Education: Enables workshops, campaigns, and events that raise awareness of electrical safety and encourage safer everyday behaviors.
Community Empowerment: Helps organizations deliver practical solutions like removing or repairing faulty products, which directly benefits vulnerable households.
Wide Reach & Impact: The fund has already reached 490,000 people, showing its effectiveness in spreading safety knowledge and interventions nationwide.
Positive Testimonials: Community leaders highlight how the fund provides resources to deliver projects, raise awareness, and support diverse communities — including new arrivals who may be unaware of electrical risks
The programme is open to:
Applicants should be able to demonstrate how their proposed activity will address electrical risks and produce practical benefits for households or communities.
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