Treasury announces reduced energy bills support for charities

The Treasury has announced that it will offer charities and businesses a reduced level of government subsidy from April.

Currently, voluntary organisations automatically receive a government discount on their energy bills through the Energy Bills Relief Scheme (EBRS), which runs until the end of March. The Treasury yesterday announced the EBRS would be replaced by the Energy Bill Discount Scheme (EBDS) from the start of April, which will also automatically discount charities’ energy bills until 31 March 2024.

Read The Civil Society article in full here.

Guidance on the Energy Bills Discount Scheme available here.