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RISE Round Up of 2024 - retrofit technologies

WH_SHF - WH:LG In 2024, RISE was joined by a range of experts in retrofit technologies, sharing their knowledge and providing insights into a wide range of retrof...

RISE Round Up of 2024 - resident engagement and social value

How to effectively engage residents, and how to realise maximum social value from retrofit continue to be two key areas of focus for housing provid...

RISE Round Up, 2024 - sharing experiences from across the sector

WH_SHF - WH:LG 2024 saw RISE joined by many people from across the retrofit sector - from those working in local authorities or social housing providers to academ...

RISE Round-Up - Retrofit for historic and heritage homes

WH_SHF - WH:LG Sophie Norton, RISE subject matter expert for historic and heritage buildings, has produced a quick Round-Up guide of the most popular resources an...

Warm Homes: Local Grant; RISE support with the 6-month data request

WH:LG As part of the Expression of Interest (EOI) submission, Local Au...

Clarifications on the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund application form

WH_SHF Following feedback from the sector, the Department of Energy and Net Zero (the Department) have provided some clarifications...

Support for those planning retrofit on historic or heritage homes

WH_SHF - WH:LG If you are a local authority or social housing provider with a number of heritage homes that you would like to carry out retrofit measures on, RISE...

Introducing Warm Homes: two new retrofit funding schemes for homes across England

WH_SHF - WH:LG On 23 September 2024, the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero announced two new retrofit schemes for social housing providers and local a...

Warm Homes: Local Grant now open - let RISE support your Expressions of Interest

WH:LG The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) have announced that

Supporting your Warm Homes applications: A conversation with RISE Programme Director, David Kemp

WH_SHF - WH:LG On 23 September 2024 the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund (formerly known as the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund) and the Warm Homes: Local Gran...

Warm Homes: How RISE can support your funding requests to the Warm Homes schemes

On 23 September 2024, the Secretary of State for Energy Security & Net Zero, Ed Miliband ann...

RISE self-assessment - the first step to access one to one support for your Warm Homes application

Case Studies - If you are beginning to prepare your application to either the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund or the Warm Homes: Local Grant, th...

The business and community benefits of housing retrofit in Cornwall

Case Studies - WH_SHF Cornwall Council has been awarded £1 million to retrofit an estimated 75 homes, creating decarbonised neighbourhoods. It will...

Retrofitting heritage homes – A consortia led approach in a conservation area

Case Studies - WH_SHF Lynn, aged 69, lives alone as a widowed housewife in a 3-bedroom social home in the Redditch area, where she has lived for the past 36 years. ...

RISE launches its Retrofit Supply Chain support service

To help suppliers better meet the needs of customers and the retrofit sector as a whole, RISE is expanding its off...

Meet the RISE team at Housing 2024

The RISE team is excited to be joining Housing 2024 at Manchester Central...

Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF): Get Wave 3 ready

WH_SHF On 13th May, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) release...

Ashley's #GreenWarrior story

WH_SHF - Case Studies Stroud District Council’s Ashley Heal introduces us to the role of a heating and electrical manager in a SHDF retrofit programme. He gives us...

7 lessons learnt from Wave 2.1 and Wave 1

WH_SHF Carrying out a retrofit project at scale involves many different stakeholders and complex processes, of which you may have little or no experience....

Critical friend review of your draft application

WH_SHF [10 January 2024] The competition window for Wave 2.2 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund currently open. To help you develop a high-quality...

Consortium delivery: Betty and Sheila’s #GreenWarrior story

WH_SHF - Case Studies [3 January 2024] To celebrate putting collaboration at the heart of the community, we sat down with not one, but two of our SHDF Green Warriors to...

Sheila’s #GreenWarrior story

WH_SHF - Case Studies [8 December 2023] Sheila shares her experiences supporting tenants through retrofit works as a resident liaison officer for Wates Group.

Is your organisation ready to retrofit?

WH_SHF [30 June 2023] The SHRA team has supported hundreds of organisations on their retrofit journey – we’re now sharing what we’ve lea...

Is your organisation Retrofit Ready?

WH_SHF [14 March 2023] At least 15 million homes in England are in need of some degree of retrofit to bring them up to a good standard, both in terms of e...

SHDF: Learnings from delivery

WH_SHF [13 February 2023] When delivering a retrofit project, having a delivery plan is key to controlling timescales, budget and managing expectations fo...

Cementing senior level buy-in

WH_SHF [25 January 2023] Central to the effective preparation for your planned retrofit project will be maintaining, strengthening and widening the

SHDF bidders: Delivering at risk

WH_SHF [20 January 2023] Our post-bid workshop series begins next week with an essential drop-in session on delivering at risk. As SHDF bidders wait...

SHDF Success Stories | Leeds City Council

WH_SHF - Case Studies [7 December 2022] Susan Neil shares her experience of the retrofit measures installed by Leeds City Council as part of its SHDF Demonstrator-funded...

Delivery assurance: Common issues with the SHDF application delivery section

WH_SHF [11 November 2022] As we review SHDF applications, we've picked up common issues with the delivery section that applicants should be aware of.

Collaboration vs formal consortium arrangements

WH_SHF [7 November 2022] A clarification on consortium working for all RPs bidding in Wave 2.1: within the SHDF Wav...

Is there enough time to follow the rules? | Compliant pre-bid collaboration

WH_SHF [25 October 2022] Getting a head start on your supply chain before your organisation is allocated funding fro...

SHDF success stories | Trent & Dove - forming a consortium

WH_SHF - Case Studies [24 October 2022] Tony Price, project lead at Trent and Dove, shares the housing association's experience and key learnings from forming a...

SHDF success stories | Trent and Dove, Wychavon District Council

WH_SHF - Case Studies [24 October 2022] Resident Miriam shares her experience of the transformational retrofit measures installed...

SHDF success stories | Gravesham Borough Council

WH_SHF - Case Studies [20 October 2022] Residents of Gravesham Borough Council share their experiences of the transformational retrofit improvements made to thei...

SHDF success stories | Northampton Partnership Homes

WH_SHF - Case Studies [17 October 2022] Northampton Partnership Homes residents share their experiences of the retrofit improvements made to their homes with fun...

SHDF case study: "Together we can deliver more"

WH_SHF - Case Studies [5 October 2022] In our latest blog, hear from

Open Data Communities – the bulk data download issue

WH_SHF [28 September 2022] Some social landlords are having difficulty accessing the relevant energy performance data for their stock due to regul...

Consortium bidding – tips from a Wave 1 pioneer

WH_SHF [29 July 2022] Forming a consortium can be an effective way to deliver your retrofit objectives. There are real benefits from collaborative working...

Building a business case – secure the buy-in you need for your retrofit project

WH_SHF [1 July 2022] Developing and delivering a successful retrofit project requires a clear and convincing business case. The SHRA will help you create...