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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

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

Ashley's #GreenWarrior story

SHDF - 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

SHDF 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

SHDF [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

SHDF - 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

SHDF - 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?

SHDF [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?

SHDF [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

SHDF [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

SHDF [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

SHDF [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

SHDF - 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

SHDF [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

SHDF [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

SHDF [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

SHDF - 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

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

SHDF success stories | Gravesham Borough Council

SHDF - 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

SHDF - 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"

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

Open Data Communities – the bulk data download issue

SHDF [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

SHDF [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

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