The impact of RISE

 

RISE provides training, guidance and support to help social housing providers, local authorities and their supply chains plan and deliver successful retrofit programmes.

In partnership with DESNZ, our services are making a dramatic difference – unlocking billions in investment, supporting funding applications, and most importantly improving the lives of people across England through warmer, more energy-efficient homes.

Headline stats 2024/25

  • 98% of successful Wave 2.1 SHDF bids supported by RISE
  • HUG 2 bids are on average £4m higher when supported by RISE
  • £3.31bn in retrofit funding secured so far with RISE support
  • 502 learning events delivered – including Masterclasses, online and in-person courses, Roundtables and drop-ins
  • 533 organisations in total attended 9 conferences where RISE was present
  • 5,800+ attendees upskilled
  • 1,130 engagement outputs delivered – such as podcasts, social media videos and articles, briefings, newsletters, and so on

Funding supported to date:

  • HUG 2/SHDF Wave 2: £1.52bn across 107 projects
  • Warm Homes: £1.79bn (SHF Wave 3: £1.29bn, Local Grant: £500m)

What people are saying about RISE:

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‘If you are a social housing provider, local authority or supply chain member working on or bidding for Government funded retrofit schemes to the domestic market, I would strongly recommend you get in touch with RISE. Ourselves and our clients have been engaging with RISE on potential SHDF Wave 3 bids, both for strategic and challenge funds and have found them invaluable.

Providing a full support plan including help with stock analysis, bid preparation, forming consortiums, procurement and all things supply chain their knowledge and support is second to none. Highly recommended and extremely professional!’

– Chairperson, Sustainable Building Services
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I enjoyed this programme a lot. It was insightful and has broaden my knowledge on how to engage residents to make our operations successful.

It was brilliant, and the breakout rooms involved lots of knowledge sharing and collaboration.

 

– Equans Regeneration Ltd