Kidney Care UK- Money & Energy Advice Service

Project Information

Kidney Care UK are the UK’s leading kidney patient support charity.

Their project, Kidney Care UK Money & Energy Advice Service, has been created to target vulnerable kidney patients in or facing fuel povertyin the South of England. It will expand and deepen Kidney Care UK’s existing work supporting kidney patients, providing new subject matter expertise within their Patient Services team.

Their Money & Energy Advisors will work alongside their Patient Support & Advocacy Officers and Patient Grants Officers, providing specialist money and energy support within the framework of a deep understanding of and empathy towards the experiences and requirements of kidney patients.

Activities will include creating budget plans, completing income maximisation checks and benefit claims, carrying out energy supply switching exercises and Home Energy Surveys.