National Energy Action

General information

NEA began over 35 years ago when students at Durham University established a group of volunteers to install loft insulation in the homes of elderly local people. Their experiences led them to realise that there was a huge problem of people living in cold and unhealthy homes. Subsequently, working with Newcastle City Council, this project was replicated on a wider scale by putting together different funding streams to develop community insulation projects. On 18 May 1981, Neighbourhood Energy Action was formally launched as a development programme of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations.

Since then NEA has grown into a national charity which employs almost 70 staff across sites in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Our actions have brought real social change, enabling millions of vulnerable householders to access grants and assistance to help them heat their homes affordably; and ensuring that fuel poverty is now a key public policy concern.