ESAN Events 2025-26
ESAN members meet several times each year in person and we also host regular online briefings, discussions, teach-ins and workshops.
Online members events
ESAN hosts regular online briefings, discussions, teach-ins and workshops for members and invited guests.
Our 2026 forward programme – all dates TBC – includes:
Research Briefing: Priority Services Register deep-dive Led by CCW
Briefing: Price support – a cross sector comparison (telecoms, water and energy)
Led by Louise Evans, Sustainability First
Presentation & Teach-In: Understanding the Government’s Financial Inclusion Strategy Led by Maria Booker, Fair By Design
Briefing: Child Poverty Strategy
Roundup of recent research findings from ESAN members – Arrears and debt across multiple bills
Chatham House Discussion: PSR Led by Steve Crabb, WaterShare and energy consumer advocate
Teach-in and advocacy discussion: Understanding Heat Networks
Led by Stephen Knight and Kathryn Coffin from Heat Trust
Teach-in and campaign discussion – the future of gas and what it means for affordability
Led by Maxine Frerk and Judith Ward Sustainability First Dates for all events will be shared soon.
During 2025 we held online events for members on:
- Meeting/discussion with Independent Water Commission
- Do customers want to pay now or pay later for infrastructure investment?
- Involving people with lived experience in the Financial Inclusion Strategy – workshop hosted by Fair By Design
- WaterSure Consultation meeting/discussion with Defra team
- Chatham House Discussion: PSR & Data Sharing – Where Are We Now?
Led by Steve Crabb, consumer advocate and water customer group chair - Presentation/teach-in: OpenMaps vulnerability mapping tool Led by James Perry, Director, Egnida Innovation
- Research briefing and discussion: Closing the fuel poverty gap: a plan for targeted energy support Led by Mencap; Fair By Design; Independent Age
- Teach-In & Sounding Board: Electricity Distribution Price Control 3 (ED3) – the priority services register and funding for charities and NGOs Led by Ofgem
In person/hybrid meetings in 2025
1st September ESAN Roundtable Consumer Vulnerability Horizon Scanning and Strategy Discussion
- David Murray and Zoe McLeod, Sustainability First
- Lauren Kennedy, Ofgem
- Robert Hammond –Communications Consumer Panel
- Steve Crabb – Affinity CCG
- Chris Fitch – MAT, Personal Finance Research Centre, Bristol University
- Andy White – Consumer Council for Water (CCW)
24th April 2025 members meeting in London
19th February 2025 Hosted by Independent Age in London
- Meeting papers are available here.
ESAN Meetings in 2024
Thursday 17th October 2024 1.30-4pm at CCW in Birmingham:
- Agenda ESAN AGM and members meeting October 2024
- Annex 1 ESAN AGM and members meeting 25.10.2023 minutes
- Annex 2 ESAN Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 DRAFT
- Annex 3 ESAN members meeting July 2024 minutes
- Financial summary for annual report to AGM Oct 2024
- Fair by Design – ESAN update Oct 24
Wednesday 17th July 1.30 – 3.30pm on Zoom:
Tuesday 30th April, 1:30 – 3:30pm, (hosted by Fair By Design):
- The Foundry, 17 Oval Way, London SE11 5RR And online.
Wednesday 21 February 1.30 – 3.30pm (hosted by Independent Age):
- 18 Avonmore Road, London W14 8RR
- Meeting papers and presentations are available here.
ESAN Events 2023
Wednesday 25th October 1.30pm – 3.30pm (hosted by Age UK):
- One America Square, 17 Crosswall, London EC3N 2LB
- Meeting papers and presentations are available here.
Monday 3rd July 1.30pm – 3.30pm (hosted by Centre for Sustainable Energy):
Monday 24th April 2023, 13.30pm – 15.30pm at: Auriga Services Ltd,
- Emmanuel Court, 12-14 Mill Street, Sutton Coldfield B72 1TJ