Agenda ESAN Members Meeting 3rd February 2023
ESAN CSE presentation 03.02.2023
This ESAN members meeting took place on Friday 3rd February from 1.30-3.30pm on Zoom.
Notice of ESAN’s 2022 AGM and members meeting
Professor Cosmo Graham hosted ESAN’s Annual General Meeting on Friday 14 October 2022 at 1.30 pm on Zoom.
The AGM was followed by the member’s meeting, which included a roundtable discussion on the energy crisis and government response. Speakers included Grace Brownfield, Money Advice Trust; Martin Campbell, Ofgem; Jess Cook, National Energy Action and David Southgate, Age UK. Further details, agenda, presentations and minutes are available in the members area.
If you would like to participate please contact admin@esan.org.uk
Social tariffs discussion
This facilitated discussion, chaired by Jess Cook, Policy Manager at NEA, took place on 24th May 2022. The speakers were Matt Copeland, National Energy Action; Zoe McLeod, Sustainability First; Carl Packman, Fair By Design; Daniella Weduwer, Energy UK and Andy White, Consumer Council for Water.
Minutes from the discussion are available here.
Innovation and vulnerable consumers
Dr Elizabeth Blakelock, ESAN Trustee, hosted a facilitated conversation on innovation and vulnerable consumers on Monday, 14 June 2021 from 12.10 to 12.50 pm. Notes from all special events are published here
ESAN-NEA webinar: People Living in Water Poverty and Fuel Poverty
For notes from this webinar and all of the ESAN special events held so far go to http://esan.org.uk/esan-events/
ESAN/Fair By Design Poverty Premium Webinar
The Poverty Premium: A consumer perspective
On Monday, 22 February 2021 ESAN hosted the first of a series of special webinars. Carl Packman from Fair by Design, presented the findings of a recent PFRC report looking at recent changes in relation to the poverty premium (the extra costs of being on a low income) to understand how the costs and types of poverty premium have changed in the last few years. 
ESAN publishes ARA 2019-2020
ESAN has today published its latest Annual Report and Accounts. ESAN ARA 2019-20. For ESAN, this year has seen some firsts. Some were negative. In the light of the Covid-19 pandemic we decided to cancel our April 2020 physical meeting for the first time ever. Some were more positive: we held our first virtual meeting in July 2020 which had an excellent attendance and produced some very stimulating discussions. In light of this meeting, and the feedback received, we are thinking about how to do future meetings virtually and also what scope there is for additional digital ESAN activity.
Notice of ESAN Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Essential Services Access Network will be held online on Wednesday 7 October 2020 at 1.15 pm. The AGM will be followed by a members network meeting, when the PSA will update members on the review of their Code of Practice.
How do we ensure essential services are affordable post Covid-19?
As we start to think about how we respond to the
longer-term financial impacts of Covid-19, and linked
to that how we can best ensure that essential services
such as water, telecoms and energy are affordable for
citizens in the future, Sustainability First challenges us not
to fall into the trap of ‘group think’ and ‘collective failure of imagination’ when it comes to exploring the potential scenarios, options
and the solutions. 
Turn2Us Coronavirus appeal for crisis grants
National poverty charity, Turn2Us has launched a Coronavirus appeal in association with the Telegraph. Funds raised through the appeal will provide crisis grants to help people who are unable to work and who need money to pay bills or make essential purchases; as well as helping expand their online and helpline services for the increasing number of people in need of them. Turn2Us has seen
an unprecedented surge in demand for their services since the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic.