Social impact
It’s amazing how a refreshing shower can make such a difference
Delivering a different shower experience but also a great deal of ‘social value’ and more.
Many of the schemes which deliver Verified Emissions Reductions deliver ‘social value’ when they make changes or improvements to peoples’ lives. This is particularly true of projects related to water and cooking in poorer countries. It can also be true of a scheme delivered in the United Kingdom.
The water widget delivers a great deal of ‘social value’ because of the £300 or more of annual bill savings it can provide. There’s a better shower experience and all while lowering personal CO2 emissions and saving water. Installing a water widget can also lead to a much broader conversation about how to make even more savings.
How can we help?
How can we help?
Peoples’ lives are changed through extensively reducing energy bills. Many of the recipients of these devices are either experiencing or close to fuel poverty1
Many will have been attracted to the free money saving device because of the financial savings it delivers.
In a lot of cases, people want to continue the conversation about making savings. Littlesteps’ unique proposition is that we have the means to enable them to do just that.
We passport people in need to help and support to deliver more significant ‘fabric of the home’ interventions to make even more savings. Most people aren’t aware of much of this support and are grateful when they are able to have it explained to them and shown the way to get it.
Some amazing success stories come through this support and peoples’ lives are changed through extensively reducing their energy bills whilst becoming more comfortable and warmer through available interventions.
In particularly bad cases, where help isn’t available or can’t be found, Littlesteps operate alongside the registered charity Feel Warm Inside which makes charitable donations to alleviate cases of significant deprivation. Sadly, this still happens again and again in today’s economic reality. A proportion of revenue from each Verified Emission Reduction is given to the charity in order to facilitate this work.
- Fuel Poverty definitions vary. However, a commonly applied metric is where a household spends more than 10% net income heating and lighting their home which of course includes heating water. Many other people spend 7%–9.9% which is still a considerable amount in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis.
