Welcome to Severn Wye.
Energy, sustainability and wellbeing now, and for the future.
We are a charity working across Wales and its English border counties towards a world where natural resources are used sustainably, communities are resilient against inequality and climate change does not threaten our future.
Impact Report 2022–2023
We regularly release an Impact Report that looks back at the activities and services we have invested in to make a positive impact on the world around us. It helps us to remain focussed, committed and proud of our work.
tonnes of CO2 saved by businesses every year
funding awarded for home retrofit measures
households received support
calls to our home energy adviceline
What we’re doing
Sustainable Home Energy
addressing fuel poverty and promoting energy efficiency and retrofit in the home
Sustainable Organisations
helping businesses and community organisations reduce their carbon footprint
Sustainable Communities
using creative co-production methods to empower resilient local communities
Sustainable Technologies
piloting, promoting and supporting the roll-out of renewable energy technologies
Latest news and articles
The Home Upgrade Grant: a good idea badly implemented
The government looks set to fall far short of its retrofit targets for the latest Home Upgrade Grant scheme. Sandy Ruthven explains how the scheme’s own rules are undermining its potential to succeed.
The end of the Household Support Fund
Far from heralding the end of need, the withdrawal of the Household Support Fund will push the most vulnerable closer to the cliff edge.
Construction underway at pioneering Warrington carbon-capture and low-carbon heat facility
Work has begun at the Mersey Biochar plant in Warrington which aims capture carbon and be the UK’s first provider of local, low-carbon heating.