April 1 – As UK households brace themselves for elevated power, water and council tax payments beginning this week, the English Soccer League (EFL) and Good Power GB have prolonged their partnership to assist soccer followers in managing rising power prices.
With power costs set to rise by £111 in April, bringing the standard dual-fuel family power invoice to £1,849 per 12 months, Good Power GB and the EFL goal to offer followers with sensible options by means of the continuing rollout of sensible meters.
The partnership, which began in 2022, is ready to proceed for an additional 12 months and can assist followers higher perceive their power consumption and management rising prices at a time when family budgets are being stretched by the growing value of residing.
Over the previous two years the initiative has reached round 740,000 people by means of neighborhood programmes and occasions at EFL golf equipment. Now, with two-thirds of UK households utilizing sensible meters, this know-how permits shoppers to see real-time power utilization and guarantee correct billing, which is essential when each penny counts.
As a part of the deal, Good Power GB will proceed to interact supporters at main EFL occasions, just like the finals at Wembley Stadium, whereas additionally internet hosting outreach programmes nationwide. By leveraging soccer’s large attain, the partnership goals to drive better adoption of sensible meters and empower followers to take management of their power prices in an more and more unstable market.
EFL chief industrial officer Ben Wright stated: “We stay up for persevering with the work between the EFL, EFL within the Neighborhood and the community of 72 golf equipment and membership charities to achieve folks in low-income areas and people who might discover digital know-how tougher. The partnership between the EFL and Good Power GB is a part of the broader work being accomplished by the League, EFL within the Neighborhood and our golf equipment to make modifications throughout the sport in environmental sustainability.”
Good Power GB deputy director of specialist audiences Phillippa Brown added: “The EFL, the golf equipment and their charitable arms play a significant position in creating actual engagement with native communities, reaching folks the place they really feel most related – by means of their soccer golf equipment. We’re very excited to proceed working intently with them in 2025. By harnessing the facility of trusted voices inside the sport, we hope this partnership will assist extra susceptible households throughout England and Wales really feel the monetary and environmental advantages of sensible meters.”
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