The Electrical Safety Council is offering grants of £5000 each to organisations which promote electrical fire safety awareness.

Now in its second year, the council’s electrical fire prevention scheme aims to reduce deaths and injuries from electrical fires around the UK. Anyone can apply for a grant, but the deadline for applications is this Friday 16 July.

Last year the initiative funded 29 community safety projects. Gloucestershire County Council’s trading standards service, for example, tested the safety of goods bought online; while Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service used the funding to support their Junior Fire Safety Citizen scheme, where 10-11 year olds carried out a basic home fire safety check for an elderly person.

To apply for funding visit www.escfiresafety.org.uk