28 April 2004 00:00 East Midlands kids log onto top safety tips

Children in the East Midlands can log on to Central Networks’ Power Discovery Zone website and get the latest updated top tips on staying safe around electricity.

The fun website, designed especially for children, is updated every month with new safety tips, cool fact files and questions and answers about electricity.

This month, youngsters could win some great prizes in the new competition. By answering a simple question on electrical safety, they have the chance to get their hands on some brilliant science kits and turn their bedrooms into a lab!

Jerry Carnell, Central Networks’ Safety Adviser, said: “This month the Power Discovery Zone is full of fun interactive games, safety advice and a great new competition.

“The website is designed to be fun, but also to teach children about the importance of staying safe around electricity. The site includes valuable information that could one day save their lives.”

The Power Discovery Zone, which was designed and managed by East Midlands Electricity, is now run by the newly-formed Central Networks, which brings together the electricity distribution business for the East and West Midlands in one company.

Children can find the site at www.central-networks.co.uk or by logging on to www.powerdiscoveryzone.com.

Jerry said: “If children haven’t already checked out the website, now is a great time to learn more about electricity and how to stay safe, as well as having fun.”

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Notes to editors:
•Central Networks is the new name for Midlands Electricity and East Midlands Electricity bringing power to 4.8 million customers across the East and West Midlands through 133,000km of underground and overhead cables and via almost 97,000 substations;
•Central Networks covers an area from the Peak District in the north to parts of Bristol in the south and from the Welsh Borders in the west to the Lincolnshire Coast in the east.

For more information contact:
Rebecca Middleton 024 7642 5779