16 June 2004 00:00 Reed-y, steady, go for Central Networks Communications team

A team from the Communications Department at Central Networks, the electricity wires business for the East and West Midlands, has done its bid for local birds by helping create a new habitat.

The team, from the Press Office, Internal Communications, Public Affairs and New Media, cut and replanted 2,500 reeds at Brandon Marsh Nature Centre, near Coventry.

The reeds will form a new habitat for bitterns, which are becoming increasingly rare in the UK.

Isobel Hoseason, Head of Communications, said: “Every year we try and have a day of volunteering for a good cause and this year it was planting reeds.

“Luckily the weather held and I think the whole team enjoyed what was a tough but very rewarding day for a very good cause.”

A special welly decorating competition within the team was won by Press Office Assistant Emily Highmore, who took home a bottle of champagne.

Organisations interested in Powergen’s employee volunteering scheme can contact Suzanne by emailing suzanne.doxey@powergen.co.uk.

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Notes to editors:
•Central Networks is the new name for Midlands Electricity and East Midlands Electricity. The company brings 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 the suburbs of Bristol in the south, and from the Welsh Borders to the Lincolnshire Coast.

For further information and pictures contact:
Jonathan Smith on 024 7642 5741
Out of hours, call 024 7642 4000 and ask for the duty press officer