12 November 2004 00:00 Daredevil Metering Services mum jumps 10,000ft for charity

A daredevil employee of Metering Services Ltd, part of Central Networks, the electricity distribution company for the East and West Midlands, has jumped 10,000ft to raise over £400 for charity.

Mum of two, Pam Heawood took part in a tandem parachute jump with a professional skydiver at Whitchurch, Shropshire and landed to a champagne reception.

Pam, who works in half-hourly data collection in Kingswinford, said: “It was absolutely fantastic, it’s impossible to put the experience into words.

“I’ve got the bug now, I definitely want to do another parachute jump and the next time I want to do it solo!”

Pam’s jump raised £417 and the money will go to Action for the Blind – a charity which offers support and advice to people who lose their sight through accident or illness.

Pam recently celebrated her 40th birthday and was delighted with one gift in particular.

She said: “I was given a voucher for paragliding and can’t wait to have a go at that as well.”

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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 – enough to go round the Earth almost four times – 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 to the Lincolnshire Coast;
• Metering Services Ltd (MSL) is responsible for all meter installations, maintenance and refurbishment for 2.3 million electricity customers in the West Midlands. It has a team of 1700 staff reading up to 10 million electricity, gas and water meters across the country.
• MSL conducts around 40 million meter reads annually and is a leading performer against all industry service benchmarks. The company has contracts with E.ON UK, British Gas Trading, npower, Scottish and Southern Energy, Scottish Power, Severn Trent Water and Northern and Southern Ireland Electricity Boards.

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