15 December 2006 00:00 Central Networks’ decks Innsworth Parish Council’s new community hall with festive lights
The villagers of Innsworth will be celebrating a brighter Christmas this year thanks to local electricity distribution company Central Networks.
Parish council officials in Innsworth received a £2,500 grant from the company, which is part of E.ON UK, to fund new Christmas lights and decorations for their newly built community hall which opened this summer.
Central Networks offered a total fund of £35,000 to parish councils across central England to light up communities and they received almost 300 applications.
Central Networks Customer Operations Manager Phil Wilson said: “The spirit of Christmas is obviously very much alive within our region’s parishes and it’s great to be able to spread some cheer through our Christmas lights and decorations fund.”
Christine Hunt from Innsworth Parish Council said: “We’re absolutely thrilled to have been awarded the grant - it will make such a difference.
“We’ll use the money to make our community hall sparkle this Christmas. We’ve waited 30 years for our new facility and I’m sure our villagers will be delighted that, thanks to Central Networks, we’ll be able to enjoy a wonderful first Christmas in our new hall.”
Local MP Laurence Robertson said “This is excellent news for Innsworth. The new display will really brighten up the village and help the community celebrate Christmas. It’s great that Central Networks has been able to help and the grant will make a real difference.
The company, which serves 4.9 million customers across central England, launched the competition for the first time last year. After the success of the first campaign, Central Networks offered an extra £10,000 this time around to benefit even more parishes.
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The Christmas lights switch on event will beheld at Innsworth Community Centre, Rookery Road, Innsworth, Gloucester at 5pm. A representative from Central networks will be there to join in the festivities and present the cheque. Press photographers are welcome to attend.
Notes to editors:
•Central Networks is the new name for Midlands Electricity and East Midlands Electricity and is a company of E.ON UK. The company brings power to 4.9 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 to the Lincolnshire Coast.
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