28 May 2008 13:18
E.ON employee braves a Kevin Keegan-style curly perm to help charity

Dave Ford decided to risk ridicule to raise funds for Cancer Research UK, a charity close to his heart after his father died of cancer 20 years ago.

Dave, 50, from South Wales, a Project Manager at E.ON's Energy Services business in Kingswinford, said: "It's obviously a charity that means a lot to me and I've had my head shaved for charity in the past, but this time I thought I'd do something a little bit different.

"It was a bit embarrassing getting the curly perm done and, obviously, quite a few colleagues have had a laugh at my expense, but when I think about how much money I've raised for charity, I'm just really pleased to have done something to help make a difference.

"So far I've managed to raise almost £700 for the charity, as well as matched funding from E.ON, so it was well worth it and I'm looking forward to getting my hair cut and back to normal very soon!"

E.ON UK supports its employees' favourite charities by matching funds raised through sponsorship and other activities undertaken in employees' own time. E.ON will match up to the value of £500 per employee per year or up to £3000 for a group.

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Notes to editors:

• In 2007, E.ON UK donated £179,678 through matched funding to the charities supported by 1,169 employees;
• In 2007, 3,269 E.ON UK employees (representing nearly one in five employees) took part in at least one energy in the community volunteering programme, raising a total of £476,368 for good causes and volunteering a total of 45,866 hours;
• E.ON is the UK's largest integrated power and gas company - generating and distributing electricity, and retailing power and gas - and is part of the E.ON group, the world's largest investor-owned power and Gas Company. We employ around 17,000 people in the UK.

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