16 August 2010 09:26
Power PCs: E.ON community grant funds laptops for Northamptonshire primary school
St Mary's Primary School in Burton Latimer has been awarded a grant from E.ON's new Employee Community Fund, courtesy of parent and E.ON employee Andrew Barrow.
The grant of £2,000 will allow the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) at St Mary's to buy new laptop computers which will help support and enhance the children's development and learning.
Andrew, an employee in E.ON's Brand & Communications team, said: "The PTA does great work supporting all the school's fundraising events and this donation will make a real difference to both the children and staff.
"The school's a real centre of community life and I'm delighted that E.ON is able to help in this way."
The E.ON Employee Community fund invites applications from employees based in the UK for funding of up to £2,000 for charities and community organisations that support education projects or vulnerable consumers.
The mini laptops connect to the school's internet network and can be used in classrooms to help with learning activities.
Tony Collins, head teacher at St Mary's, said: "A recent Ofsted inspection said our children would really benefit from having free access to a computer during lessons other than ICT, for things like topic research. Thanks to this grant we're well on our way to achieving that.
"I'm really proud of the involvement we get from our PTA and from all our parents, they really work hard to give our children as good an experience at school as they can. It's great that companies like E.ON share that commitment and help reward the efforts of their staff in the community."
The E.ON Employee Community fund invites applications from employees based in the UK for funding of up to £2,000 for charities and community organisations that support education projects or vulnerable consumers.
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Notes to editors:
- At E.ON, we recognise that many of our colleagues have charities that hold particular importance for them and our Employee Community Fund is a great way for us to help our employees raise funds for those charities;
- E.ON is one of the UK's leading power and gas companies - generating and distributing electricity, and retailing power and gas - and is part of the E.ON group, one of the world's largest investor-owned power and gas companies. We employ around 15,000 people in the UK and over 88,000 worldwide;
- We're one of the leading green generators in the UK, with 20 wind farms located from Cambridgeshire to Kintyre. We own and operate one of the UK's largest dedicated biomass power stations at Lockerbie. Combined, our renewable portfolio generates enough green energy to power the homes in a city the size of Manchester.
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