03 August 2010
An Ipswich football club is getting a face-lift thanks to the hard work of EDF Energy Networks employees.
Whitton United Football Club in Old Norwich Road is getting a revamp courtesy of a group of volunteers from the company’s base at Fore Hamlet in Ipswich.
For three days, starting on Wednesday (August 4), 25 volunteers will be clearing out the physio room, kit room and storage room at the club’s base at the King George V Playing Field before they paint and decorate them.
The group will be carrying out the work as part of the Helping Hands scheme which gives employees two days a year to volunteer for community and environmental projects.
EDF Energy Networks staff became involved after Tony Falcucci, who is telephony manager at Fore Hamlet, asked for their help as he is a trainer for the Whitton Utd Under 8s team.
He said: “I don’t remember the last time this was done and it really does need it. The club is charity-run so we rely on volunteers to help us out. It is great that EDF Energy Networks is helping out in this way.
“The club is really happy that we are doing this, and I’m delighted that it is part of the community service that we offer as a company.”
Recently Tony was also successful in securing a £250 grant for the club from the Team Sport Award scheme at EDF Energy Networks. These awards are designed to encourage staff to volunteer with local sports groups and are aimed at promoting healthy living, teamwork and development of sporting opportunities. Whitton Utd used the grant to buy a range of training equipment from training bibs and cones to footballs and tracksuits.
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For further information and to arrange for a photographer to attend on the day, contact Jessica Gallagher in the EDF Energy press office on 01473 266484
Notes to editors:
EDF Energy is one of the UK’s largest energy companies, producing around a fifth of the nation’s electricity from its nuclear, coal and gas power stations, as well as combined heat and power plants and wind farms. The company provides power to a quarter of the UK’s population via its electricity distribution networks and supplies gas and electricity to more than 5.5 million business and residential customers. It is the number one supplier of electricity to major business in the UK.
EDF Energy’s safe and secure operation of its eight existing nuclear power stations at sites across the country makes it the UK’s largest generator of low carbon electricity. EDF Energy is also leading the UK’s nuclear renaissance and has published plans to build four new nuclear reactors, subject to the right investment framework. These new plants would generate enough low carbon electricity for about 40% of Britain’s homes. They would make an important contribution to the UK’s future needs for clean, secure and affordable energy. The project is already creating business and job opportunities for British companies and workers.
Through Our Climate and Social Commitments EDF Energy has launched the biggest environmental and social programme of any UK energy company. EDF is the official energy utilities partner and sustainability partner of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The company is also helping its customers and others use energy more sustainably through products and initiatives such as Read, Reduce, Reward and Team Green Britain.
EDF Energy is part of EDF Group, one of Europe’s largest power companies. Following the integration with British Energy in 2009, the company employs nearly 20,000 people at locations across the UK.