National Grid to provide grants to schools in Kent to promote STEM subjects

  • National Grid launches new funding scheme in Kent to promote STEM subjects and engineering as career with young pupils.
  • Grant of up to £1,000 are available for new science, engineering and technology equipment.
  • Primary and secondary schools in the Richborough and Canterbury area are encouraged to apply before 31 January 2018.

WARWICK, 26-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — National Grid is calling on all primary and secondary schools in the Richborough and Canterbury area to apply for a grant of up to £1,000 for new science, engineering and technology equipment.

The energy company, who started building a new overhead line connection between Canterbury and Richborough in October, is working to promote STEM subjects and engineering as career with young pupils, and in particular girls, in order to address a skills deficit in the industry. This new scheme will help to support the teaching of STEM subjects to school children in the local community.

Additional money will also be available for schools with a high proportion of children from socially deprived backgrounds. Schools wishing to receive the funding will need to demonstrate how the grant will be used to support its pupils.

The deadline for submitting applications is midnight on 31 January 2018 and schools can apply via National Grid’s grant website at betl.nationalgrid.com/application-process. The scheme is open to state-funded primary and secondary schools only.

This initiative builds on National Grid’s earlier work in Kent and across the country to encourage budding young engineers to take an interest in STEM subjects.

Commenting on the scheme, Graham Dolamore, project director for the Richborough Connection project said:

“We are committed to improving STEM skills amongst young people, while also giving back to the local community in the Canterbury and Richborough area where we are carrying out our essential works. This new scheme is a great way for local schools to get hold of new science and technology equipment which will help to boost pupils’ interest and understanding of STEM subjects. We encourage all eligible schools in the local area to apply before the deadline at the end of January”.

Contact for media information only

Press officer – Infrastructure Projects
Jeanette Unsworth
jeanette.unsworth@nationalgrid.com
+44 (0)7785 290230

Notes to Editors:

National Grid is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world and was named Responsible Business of the Year 2014 by Business in the Community. This accolade acknowledges all of our efforts in getting involve with the things that really matter to us and to society. We own and manage the grids that connect people to the energy they need, from whatever the source.  In Britain and the north-eastern states of the US we run systems that deliver gas and electricity to millions of people, businesses and communities.

In Britain, we run the gas and electricity systems that our society is built on, delivering gas and electricity across the country.  In the North Eastern US, we connect more than seven million gas and electric customers to vital energy sources, essential for our modern lifestyles.

National Grid in the UK:

  • We own the high-voltage electricity transmission network in England and Wales, operating it across Great Britain
  • We own and operate the high pressure gas transmission system in Britain
  • We also own a number of related businesses including LNG importation, land remediation and metering
  • Our portfolio of other businesses is mainly concerned with infrastructure provision and related services where we can exploit our core skills and assets to create value. These businesses operate in areas such as Metering, Grain LNG Import, Interconnectors and Property. National Grid Carbon Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of National Grid. It undertakes Carbon Capture Storage related activities on behalf of National Grid.

Find out more about the energy challenge and how National Grid is helping find solutions to some of the challenges we face at www.nationalgridconnecting.com

National Grid undertakes no obligation to update any of the information contained in this release, which speaks only as at the date of this release, unless required by law or regulation.

SOURCE: National Grid

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