Community spirit stories

‘Grid for Good’ celebrates one year of bringing young people opportunities in the energy sector

18 November 2021

In a year where the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated circumstances for many, programmes like Grid for Good have been more important than ever in helping young talent access and explore the energy sector. Discover some of the brilliant results we’ve achieved in this first year, plus our plans for the year ahead.

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National Grid's Inclusion Week goes international

5 October 2021

For the past five years, we’ve celebrated Inclusion Week in the UK. This year the celebrations grew bigger and better, with colleagues based in both the UK and the NorthEastern US taking part in a week-long programme of activities.

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70 years from now, T-pylon time capsules will reveal what our lives were like

3 September 2021

As the world’s first operational T-pylons are constructed along National Grid’s Hinkley Connection route, pupils from 20 local schools are preparing time capsules with 2021-related memorabilia to be hidden inside the structures.

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National Grid story about partnership with MyKindaFuture

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Inspiring young people to consider energy sector careers

12 August 2021

Since its launch in October 2020, our partnership with MyKindaFuture – the UK’s leading underrepresented talent specialist – has helped inspire 18,000 students from diverse backgrounds to consider careers in STEM and shows no signs of slowing down.

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National Grid's Susan with her WES 2021 'top female engineer' award

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Meet our award-winning engineer who’s always aimed high

23 June 2021

Susana Neves e Brooks is part of the prestigious Women’s Engineering Society’s 2021 list of top 50 women in engineering. Find out more about her, from her childhood love of fighter jets to her thoughts on now being an award winner.

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We’ve joined the Valuable 500 – because disability is our business

4 June 2021

Diversity of thought, backgrounds and perspectives is critical to achieving our ambitions, generally and for net zero. We’ve taken a further step with this by joining the Valuable 500 – a global movement putting disability on the business agenda.

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