Community spirit stories

Grace Monk talks about her experiences during her first year on our graduate programme, the level of responsibility and warm welcome she’s received, and how she’s already been shortlisted for an industry award.

This Hunger Action Month, we're giving $100,000 to Feeding America to help replenish food banks in the communities we work in across three states. This adds to over $2 million of charitable donations that we’ve made in the US since the pandemic began.

As a Customer Experience Manager, Sarah Jeffery is no stranger to taking care of people but nothing prepared her for nursing her dad through his last months of life. Here she explains how the culture at work gave her the time she needed to support her parents when they needed her most.

The pandemic's impact means providing wellness support for employees is more valuable than ever but also more challenging.

We spoke to two of our US interns, who we call Gridterns, to get their tips on how to land an internship, why they think interning is a great way to learn on the job and how the experience they’re gaining will help them in their future careers.

No matter if temperatures are dipping below freezing or its broiling hot outside, Donald Lopes and his fellow lineworkers arrive at their base in Providence, Rhode Island at 7am sharp; ready to service the poles to ensure electricity keeps flowing to local homes and businesses. On National Lineworker Appreciation Day, Donald takes us behind the scenes of life as a lineworker.