Left to right – Wales & West Utilities’ Helen Mabhena, Joshua Rankin & Lowri Rees celebrate donating to three UK charities Wales & West Utilities colleagues have donated money, that would have been spent on company Christmas celebrations, to three UK charities. In light of this year’s unique situation, colleagues working for the gas emergency and pipeline service in Wales and the south west of England have come together to pool money which is now set to benefit Marie Curie,…

Dave Summers, Operations Manager and the Boomerang Cardiff team work to benefit more homeless people across Cardiff after funding boost A Cardiff charity will benefit more than 70 previously homeless families and individuals across the city over the next few months after a funding boost has further fuelled its collection service. Boomerang Cardiff, which collects unwanted household items to, in-turn, provide them to those who are moving on from either a hostel or the street, into accommodation, has received funding which will…

More than 5,700 of the most vulnerable people in communities across south Wales are set to benefit after Wales & West Utilities announced successful applicants to its Safe and Warm Fund. The gas emergency and pipeline service established the fund in June and put out a call to action to local charities and bodies affected by the coronavirus pandemic to apply for support. With over 400 applications in a three-week period, six organisations from south Wales have been selected to…

  Credit image: Steve Pope – Fotowales   Local children are being urged to learn lifelong gas safety lessons this summer, while being in with a chance of winning a national competition. Wales & West Utilities is calling upon local children to come up with something creative that raises awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) – known as the ‘silent killer’ because you can’t see it, smell it or taste it – ahead of the 30 September deadline….

With just over a week to go until the deadline to apply for a slice of a £50,000 community fund, Wales & West Utilities is urging charities and bodies supporting people affected by the coronavirus pandemic to apply for support. The gas pipeline and emergency service established the Safe and Warm Fund in response to the crisis to help communities affected by the outbreak with essential funding. Wales & West Utilities has been working hard throughout the pandemic to make…

Wales & West Utilities gas engineer Neil Parnell at the launch of the fund   Wales & West Utilities has launched a £50,000 community fund and is encouraging south east Wales charities and bodies affected by the coronavirus pandemic to apply for support. The Safe and Warm Fund has been established in response to the crisis and will help communities affected by the outbreak with essential funding. The gas emergency and pipeline service has been working hard throughout the pandemic…

A keen knitter has answered a call from Cardiff & Vale University Health Board and now her creations are going to help field hospital and care home patients who are feeling anxious during this worrying time. Wales & West Utilities Susan Entwistle has been knitting twiddle mitts, which have historically been used by dementia patients to provide visual, tactile and sensory stimulation, for many years but now her creations are being used to support patients who are feeling anxious. Susan,…

A Wales & West Utilities colleague is helping south Wales healthcare workers by making ‘ear savers’ for frontline staff in hospitals across the region. Marshfield’s Jenny Brenton-Davies has been busy recycling milk cartons to make ear savers which are worn behind the head and grip the elastic straps on the facemasks being worn by healthcare professionals up and down the country. Jenny, who works as a Network Control Manager for Wales & West Utilities, explains: “As the Covid-19 situation became…

As an energy network, we know you’re relying on us now more than ever to keep you safe and warm at home. So, as we face the challenge of Covid19 Coronavirus together, we want to reassure you and people in communities we serve right across Wales and south west England that we are prepared. We have temporarily paused our gas pipe upgrade programme, and will be focussing on keeping the gas flowing to your home safely, and responding to gas…

    Tremorfa’s Bridgend Street Under 10’s will kick-off its football season in style after scoring a new kit from gas emergency and pipeline service, Wales & West Utilities. Until now the squad, which has been together for just two years, have played in same kit but thanks to the generous sponsorship will now go into the next season sporting a brand-new kit with Wales & West Utilities logo on it. Scott Johnson, who works in Wales & West Utilities…