In support of Cricket in the City in Birmingham, Test Series sponsor npower will be bringing its Urban Cricket to Victoria Square.

A scheme to encourage grass roots cricket and get children playing the game, Urban Cricket is now in its fifth year. As part of the scheme, five dedicated Urban Cricket facilities were opened across the country – including one in Highgate Park in Birmingham which was opened in 2008.

Birmingham City Council, working in partnership with Warwickshire Cricket Board, regularly uses the facility to run cricket coaching programmes for local schools.

npower will bring Urban Cricket to the city centre as part of the Cricket in the City event, with a giveaway of hundreds of cricket kits, including a bat and ball.

Clare McDoughall, Education Programme Director at npower, said: “Initiatives like Urban Cricket are essential to get more young people interested in playing cricket. It’s easy to learn, anyone can have a go and you don’t need expensive equipment.”

Urban Cricket is a national project run in conjunction with ECB, which launched in 2006 with a clear goal to get more children playing cricket. The scheme has also been responsible for the development of 5 purpose built cricket facilities across UK, those being in Brixton in London, Abbeyfield Park in Sheffield, Highgate Park in Birmingham, King Edward in Nottingham and Bignor Playing Field in Manchester.

About npower:
npower is one of the UK’s largest energy suppliers and has 6.6 million customer accounts across the UK.

npower has been awarded platinum status in Business in the Community’s CR Index and is one of twenty-nine companies to have achieved the CommunityMark since its launch. All CommunityMark achievers have been recognised for demonstrating excellence in their holistic and strategic approach to community investment.

PR Contact:
Nicholas McHugh
npower
Oak House
1 Bridgewater Road
Worcester
WR4 9FP
0845 070 2807
www.npower.com

npower hometeam has overseen the removal of hundreds of ancient boilers across the length and breadth of the country since the Government’s boiler scrappage scheme launched in January. Now npower hometeam is on a nationwide hunt to find Britain’s Oldest Boiler.

With record numbers of Brits taking advantage of the boiler scrappage scheme, which offers consumers £400 off a new, energy efficient boiler when replacing one which is G-Rated, hometeam engineers have uncovered several antique systems.

Inspired by these discoveries, npower hometeam is launching a nationwide hunt to find Britain’s Oldest Boiler.

Richard Cotton, head of sales for npower hometeam, commented: “If your boiler is particularly old – perhaps the same age as your grown-up children, or has been in the house longer than you have been married – you could be the owner of Britain’s Oldest Boiler.”

The owner of the oldest system uncovered will win £3,000 towards a brand new A-rated energy efficient boiler, and installation.

npower was the first energy supplier to pledge to continue its boiler scrappage scheme once the Government scheme closed, meaning consumers could still be eligible to receive as much as £400 towards the cost of a new boiler; almost a third off the cost of a typical installation.

Even though there can be only one winner of the prize for Britain’s oldest boiler, npower is keen to highlight the need to properly protect household boilers regardless of their age to ensure they are safe and efficient. npower hometeam 50 is a pioneering new boiler care product that gives help to customers when they need it and 50% No Call Out Cash Back if they don’t use the service

For any npower gas and electricity customer who doesn’t call out npower hometeam to work on their boiler during the 12 month agreement period, npower returns 50% of the cost of their annual membership to them after their year’s anniversary. Also included in npower hometeam 50 is an annual gas boiler service, usually worth £74 – which when combined with the 50% (£63) cash back, means customers could be quids in if they don’t need to call out an engineer.

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Notes to editors:

About npower hometeam:
npower hometeam installs, services and repairs boilers, in addition to offering a wide variety of heating cover options including installation of SEDBUK A rated, energy efficient boilers, with free warranty of up to five years on all Valiant boilers and 10 year warranty on radiators

npower hometeam offers a thorough, 30 point gas boiler service and safety check. It also offers services for gas fires, gas water heaters and gas wall heaters. hometeam also provides gas boiler repair with a choice of two ways to pay. Fixed Price Repair ensures no extra charge for call out, parts or labour, and also comprises a no fix, no fee guarantee, or Pay As You Go repair, which covers call out and the first half hour’s labour. All work is guaranteed for 12 months.

For more information on npower, please contact:
Nick McHugh
npower press office
npower
Oak House
Bridgwater Road
Worcester
WR4 9FP
0845 070 2807
www.npower.com