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IET donates cakes to local sheltered housing scheme
21 August 2008
Residents at a sheltered housing scheme in Stevenage, Herts, enjoyed an extra special afternoon tea recently (8 August) when they were joined by employees from the town’s Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
Two employees from the IET, which is the world’s leading membership organisation for engineers, hand delivered cakes to residents at the Silkin Court sheltered housing scheme based in Cotney Croft.
Ross Dalton, Communications Officer at the IET, said: “Following the successful launch of a new IT system at the IET, we held a staff get together to celebrate months of hard work. We had a number of cakes made and two were left over. The IET is a registered charity and we like to do our bit for the local community, so we didn’t want the cakes to go to waste. It was very nice to spend time there and see the cakes being enjoyed.”
Media enquiries to:
Robert Beahan
IET Press Officer
T: +44 (0)1438 767336
M: +44 (0)7590 776281
E: rbeahan@theiet.org
Mary Donovan
IET Head of Communications
T: +44 (0)1438 765587
M: +44 (0)7533 671949
E: mdonovan@theiet.org
Notes to editors:
- Photo caption (left – right): Residents of Silkin Court with Angela Draper, supported housing officer and Ross Dalton from the IET.
- The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is a world leading professional organisation working to develop science, engineering and technology.
- The IET dates from 1871 and has more than 150,000 members in 127 countries with offices in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. It provides a global knowledge network to facilitate the exchange of information.
- The IET registers more engineers than any other UK institution and approaching half the engineers on the Engineering Council register are IET members. More information, please see www.theiet.org.
- The IET operates IET.tv, a web TV service which covers a wide range of engineering and technology events and content. For more information, visit www.iet.tv.