More than £500,000 STEM grants awarded to schools across South West
Over 200,000 pupils across the region – including in Burnham-On-Sea – have been inspired by new STEM equipment, donated from National Gridâs award-winning scheme.
National Grid’s Hinkley Connection Project has awarded science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) grants totalling £580,000 to schools in Somerset, Bristol and South Gloucester â the areas closest to the project.
The project connects low-carbon energy from Hinkley Point C to homes and businesses across the UK.
Since 2018, more than 213,000 pupils in the South West (including 41,469 from disadvantaged backgrounds) have benefitted from new STEM equipment, which ranges from programmable robots to 3D printers and everything in between.