DONG Energy announce plans for a new “Skills Fund” for coastal areas of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and North Norfolk

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DONG Energy are delighted to announce their plans for a new £75,000 Skills Fund. This forms part of the company's £465,000 East Coast Community Fund annual commitment announced earlier in December last year.

£55,000 will be available through an open application process to experienced organisations that can develop and deliver Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) related training or education courses, a one-off event, or a programme of targeted events. The full £55,000 may be awarded to one organisation, or split between a number of groups that apply. The minimum grant organisations can apply for is £10,000, and the closing date for applications is 14 September.

Notes to Editors

About DONG Energy:

DONG Energy (NASDAQ OMX: DENERG) is one of Northern Europe's leading energy groups and is headquartered in Denmark. Around 6,200 ambitious employees, including over 850 in the UK, develop, construct and operate offshore wind farms, generate power and heat from our power stations as well as supply and trade in energy to wholesale, business and residential customers. In addition, we produce oil and gas, and a process has been initiated to divest this business unit. The continuing part of the Group has approximately 5,800 employees and generated a revenue in 2016 of DKK 61 billion (EUR 8.2 billion). For further information, see www.dongenergy.co.uk or follow us @DONGEnergyUK on Twitter.

A further £20,000 will be targeted at four colleges within the Fund's coastal area of benefit, and will be used to help finance local students who are unable to access traditional funding streams for support.

Natasha Nanuck, DONG Energy's Stakeholder Advisor said:

"We are really pleased to launch the Skills Fund which will commit £75,000 each year for 20 years to help to improve local skills and employment opportunities. This is just part of DONG Energy's £9.3 million investment for community and environmental projects in coastal areas of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and North Norfolk over the next two decades."

The East Coast Community Fund is part of the community engagement programme for DONG Energy's Hornsea Project One and Race Bank offshore wind farms, which are located off the Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and North Norfolk coast.

Combined they will be capable of providing enough energy for over one and a half million homes.

The Fund is being administered by the independent grant-making charity GrantScape. For further information about the Fund and how to apply for a grant, please visit their website www.grantscape.org.uk or call them on 01908 247634.

For additional information, please contact:

Juliette Sanders - Ørsted
+44 20 7811 1181