Healeyfield Parish Council receives £8,270 for it to become a crisis hub to support its residents of Healeyfield, Durham.
Healeyfield Parish Council received £8,270 from the Northern Powergrid Foundation in support of the creation and implementation of a community energy resilience plan for the Castleside areas in North West Durham. The Foundation funded both Castleside Village Hall and St John's Church Hall with emergency generator hook-up points with appropriate switchgear and long-term reusable supplies to support residents during times of power crisis.
Alan Wallace, Healeyfield Parish Councillor said “We are very pleased to have been awarded this grant from The Northern Powergrid Foundation. Support during the process both from the foundation and our local MP, Mr Richard Holden, was such that our grant application was prepared, submitted and subsequently approved within a short period time. We can now proceed to fund the installation of emergency generator hook up points for our designated community hubs which would be used as safe spaces in the event of a major power outage. Some of the funds will also be used to purchase easily transportable equipment which will be available to support the local residents in and around the Castleside and Moorside areas, as part of our community resilience plan."
In the photo L-R: Alan Wallace, Healeyfield Parish Councillor, MP Richard Holden, Anne Haswell, Northern Powergrid Project Manager, Councillor Douglas Oliver and Adrian Hird, Chairman of Castleside Village Hall, outside of Castleside Village Hall.
The challenges for Healeyfield, Durham, residents
Due to the dispersed nature of the community of Castleside there's a need for a resilience plan covering the whole of the Castleside area in North West Durham.
The solution for Healeyfield, Durham, residents
The parish of Healeyfield identified a need for multiple generator connection points and resilience kits to protect the dispersed community during times of power interruptions.
Support for the Northern Powergrid Foundation
The Northern Powergrid Foundation supported the community project with a £8,270 donation to go towards generator connection points and resilience kits.
More about the Northern Powergrid Foundation
The Northern Powergrid Foundation’s mission, complementing Northern Powergrid’s ambition to be a force for good in the communities it serves, is to support communities most affected by changes in the economy, environment, and society because of the shifting energy landscape. This will be achieved by supporting projects focused on helping to tackle energy resilience during emergency events, vulnerability, fuel poverty, levelling the rural divide, innovation, social support, and community collaboration. Funds are available to support the communities across the North East, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire served by Northern Powergrid.