Cowshill Village Hall funded with £7,948.65 to support the residents of Cowshill, Durham, with storm resilience materials.

The village at the top of Weardale, Cowshill, County Durham received financial support from the Northern Powergrid Foundation to enhance resilience at Cowshill Village Hall, a hub for local residents. The village hall will put the £7,948.65 to good use by spending it on resilience kit and storage to ensure local residents can stay safe, warm and entertained during power interruptions.

John Greenbank, Cowshill Village Hall Secretary said “The grant from the Northern Powergrid Foundation will improve the energy efficiency of the hall going forward and also enable the hall to provide essential support and facilities to members of the local community in the event of future extreme weather events such as Storm Arwen”.

Cowshill Village Hall photo caption L-R: MP Richard Holden, Cowshill Village Hall Committee members and Anne Haswell, Northern Powergrid Foundation Project Manager, outside of Cowshill Village Hall.

The challenges for Cowshill, Durham, residents

Due to the remote location and the possibility of power interruptions at Cowshill the committee of the Cowshill Village Hall identified a need to increase their resilience. 

The solution for Cowshill, Durham, residents

The committee of the Cowshill Village Hall identified a need to provide local residents with resilience kits to protect them during power interruptions. 

Support from the Northern Powergrid Foundation

The Northern Powergrid Foundation supported the community project with a £7,948.65 to go towards 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.

Interested parties should visit our 'who and what we fund' page to understand what support may be given to other community projects.