Kirklevington and Castlevington Memorial Hall receives £15,589 to support its residents of Kirklevington and Castlevington, Teesside, with solar panels and battery storage.

Kirklevington and Castlelevington Memorial Hall receives £15,589 to protect their community of Kirklevington and Castlelevington, Teesside, by opening the hall in times of power interruptions due to having increased resilience with solar panels and battery storage.

Kirklevington is a village in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. The village is located by hamlet of Castlelevington. The hall's main aim was to improve its carbon footprint with the adoption of renewable energy measures that would improve the financial viability of the hall, to improve energy efficiency and to support the local community during times of power interruptions but also by delivering more services using the funds that would have normally contributing to energy bills. 

The challenges for Kirklevington and Castlevington, Teesside residents

Due to the the possibility of power interruptions at Kirklevington and Castlevington and the requirement to keep costs low the trustees of the memorial hall identified a need to increase their resilience an efficiency. 

The solution for Kirklevington and Castlevington, Teesside, residents

The trustees identified that solar panels with battery storage was their best solution to keep the hall open during times of power interruptions and to provide long term energy efficiency.

Support from the Northern Powergrid Foundation

The Northern Powergrid Foundation supported the community project with a £15,589 donation to go towards solar panels and battery storage. 

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.