EV CHARGING TRIALLED FOR HOMES WITHOUT DRIVEWAYS
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Innovative scheme allows unused medical equipment to be recycled
pioneering scheme which allows disused “ We greatly value our joint working with our
A medical and care equipment to be given a health partners through the County Durham new lease of life has been extended .
Care Partnership and we know there is great
Durham County Council teamed up with cost in the provision of new medical and care Medequip and HW Martin for the initiative equipment for people . which allows people to bring equipment they “ This scheme thereby helps reduce that cost no longer use to three of the local authority ’ s by allowing equipment to be reused wherever Household Waste Recycling Centres ( HWRCs ) possible .” for possible reuse .
Up until now , the scheme has operated at
The project has been developed by
Coxhoe , Middleton-in-Teesdale and Horden Medequip and the local authority , with support HWRCs , which are run for the council by HW from councillors .
Martin .
Initially a pilot scheme , the partners have And such has been the success of the now extended the project to a further three initiative , it is now being rolled out at sites , such has been its success in the months Potterhouse Lane at Pity Me , Seaham and since it launched in the spring .
Romanway at Bishop Auckland HWRCs .
Cllr Chris Hood , the council ’ s cabinet
The scheme could be rolled out at more of member for adult and health services , said : the council ’ s recycling centres in future .
pilot scheme in County Durham will
A see people without a driveway be able to charge their electric vehicle at home .
Durham County Council is trailblazing a new product , Kerbo Charge , to help enable people without access to off-street parking to have an electric vehicle .
Council staff received a training session from Kerbo Charge in how to install the new product , which will see cable channels fitted underneath the pavement outside residents ’ homes , with a liftable lid which will enable them to easily access the charge point .
The first property to be fitted with a Kerbo Charge was in Sunniside , Crook , as part of 30 properties in the county that have been selected to pilot the scheme .
This is the first time the product has been trialled in the North-East , with the pilot part-funded by the council ’ s Climate Change Investment Fund .
Cllr John Shuttleworth , Durham County Council ’ s cabinet member for highways , rural
Cllrs Mark Wilkes ( second from left ) and Chris Hood ( centre ) with representatives of HW Martin , Medequip and County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust .
EV CHARGING TRIALLED FOR HOMES WITHOUT DRIVEWAYS
Pictured ( back row , from left ): Council electric vehicle tech support officer Ethan Kerry , climate change and sustainability officer Caroline Hearn and senior asset management engineer Andrew Blanckley . ( Front row , from left ): Kerbo Charge chief technology officer Ben Whitaker , Kerbo co-founder Michael Goulden , asset management technician Marco Porcelli civil engineering apprentice Christopher Jones .
communities , and community safety , said : “ We are delighted to have been selected to pilot this pioneering technology which will make owning an electric vehicle accessible to more of our residents .”
If the pilot is effective , the scheme will be offered to all residents in the county with a suitable property who will be given the option to pay towards the installation .
AYKLEY HEADS EXPANSION An already thriving cluster in County Durham is poised for expansion and to be a key site within a brand new innovation district .
Aykley Heads Business Park , in Durham City , is set to develop and to be part of the new ‘ Durham Innovation District ,’ which is to be delivered by Durham County Council working with the world-class Durham University .
KING OF THE CASTLES One of the North-East ’ s most popular visitor attractions and historic sites has scooped a prestigious tourism award which places it in the top 10 per cent of attractions worldwide .
Part of The Auckland Project , The Spanish Gallery and Auckland Castle , located on the main site in the heart of Bishop Auckland , have both been named Travellers ’ Choice Winners by Tripadvisor , the online travel guidance platform .
ROMAN SUPPORT Newton Aycliffe firm Roman is helping a local Thai boxer to compete in Thailand .
Through the County Durham Community Foundation , shower manufacturer Roman is helping Newtonian Jenson Blair-Hayman compete in the Muay Thai World Championships in Thailand .
The Aycliffe Business Park firm is now sponsoring 11-year-old Jenson , who won his first Muay Thai tournament at five-years-old and has since trained six days a week at the Phoenix Thai boxing club in Shildon .
AYCLIFFE BUSINESS # 66 We ’ re already working on issue # 66 of Aycliffe Business , due out in November .
The booking deadline is Friday , October 20 . To enquire about booking space , call 01325 728024 or email martin @ aycliffetoday . co . uk .
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