Issue N o 871 At the heart of our wonderful community Friday 16 th March 2018 Published at: 3-4 First Floor Offices, Shildon Town Council, Civic Hall Square, Shildon DL4 1AH • Editorial: 01388 775896 • Advertising: 07909 992731 • Email: [email protected] • Online: www.swd.news/chapter • You can read our sister papers online too: The Shildon & District Town Crier - www.swd.news/crier • The Bishop Press - www.swd.news/bishop “You must live, work, volunteer or study within the partnership area, and you must be over the age of 16. THE 4 Together Partner- ship currently has two vacancies on the partner- ship board for public rep- resentatives. It also has a vacancy for a business representative. Support Officer, Paula Stockport said: “In terms of the public represent- ative positions, this is an exciting opportunity for a Forum member with a keen interest in the local community to join a dynamic and proactive Board, who have success- fully delivered a number of projects throughout the Partnership area since our formation in 2009. “For the business rep- resentative role, this is about bringing individual experience and knowl- edge of local business and the issues that they 4 TOGETHER PARTNERSHIP BOARD VACANCIES CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 One Unite Partnership provide this service for a wide range of companies including nurseries, not- for-profit organisations, care homes and charities. Dom Ryan, co-founder of One Unite Partnership spoke about their work: “We have created a new business that is totally unique,” he explained. “Unlike all other utility companies, we aim to keep money in and put A NORTH East not-for- profit social enterprise has presented Ferryhill Sport and Education Centre with a cheque for £5,000 after saving them thousands of pounds on their energy bills. One Unite Partnership saved the centre £14,473 over three years by help- ing them switch their gas and electric. The cheque for £5,000 represented the money the partnership received from commissions. This resulted in a total of £19,473 being put back into the local community. The Birtley based not- for-profit social enterprise is a new-to-the-market business idea set up to support the third sector. It specialises in sourcing better deals on utilities and saved the community centre money through saving energy. money into the third sec- tor. “What we are doing is completely new to the market. “We are set up to sup- port the third sector, which we expanded to include a wider range of good causes. “A great example of this is if we save a good cause £1,000, then we have SOCIAL ENTERPRISE PROVES NUMBER ONE FOR GIVING BACK One Unite Partnership Co-Founder, Dom Ryan (left), presents Ferryhill Sport and Education Centre representatives, Shaun Hillary, Ken Tait and Andy Cockburn with a cheque for £5,000. ELECTRIC RISE RECLINERS BY SHERBORNE & CELEBRITY WITH 5 YEARS WARRANTY OVER 20 IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY - Manual recliners & settees to match - www.hackeandbaines.co.uk 47-49 Main Street, Shildon, DL4 1AF • Tel: 01388 772671 Park right outside our showroom and shop at your leisure! 30-31 Bondgate, Darlington, DL3 7JJ • Tel: 01325 463303
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Issue No 871 At the heart of our wonderful community Friday 16th March 2018
Published at: 3-4 First Floor Offices, Shildon Town Council, Civic Hall Square, Shildon DL4 1AH • Editorial: 01388 775896 • Advertising: 07909 992731 • Email: [email protected] • Online: www.swd.news/chapter •
You can read our sister papers online too: The Shildon & District Town Crier - www.swd.news/crier • The Bishop Press - www.swd.news/bishop
“You must live, work, volunteer or study within the partnership area, and you must be over the age of 16.
THE 4 Together Partner-ship currently has two vacancies on the partner-ship board for public rep-resentatives. It also has a vacancy for a business representative.
Support Officer, Paula Stockport said: “In terms of the public represent-ative positions, this is an exciting opportunity for a Forum member with a keen interest in the local community to join a dynamic and proactive Board, who have success-
fully delivered a number of projects throughout the Partnership area since our formation in 2009.
“For the business rep-resentative role, this is about bringing individual experience and knowl-edge of local business and the issues that they
4 TOGETHER PARTNERSHIP BOARD VACANCIES
CONTINUED ON PAGE 7CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
One Unite Partnership provide this service for a wide range of companies including nurseries, not-for-profit organisations, care homes and charities.
Dom Ryan, co-founder of One Unite Partnership spoke about their work: “We have created a new business that is totally unique,” he explained.
“Unlike all other utility companies, we aim to keep money in and put
A NORTH East not-for-profit social enterprise has presented Ferryhill Sport and Education Centre with a cheque for £5,000 after saving them thousands of pounds on their energy bills.
One Unite Partnership saved the centre £14,473 over three years by help-ing them switch their gas and electric.
The cheque for £5,000 represented the money
the partnership received from commissions.
This resulted in a total of £19,473 being put back into the local community.
The Birtley based not-for-profit social enterprise is a new-to-the-market business idea set up to support the third sector.
It specialises in sourcing better deals on utilities and saved the community centre money through saving energy.
money into the third sec-tor.
“What we are doing is completely new to the market.
“We are set up to sup-port the third sector, which we expanded to include a wider range of good causes.
“A great example of this is if we save a good cause £1,000, then we have
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE PROVES NUMBER ONE FOR GIVING BACK
One Unite Partnership Co-Founder, Dom Ryan (left), presents Ferryhill Sport and Education Centre representatives, Shaun Hillary, Ken Tait and Andy Cockburn with a cheque for £5,000.
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Died 16.3.2017Sadly missed by family and friends, we think of
you every day
Doreen Stayman
Keith, Joyce, Helen, Eddy, Michael, Steven, Ann,
Joanne & family
19th March 2015In loving memory of my
wife, Carol Dunlavey
Carol Dunlavey
It’s been a lonely three years without you,
A million times I’ve cried,If my love could have
saved you,You never would have died
Loving Husband,Kevin
17th MarchA year since you left us,
You are always in our thoughts
Alice Lonsdale
Love son, Peter, daughters Lorna & Carol and all the
family
Birthdays
Happy 21st Birthday to my gorgeous daughter
Demi-Lee Stephenson
Loads of love,Mam & Neil
xxx
21!
16.3.97
Love Auntie Lindsey, Alan, Adam, Tracy, Alfie & Ava-May
Demi-Lee StephensonTo my amazing God daughter,
Happy 21st Birthday
Demi-Lee Stephenson
To my one and only Grandaughter,
Lots of love on your 21st Birthday
16th March
From Grandma & Uncle David
Demi-Lee StephensonCongratulations
Love, Alanxxx
8.3.18Congratulations Richard and Kate on the birth of
your son, Junior
Richard Junior O’Brien
A little brother for Jazmine and Orlaith
Love always,Mam & Dad
Anniversaries
Acknowledgements
Have a lovely day
Arnie & Margaret Bromley
From Richard & Alinexx
Diamond Wedding Anniversary15th March
ST LUKE’S Church will be holding a fun packed morning of crafts, games, activities and snacks on Saturday 31st March, from 10.30am until 12.30pm in the Parish Centre.
The Holiday Club is free and open to all children under 14 years of age (children under 8 years must be accompanied by a responsible adult).
There will be lots on offer and the children will have the opportunity to make friends.
Booking is essential for the popular event. Contact Vicar Gary on 01740 655232 or garynor [email protected].
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GREAT AYCLIFFE Cancer Support Group is hosting two fundraising events in the coming weeks at Newton Aycliffe Working-mens Club.
On Friday, 16th March at 7pm, The Hudson Sisters will be the special guest performers.
Then, on Saturday 28th April, Mark ‘Elvis’ Nixon will be in the building, again from 7pm.
Tickets for both shows are just £5 each and are available behind the bar at the club or by calling Alli-son on 07762 258696 or Sharon on 07944 187877.
Great Aycliffe Cancer Support Group helps and supports anyone in the North East affected by cancer, be it the patient, carer or relative.
As well as meeting monthly they organise on social outings, offer free patient transport and free respite.
GREAT AYCLIFFE CANCER GROUP FUNDRAISING EVENTS
The family of the late Joseph Pearson (Joe) would like
to thank Family, Friends & Neighbours for the many
cards & kind messages received on their sad
loss. Also for the flowers & generous donations
for Parkinson’s UK which amounted to £450.
Thank you to all the medical staff who have looked after Joe over the last few years. To Dr Willis for all his visits
& care, to all the people who attended the funeral & the Bowls members for their tribute, it was such a comfort. To Lesley the
curate for her lovely service & kind words, the staff at
the Masonic Hall & to Terry Stephenson for the funeral
arrangements.
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CHILTON RESIDENTS are advised that, to mark the annual County Durham Day, the county’s official flag will be raised out-side Chilton Town Council office on Tuesday 20th March at 11am.
The flag was designed by twins Katie and Holly Moffatt and their father James Moffatt from Chil-ton and chosen by a pub-lic vote after a competi-tion was launched in July
TOWN COUNCIL TO RAISE COUNTRY FLAG
The flag of County Durham was designed by Chilton twins, Katie and Holly Moffatt and their father, James.
2013 to design a new flag for the county.
It features the Cross of St Cuthbert, counter-changed horizontally on the county colours of blue and yellow.
Previously, the county had used the banner of Durham County Council as an unofficial flag.
“Residents are more than welcome to come along,” said a spokesper-son for the town council.
THRISLINGTON BAN-NER Group is organising a fundraising concert at West Cornforth Commu-nity Centre on Friday 20th April from 7pm.
The starring guest will be vocalist, Ian Joseph.
Children and adult tick-ets are priced at just £3
and available from com-mittee members, Bob or Eileen on 01740 654534.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Proceeds from the evening will be donated to Thrislington Banner Group and to St Cuth-bert’s Hospice.
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big community effort. “A huge thank you goes
out to everyone at the Methodist Chapel for their amazing hard work; to Alison and Lorraine, the cooks at Cleves Cross and Dean Bank primary schools for baking with the pupils; to Mrs Woo-dall from FBEC and to our Fuel for School partners Re-f- use.
“A very big thank you also to the pupils from the primary schools who worked so hard baking and prepping food.
“To top it all, we raised money for the Fuel for School project and we saved lots and lots of
food from being wasted.”The Fuel for School pro-
ject is the first of its kind in the North-East and involves pupils from Chil-ton, Cleves Cross, Dean Bank and Ferryhill Station primary schools working together with Re-f-use CIC to stop good food being wasted and to raise awareness about surplus supermarket food being sent to landfill.
The project also sees the pupils run their own weekly market stall with the surplus food.
The community is able to support the initiative by making purchases on a pay-as-you-feel basis.
ONE HUNDRED people came together last Satur-day to celebrate Mother’s Day with an elegant After-noon Tea.
The afternoon was hosted at Ferryhill Village Methodist Chapel which made a beautiful set-ting to go along with the scrumptious food.
The event, which was organised by Approach Too, saw mams, grans, aunties, friends and fam-ilies enjoy a special treat with good company.
Glenys from Approach Too said: “It was fantas-tic to see so many people come along, but it was only made possible by
MOTHER’S DAY AFTERNOON TEAA delicious afternoon tea was prepared by Approach Too with community support.
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FERRYHILL TOWN Coun-cil have organised for Krazy Kev Master Bal-loonist & Magician to hold a magic show at Ferryhill Library on Thursday 5th April, from 2pm – 3pm.
On Thursday 12th April, from 2pm to 3pm, Ani-malstory will be returning with a Springtime theme.
There are only 35 places available at the Animal-story session and tickets are available from Ferry-hill Library.
A spokesperson said: “These sessions are suit-able for children aged from 3 years to 11 years
and are free of charge, so why not bring your chil-dren along and join in the fun.”
A free leaflet advertising the programme of events organised by Ferryhill Town Council, in partner-ship with Ferryhill Branch Library, for the 2018 school holidays is avail-able from the Town Hall and Ferryhill Library.
A full list of children’s entertainment taking place during the 2018 school holidays is also available on Ferryhill Town Council’s website at www.ferryhill.gov.uk.
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at Spennymoor Town Hall Art Gallery along with work from another twenty incredible artists, includ-ing Karen Thompson, whose work on miners’ faces was snapped up within the first hour of her art going public.
Karen is also exhibiting in Colorado Springs in America and is quickly becoming a highly col-lectable artist.
There is also a sensa-tional exhibition of local
photographer Neil Bage’s work and some thought provoking and stimulating art by Matthew Ellwood.
Work by Bishop Auck-land-based Eric Thomp-son is also on exhibition and available for sale.
His painting of five min-ers’ faces with pit shafts and colliery band is con-sidered a must see.
All of the new artists compliment the estab-lished and highly collecta-ble Norman Cornish, who has work on display and for sale which has never before been seen.
Alongside the original artwork, there is a large collection of Cornish prints and books for sale.
A spokesperson for the gallery said: “Having forged close links to the Bishop Auckland Min-ing Art Gallery, The Bob Abley Art Gallery within the town hall is going from strength to strength and is now a major visitor attraction in the county, with stunning artwork both to view and for sale.
“Due to its increased vis-itor numbers, the gallery is also looking for addi-tional volunteers to meet and greet the public.
“So, if you are a nice per-son who enjoys meeting other nice people, why not ring 01388 815276 for further information.”
The gallery opening times are Monday to Fri-day 12 noon until 4pm and Saturdays from 10am until 2pm. Entry to the gal-lery is free.
LOCAL ARTIST, Charlie Parker, from Durham is one of this year’s fantas-tic portrait artists who was recently seen on Sky Arts Channel’s Portrait Artist of the Year pro-gramme.
Entirely self-taught, Parker has also had to overcome partial colour blindness to become a serious and respected portrait artist.
A selection of his work is currently on exhibition
PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR CONTENDER ON SHOW AT SPENNYMOOR
Charlie Parker’s stunning portrait of Hollywood actor, Morgan Freeman is on display at Spennymoor Town Hall gallery.
Krazy Kev will be at Ferryhill Library on Thursday 5th April.
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New members are always welcome.
Does your child complain they have nothing to do?
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TWO NEW councillors have been elected in Fer-ryhill after by-elections held last week.
After a turnout of just 15%, Labour Party can-didate, Christine Woods was elected to the Broom Ward and with a similar turnout (15.1%), Independ-ent candidate, Kate Gra-ham was elected to the Ferryhill and Dean Bank Ward.
In a letter to the Chapter [see page 7], Cllr Graham said she was “excited
to work alongside other members to achieve great things for our beloved town.”
Broom Ward has a total electorate of 3,546, but only 532 voters turned out on the day with Cllr Woods receiving 371 votes.
In the Ferryhill and Dean Bank Ward, just 445 vot-ers from an electorate of 2,944 voted.
Cllr Graham received 276 of the votes to claim the seat on Ferryhill Town Council.
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“The roles aren’t oner-ous; in terms of time commitments, there is a requirement to attend a board meeting every two months, and prefer-ably to have input to at least one of our Task & Finish Groups if you can. “But really it’s about shar-ing your valuable local knowledge and being pas-sionate about your com-munity – helping to make
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resentative on the board you must live, work, vol-unteer or study within the partnership area, and you must be over the age of 16.
Lee Copeland, Principal AAP Coordinator, said: “The work of the part-nership is driven by the
4 TOGETHER PARTNERSHIP BOARD VACANCIESFROM PAGE 1 support and enthusiasm
of the Board. The cur-rent vacancies represent a good opportunity to become directly involved and make a difference in your local community.”
If you are interested in applying, contact the 4 Together Partnership office for a full application pack.
The closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday 30th March.
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this covers refreshments.A second classic will be
shown the day after at the Chilton Junior Film club when Michael Bond’s chil-dren’s classic Paddington makes a return.
Nominated for three BAFTA awards and with an all-star British cast, the film sees Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and a
popular member of the local community, picking up a series of odd jobs so that he can buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy’s 100th birthday: only the present gets stolen!
The film will be shown on Saturday 24th March at 10am. It is a family film so adults are welcome and will cost £2 and this covers refreshments.
CHILTON COMMUNITY College Film Club will be showing the film remake of the classic Agatha Christie novel Murder on the Orient Express.
Kenneth Branagh directs and leads an all-star cast, including Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe and Judi Dench, in this stylish, suspenseful and thrilling mystery.
Everyone’s a suspect when a murder is commit-ted on a lavish train ride, and a brilliant detective must race against time to solve the puzzle before the killer strikes again.
The film, which will be shown on Friday 23rd March at 6pm is for adults only and will cost £3 and
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THE GARTH sheltered scheme in Ferryhill, located behind St Luke’s Church in Church Lane, is holding an Easter Fair on Monday 26th March, beginning at 10am.
The event will include activities such as a tom-bola, “guess the name of the rabbit” and a raffle.
There will also be a craft stall, cake stall and bric-a-brac.
Tea or coffee and refreshments will be on sale for £1.50, which also includes a raffle ticket.
For more information, or to make a donation to the raffle or tombola, call Jane on 07776 760188.
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MEMBERS OF the pub-lic are being invited to apply to serve on Durham County Council’s Audit Committee.
The council is seeking to appoint a new co-opted member to serve on the committee until 30th April 2019.
The role of the commit-tee is to approve the final accounts and advise both full council and the Cabi-net on audit and govern-ance issues.
The co-opted member will serve alongside nine elected county coun-cillors and one other co-opted member to assist the council in main-taining high standards of corporate governance as well as bringing additional knowledge, expertise and independence.
Anyone applying should
COUNCIL AUDIT COMMITTEE SEEKS NEW MEMBER
be completely independ-ent from the council and politically independent. It would also be helpful if they had knowledge of how local government works as well as knowl-edge of risk management and corporate govern-ance arrangements in other public or private sectors.
The successful can-didate will be required to attend around six or seven meetings a year as well as some training ses-sions and would be able to claim reasonable trav-elling expenses.
Application forms and further details can be obtained by emailing [email protected]
The closing date for any-one interested is Friday, 6th April.
ST LUKE’S Parish Centre in Ferryhill is set to host a St Patrick’s Eve Quiz on Friday 16th March.
Doors open at 6pm for a fun night for all the fam-ily, with a delicious pie and pea supper and bar service.
Tickets are £4 per
adult, £2 for children or £10 for a family ticket of two adults and up to three children. Booking is essential (for catering purposes) so contact Vicar Gary on 01740 655232 or email [email protected] to reserve your spot.
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Voting thanksI would like to take this opportunity to thank the residents of Dean Bank and Ferryhill for voting me in as their ward councillor.I’m excited to work alongside other members to achieve great things for our beloved town.I want to assure you that I am totally committed to the people of Ferryhill and I’m determined to fulfil my pledges and making a positive difference.Thanks for all of your support.
Yours sincerely, Kate Graham
Letters to the Editor...Email: [email protected] stating ‘Letter’ in the subject line.Write to: Letters, Ferryhill & Chilton Chapter, 3-4 First Floor Offices, Shildon Town Council, Shildon DL4 1AH.All letters (including emails) must include the writer’s name, address, postal code and contact number and may be edited.The maximum length for letters is 200 words.
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the new year.The Quiz Night takes
place on Saturday evening, 7th April from 8pm at the Surtees Arms
Public House in Ferryhill Station.
Teams can be anything up to six people with an entry fee of just £1 per person for what promises to be a light hearted and fun evening.
Every year the Banner Group raises money to provide subsidised bus travel and a slap up buf-fet for everyone traveling with them to Durham Miners’ Gala, the largest annual gathering of trade unionists in the UK.
This year the Gala, takes place on Saturday 14th July.
THE FERRYHILL Banner Group is inviting the com-munity to their annual Quiz Night, which is also their first fund raiser of
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made this money availa-ble for them to spend on themselves.”
Ferryhill Sport and Education Centre were introduced to One Unite Partnership after they provided this service to a local nursery.
The centre already ran street dance classes and coffee mornings but are now able to buy a range of new equipment and a much needed new boiler.
Shaun Hillary, chairman of the centre, said: “After the savings provided by One Unite Partnership, we’ve been able to give back to the community and give the people what they asked for by setting up a new soccer school which now averages 50 children a week.
“The soccer school is available for ages 2-13 and has been set up with funds that we wouldn’t have had if it were not for the money One Unite Part-
nership saved us.“Their impact on Ferry-
hill as a community has been huge, with children from the area now able to attend a local soccer school, as well as having much more to do within the centre in general.”
Ferryhill Sport and Edu-cation Centre is the latest success story to join a growing list of organisa-tions to have been pos-itively impacted by the work of One Unite Part-nership.
For more information on One Unite Partnership’s work and their other pro-jects, visit oneunite.org.uk.
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Residents concerned about their energy bills are being encouraged to seek advice from Durham County Council’s Manag-ing Money Better service, which is run in partner-ship with Prince Bishops Community Bank.
The service provides a free and impartial home visit to ensure residents are on the most appropri-ate tariff, as well as giving fuel debt advice.
They can also find out if they are entitled to the Government Warm Homes Discount of £140, something many homes do not realise they can claim.
With the average home energy bill now £1,340 per year, there are a number of ways to make savings but many people are una-ware of how to get more for their money.
Six hundred residents have already benefitted from the scheme.
Living in a large end of terrace house in a rural vil-lage, the woman’s electric bills were high and so a home visit from a Manag-ing Money Better advisor was arranged.
After checking her bills, the advisor realised she
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was paying more than the standard tariff and had been missing out on the Warm Home Discount for 17 years, despite being in the automatic group.
As a result, she switched her tariff, saving £277 a year – as well as ensuring she should receive the Warm Home Discount of £140.
A couple from Stanley also wrote to the council to show how much they appreciated the team’s help when it was most needed.
After receiving an unex-pectedly large bill, they were visited by an advisor who worked with them to ensure the bill was reviewed and they were then given a large refund.
Cllr Kevin Shaw, Cabi-net member for strategic housing and assets, said: “Many people worry about dealing with their energy bills but aren’t aware that little changes can make a big difference.
“Our Managing Money Better service has already helped lots of residents in the county and we would encourage anyone who is struggling to get in touch with our team who can provide free, impartial advice.”
To arrange a home visit from Managing Money Better contact Durham County Council’s Housing Advice Line on 03000 268 000.
“It will send live updates to your phone or PC to let you know when your rel-ative is settling down to watch the TV, putting the kettle on for a cuppa or heating something in the mircowave.
“So if your dad usually uses the kettle between 7am and 9am, the app will send an alert letting you know whether or not this has happened, mean-ing you can rest assured that your loved one is up, active and well.”
In order to use the ser-vice, people need to purchase a plug, which is inserted between an appliance and the socket. The plug then connects to the app and sends information to family members or friends.
The plug is purchased
with a one or two-year subscription and no inter-net connection is needed as the plug contains the same type of sim card as used in a mobile phone.
As many as ten peo-ple at a time can receive alerts and the system is quick and easy to set up.
Care Connect offers a range of products designed to help people remain independent in their own home and also offer reassurance to their friends and family.
The range includes devices which raise an alarm when a fall occurs, remind people to take their medication or create an alert when a telephone rings.
For more information about the 3rings service visit www.durham.gov.uk/careconnect, call 03000 262 195 or email care.con [email protected].
A NEW service has been launched to offer a lit-tle extra peace of mind to the relatives of older and vulnerable people in County Durham.
3rings is a mobile phone and PC app which lets people know when their relative is using an elec-trical appliance such as a kettle, television or wash-ing machine.
The idea is to reassure people that their relative is up and well.
The app is being offered by Durham County Coun-cil through its Care Con-nect service.
Linda Ogilvie, Care Con-nect manager, said: “The app is a really simple, affordable way of offer-ing people that little extra reassurance if their rela-tive is older or vulnerable.
3RINGS FOR REASSURANCECare Connect staff Gillian Nicholson and Joanne Carr with the 3rings plug.
