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VILLAGE EFFORT: Grace Crawford, Anne Scott and Emma Spry from Utass were delighted to receive a cheque from Natasha Bradley and Diane Gamack, from Barclays Bank
A WINTER fundraising campaign has pulled in more than £9,000 for a dale farming charity.
Utass (Upper Teesdale Agricultural Support Services) teamed up with Barclays Bank to invite residents to dress in their winter woollies to show support for the charity and make donations. For every £1 given, Barclays Bank matched the amount.
Grace Crawford, from Utass, and Natasha Bradley, branch manager at Barclays in Middleton-in-Teesdale, came up with the idea to provide fun for the community during the lockdown festive season. Donations poured in and businesses, individuals and school children shared photographs wearing their woolly items. The campaign raised £4,991, which has been doubled by the bank, meaning £9,981 will be given to the charity. Ms Crawford said: “We’re overwhelmed with the amount of support
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• 11 Mar 2021
FLOOD FEARS: Questions have been asked how residents can get hold of community flood protection sacks bought for Middleton-in-Teesdale and Eggleston
STEPS are being taken to avoid further confusion in the way flood protection sacks are distributed in a dale village.
FloodSax – a type of sandless sandbag – were bought by Middleton-in-Teesdale and Newbiggin Parish Council last year to stop households flooding after previous incidents. Contributions were also made by Eggleston Parish Council.They have been stored at Middleton’s fire station and are deployed by fire and rescue staff as they see fit.
But in January, a California Row resident removed all the FloodSax following a severe weather alert. Fire station staff had been under the assumption the resident was a member of the parish council.