Honour: Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen Cllr Derek Hardman presenting the award to the team at Elektec AN ELECTRICAL contractors company has been presented with a mayoral award for its "outstanding contribution to the local community." This comes thanks to Darwen-based Elektec's work during the pandemic providing free portable appliance testing to places of worship, charities, including Blackburn Youth Zone, and companies that work in the community's interest throughout the borough. As such Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen Cllr Derek Hardman said the firm is hugely deserving of the honour. He said: “I was delighted to award Elektec with Mayoral award, it was great to visit them to hear about the support our youth have received at Blackburn Youth Zone from this company.