Beacon Award for Derwentside
Derwentside District Council has been awarded Beacon status in the in the category “Reducing Health Inequalities”. Details of the different areas in which awards are given, and the successful councils, can be found at http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=14586
This is a real tribute to the imagination and hard work of many Derwentside staff who have worked hand in hand with the Primary Care Trust and other partners doing everything from encouraging children to eat five fruit and veg portions a day to organising bike rides for the couch-bound, from helping people back into work after recovering from a range of illnesses to running Stop-Smoking clinics.
The big task now will be to make sure that these imaginative initiatives are carried through into the new unitary authority. Compared with Derwentside’s four beacon awards, the county has just one to its name at present. They’ve got some catching up to do. Obviously they need a change of councillors!
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