East Lancashire Community Action Project LTD Secures Funding To Boost Electrical Safety In East Lancashire

· ELCAP Ltd awarded £5,000 grant.
· Funding will support work on a radio advertising campaign.
· PAT Testing day will be held at the radio studios.

East Lancashire Community Action Project Ltd, a registered charity based in Nelson, has won significant funding to deliver a project, which will aim to tackle the importance of electrical safety through the use of a community radio service.
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The grant award of £5,000 will be spent on an electrical safety advertising campaign via Pendle Community Radio, a full-time OFCOM licenced community radio station, which broadcasts on the 103.1FM frequency throughout East Lancashire. In addition to the radio advertising campaign, a series of LIVE radio shows and interviews will be organised with expert guests who will aim to highlight and raise awareness of electrical safety by providing accurate, up to date information, guidance and key safety tips for the listeners. There will also be a PAT (Portable Appliance Testing) day held at the radio studios where listeners will be encouraged to bring in their electrical appliances which will then be PAT tested by a qualified electrician.

Moazzam Ali, Station Manager at Pendle Community Radio, is thrilled to have been awarded the grant funding: “We are delighted to have once again secured this grant funding from the Electrical Safety Fund which will allow us to highlight and raise awareness about the importance of electrical safety, whether that is in people’s homes or at their workplaces. We look forward to holding the PAT testing day at the radio studios and hopefully can get the local community involved in the project. Thank you to the amazing team at Electrical Safety First for the grant award and all the support they have provided to our organisation.”
Further details about the project will be shared soon.

The Electrical Safety Fund is an annual grant scheme run by the charity Electrical Safety First. The Fund provides £1,000,000 to support community projects across the UK that aim to reduce domestic electrical risks.

Around half of all domestic fires in the UK are caused by electricity, with most of those arising from electrical products.

Lesley Rudd, chief executive at Electrical Safety First, says: “We are delighted to award this grant to East Lancashire Community Action Project Ltd. Our Electrical Safety Fund is designed to empower groups to help keep local people in their communities safe. Our website provides free advice for everyone to avoid fatal electrical fires and shocks in their home – visit: electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk.”

Notes to editors:
· To arrange interviews or for more information, please contact Ashleigh Daniel (Electrical Safety First) on 07974 014196 or [email protected], or contact Moazzam Ali (Pendle Community Radio) on 07840 427030 or [email protected]
· For more information on East Lancashire Community Action Project Ltd, please visit www.pendleradio.org
· Electrical Safety First is the leading UK charity dedicated to reducing deaths and injuries caused by electricity in UK homes. For more information on the fund, please visit https://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/electricalsafetyfund
· When referring to the charity in your copy, we kindly ask that you refer to Electrical Safety First in full. Abbreviations of ESF, if necessary, can follow thereafter.