Councillor Owen Temple (right) presents the cheque to Harriet Gibbon, Chief Executive of Age UK County Durham with Michael Chipperfield, Assistant Superintendent Registrar (back left) and Graham Harrison, Bereavement Service Manager (back right).
A CHARITY has received a donation of £3,472 from a north Durham crematorium.
Age UK has been given the cash by the joint committee of Durham and Gateshead councillors based at Mountsett Crematorium at Dipton, near Consett.
The cheque is the third contribution that the crematorium has been able to make to charity as a result of joining a national scheme for recycling metals arising from the cremation process.
The donations now total £11,805.
Durham County Councillor Owen Temple, committee chairman, said: “At a time of grief, families are still making the selfless response of approving this scheme so that the suffering of others can be alleviated.
“It’s a tribute to the generosity of spirit within our community.”
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