Industrial Action - Wednesday 30th November

This page details all of the disruption that we currently know of in the East Durham area due to tomorrow's industrial action taking place across the country. We have tried to include as much information as possible and this page will be updated as regularly as possible this evening. If you know of any other disruption please use our Facebook page to let us know.

Links

Durham County Council' industrial action page
Full School Closures List for County Durham
DCC's Twitter feed for latest updates 

Last updated 18:49

Closure's

Blackhall Library
Easington Coilery Library
Horden Library
Peterlee Library
Thornley Library
Trimdon Library
Wingate Library
Ferndale Day Centre, Grampian Drive, Peterlee

No refuse collections will take place (no replacement collections planned) 

School Closures

Acre Rigg Infant School, Peterlee
Acre Rigg Junior School, Peterlee
Blackhall Coilery Primary School
Byron Sixth Form. Peterlee
Deaf Hill Primary School
Dene Community School of Technology, Peterlee
Dene House Primary School, Peterlee
Durham Sixth Form (DGSC), Durham
Easington CofE Primary School
Easington Coilery Primary School
Easington Community Science College
Glendale School and Community Arts College, Easington
Hesleden Primary School
Horden Nusery School
Howletch Lane Primary School
Hutton Henry CE (Controlled) Primary School
Our Lady of the Lourdes RCVA Primary School, Shotton
Our Lady of the Rosary RCVA Primary School, Peterlee
Seascape Primary School
Shotton Hall Primary School, Peterlee
Shotton Primary School
South Hetton Primary School
St Bede's Comprehensive School, Peterlee
The Academy at Shotton Hall, Peterlee
Thornley Primary School
Trimdon Juniors School
Trimdon Village Comunity Infant School
Wellfield Community School, Wingate
Wheatley Hill Community Primary School
Wingate Infants School
Wingate Junior School
Wingate Nursery School
Yohden Primary School

Durham County Council - Press Release Regarding Strike

Published November 25, 2011.

Durham County Council has outlined how Wednesday’s planned industrial action is expected to affect services.

The authority is taking measures to minimise the impact on services but residents are warned that disruption is inevitable.

Customer access points, libraries and day centres will be closed during the day of action but will reopen for business as normal on Thursday, 1 December.

Some schools and nurseries will also be closed. An up-to-date list of schools affected is available at www.durham.gov.uk/schoolclosures

Locomotion at Shildon, Bishop Auckland Town Hall, Durham County Record Office, the Gala Theatre and the DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery will be closed to the public.

Killhope: the North of England Lead Mining Museum has already closed for the winter.

Spennymoor and Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centres will be closed and Meadowfield Leisure Centre will operate reduced hours, opening from 2.15pm to 10.15pm. All other leisure centres will open as normal.

There will be no refuse, recycling or bulky waste collections. No replacement collections will be arranged following the strike. However, all household waste recycling centres will be open during the industrial action.

All Durham County Council adult learning courses will be cancelled.

The Park and Ride service will operate as normal.

In case of emergency, members of the public should call the following numbers:

  • Durham County Council switchboard: 0300 123 7070 – out-of-hours message but calls will also be transferred to the emergency services if necessary.
  • Highways Action Line: 0191 370 6000
  • Social Care Direct – 0845 8 50 50 10
  • Homelessness: 01388 722 538

Don McLure, Durham County Council’s corporate director of resources, said: “The council has contingency plans which we are putting in place in order to minimise the impact of industrial action on services.

“Officers will be closely monitoring the situation throughout the day and will provide any updates to the public as and when required.”

Further updates will be issued if necessary. Residents can also visit www.durham.gov.uk for information on affected services.