Beaumond House Hospice Care has been given some much-needed media equipment thanks to community funding provided by the team behind the planned dualling of the A46 Newark Bypass.
The hospice has been awarded over £3,200 from the project’s social value fund, part of a wider National Highways commitment to ‘give back’ to local communities by providing funding for projects, volunteer time, materials or arranging career-related activities in schools and colleges.
The charity used the money to buy media equipment including a new television, sound bar and game console to help staff and volunteers facilitate a number of activities for guests, such as craft demonstration and talks, as well as showing films.
The new technology can also be used for training sessions for staff and volunteers and to entertain visiting families with films, music and games.
National Highways Senior Project Manager for the A46 Newark Bypass improvement Phil Boffey said:
“We were so pleased to be able to award Beaumond House this funding to enable them to enhance their media facilities at the Hospice.
“Our community fund has been set up to deliver benefits for local people, the environment and the economy.
“We’ve always built social value into every aspect of our network. From economic prosperity to preserving natural habitats, we know how important it is that we make a positive difference to the communities where we work.”
Beaumond House Team leader, Sally Briggs-Price, said:
“The TV has made so much difference to the day patients, even just to have the wallpaper scenes on gives a homely ambiance. We have used it to watch a film after lunch, listened to old music for a sing song and last week the Holocaust group used it to show their presentation.
“The Nintendo Switch has also gone down really well as it offers a welcome distraction by allowing children to be present and feel included in what is going on.”
National Highways’ social value framework has four themes:
Economic prosperity
Improving the environment
Community wellbeing
Equality, diversity and inclusion
The A46 Newark Bypass improvement scheme will upgrade a stretch of single carriageway on the A46 which is used by, on average, 17,000 drivers every day as the key Trans-Midlands Trade Corridor connecting the M5 with the Humber Ports.
This will help to create a continuous dual carriageway from Lincoln to Warwick which will have national significance for travel and the economy as well as easing congestion on the outskirts of Newark.
Proposals for the bypass include:
A flyover junction at Cattle Market with the A46 elevated to pass over the roundabout. This will separate through traffic from local traffic improving safety for all road users including pedestrians and cyclists
Winthorpe junction will be enlarged with traffic lights to connect the new A46 link
A short section of new dual carriageway over the A1, including slip roads to Brownhills roundabout and a new bridge to the north of the existing A46 bridge over the A1.
A new single lane carriageway between Friendly Farmer and Winthorpe roundabouts providing links to the A17, A1 and Newark.
Adding traffic lights to Farndon junction to improve flows during peak hours
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