Thousands of greener miles are helping deliver social care to Denbighshire residents.
Denbighshire Council says its social care sector travel mileage is making a big difference to the county’s carbon footprint since seeing its fleet move over to electric vehicles (EVs).
Through funding from the Welsh Government and end of fleet life replacement work, 13 EVs are helping carrying care to residents and the local environment.
The new social care EV fleet which came online last year is part of the council’s commitment to addressing the declaration of a Climate and Ecological Emergency in 2019 by reducing the county’s carbon footprint through greener mileage.
Nearly 84,000 miles have been travelled by the social care fleet to support residents across the county – equivalent to 556 trips from Ruthin to Cardiff – saving over £12,600 against staff using petrol or diesel vehicles.
Citroën ë-Berlingo vans based at Cysgod y Gaer Care Home, Corwen and Dolwen care home, Denbigh have notched up nearly 40,000 miles between them providing a lower carbon emission service at a lower fuel and maintenance cost as well.
Last year Denbighshire spent over £39 million providing care and support to some of our most vulnerable adults across the county.
Councillor Barry Mellor, Lead Member for Environment and Transport said:
“The council remains committed to tackling the Climate and Ecological Emergency in 2019 and it’s great to see the Social Care EV fleet bedding in to provide greener mileage for the service across our county at a lower fuel and general maintenance cost as well.”
Councillor Elen Heaton Lead Member for Health and Social Care added:
“This initiative brought in last year is certainly going the extra green mile to provide care for our community and our local climate too. It’s great to see that these electric vehicles have fitted in well to how we provide the service to our local communities and their long-term use will continue to help us reduce our county carbon footprint.”
