1 March 2011

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THE Friends of Chequer Mead have paid for the replacement of every tap in the building as a green initiative to save energy and prevent vandalism.

Theatre manager Hannah Kester said the move was part of an ongoing initiative to ensure the town’s community arts centre is as green as possible.

The new taps are the kind which have to be held down to use, which means they cant be left wastefully running. People often leave them on accidentally if they have been standing chatting, but we have also had incidents of vandalism where the sinks have been deliberately blocked with paper and the taps left to run, said Hannah.

We are always looking at new ways to save energy and we are very grateful to the Friends for paying for this particular work to be done.