29.01.2025
You are summoned to attend a meeting of the Community Liaison Committee of
RAINFORD PARISH COUNCIL
in the Council Chamber at Rainford Village Hall on Monday 3 February 2025 at 6.30pm
The Press & Public are invited to attend
AGENDA
1. Apologies for Absence
2. Minutes of the meeting held on 06.01.2025
3. School Liaison Officer’s Report: Councillor Whalley
4. VIP Report: Councillor Stockton-Pugh
5. Updates:
Community Hub: Councillor Denton
Heritage Memorial: Councillor Reynolds
Knifesavers: Councillor Bowden
Rainford Youth Council: Councillor Whalley
6. Neighbourhood/Parish Plan: Councillor Roberts
7. Beer Festival 28.02 – 02.03.2025
8. Events: Event Manager
9. Solar System on the Linear Park: Councillor Reynolds
10. Safety of Lithium-ion Batteries Campaign
The following email was received from Ron Bailey, Assistant to Lord Foster and Parliamentary Advisor to the Electrical Safety First (ESF) charity
Dear Local Council
Safety of Lithium-ion Batteries Campaign
You may recall that I wrote to you in June last year to inform you of this campaign. So let me reintroduce myself. I am the assistant to Lord Foster (hence my email address) and the Parliamentary Advisor to the charity Electrical Safety First (ESF).
ESF and Lord Foster launched this campaign in June last year to ensure the safety of Lithium-ion batteries. The attached transcript of a webinar held by ESF on 30th December outlines the issues and the campaign, which is designed to save lives and cut down on fires and save damage to property. There are four issues
• That e bikes and e scooters and the Lithium-ion batteries used to propel them are subject to independent testing before being marketed. Currently this is not the case.
• That regulation are made to ensure the safe disposal of the batteries. Currently this is not the case resulting in fires in bin lorries and waste disposal sites.
• That charging kits and conversion kits used on the bikes are also safe. Currently regulations do not cover this.
• That online marketplaces through which many goods are sold nowadays are subject to the same safety regulations as high street shops. Currently this is not the case.
This campaign has the support of a large number of organisations (see attached) including the NALC and the SLCC as well as 500 individual local Councils, and we are already discussing this with Ministers – who are not unfriendly. We feel, therefore, that the support of local councils will keep the momentum going and hope you will be able to back this campaign.
I look forward to hearing from you,
All the best
Ron Bailey
11. Articles for the next Local Life Newsletter
Sally Powell
Clerk & RFO to Rainford Parish Council
