Communities online North East England


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 * Sunderland City Council is the winner of the Government's Digital Challenge, being identified as an exemplar in how to use digital technology to tackle social exclusion. Sunderland is aiming to become a low-carbon Council and adopted a Carbon Plan in June 2007 that aims to reduce the Council's carbon emissions by 10 per cent (ie 6,000 tonnes) from 2007-2012.