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Barrasford Project - Call for Volunteers to help with house connections I hope everyone is enjoying the sun over this bank holiday weekend. I'm sure we all need some good weather.I want to thank everyone who's been helping with the planning of the project so far. I'm glad to announce we're now into B4RN's build phase for the whole of the Barrasford project that's all the routes between Barrasford, Birtley, Colwell, Gunnerton, and the Swinburn's. Click above to see the project map…

So we’re in the Courant this week! And we’ve also been on Radio Newcastle!

We're pleased to announce the building has begun! Installation of a B4RN cabinet has begun in Barrasford. B4RN have already started putting in the work to get it live and bring their connection into the village! The cabinet installation is a big milestone for our local volunteer group who have been working for more than a year to bring B4RN to the area. We've helped plan the routes for the fibre ducting; got free access to land; encouraging local investment; secured government…

We've had a lot of progress in the month since our last post. There's a lot of important information here so do please do read to the end. We've got big news about starting to build in just weeks hopefully before Christmas, there's a big green box coming to Barrasford! Which will be a great Christmas present to the community! We need the communities support more than ever - both practically as we need more volunteers as we move into phase 3…