The attached map shows the area that the Great Aycliffe and Middridge AAP covers.
Newton Aycliffe AAP map.pdf (1 pages, 1974kb)
Progress to date
Great Aycliffe AAP Board newsletter.pdf (4 pages, 353kb)
Great Aycliffe AAP Board update report.pdf (34 pages, 180kb)
First Board meeting
The first meeting of the Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership Board took place on 21 July.
The Board looked at action plans to address the priorities developed by local people at May's AAP launch meeting. The three main areas for the AAP to focus on over the coming year are:
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environmental and street cleansing issues
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support to the community and voluntary sector
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activities for young people.
Sub-groups will be formed to work on the priorities.
The Board also chose its new chairperson - Brian Hall from the councillor section of the Board.
The Board was given a presentation highlighting the winter gritting routes and highways schemes available.
The Board also received a presentation on the City of Culture bid for the county, and were supportive of the initial bid to be submitted in December 2009.
Attached are the minutes of the meeting:
Great Aycliffe AAP Board meeting minutes.pdf (7 pages, 35kb)
Subsequent Board meeting minutes
Great Aycliffe AAP Board meeting minutes 26 January 2010.pdf (8 pages, 57kb)
GAMP Board minutes November09.pdf (7 pages, 57kb)
Great Aycliffe AAP Board meeting minutes.pdf (5 pages, 37kb) September 2009
Future Board meetings
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Tuesday 30 March 2010 - Woodham Community Centre - 6.00pm - 8.00pm
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Thursday 27 May 2010 - Greenfield Community Arts Centre - 6.00pm - 8.00pm
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Tuesday 20 July 2010 - Aycliffe Village Hall - 6.00pm - 8.00pm
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Tuesday 21 September 2010 - Middridge Village Hall - 6.00pm - 8.00pm
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Tuesday 23 November 2010 - Agnew Community Centre - 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Any local neighbourhood issues that you would like to be discussed at the meetings, need to be sent in writing ten days before the meeting. Your attendance at the meeting also needs to be notified within the same time limits.
If you would like to attend future Board meetings, please get in touch with the contact below.
Forum meetings
Anyone can attend the AAP's Forum meetings to get involved in the AAP's work and deciding on priorities for it to focus on. The next meeting is being held in April/May 2010 - exact details to be confirmed.
To attend, please get in touch with the contact below.
For a summary of the last Forum meeting, please see the PDF below:
GAMP meeting summary.pdf (20 pages, 127kb)
Launch meeting - Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership
The launch meeting of the Newton Aycliffe Area Action Partnership (AAP) was held on 21 April. In all, 88 people attended the launch. Local councillors, council officers, representatives from local public services, voluntary and resident groups, and members of the public all attended on the night.
People had the chance to look at a range of information boards giving them details on their area (see the Area Action Partnerships information page for the boards).
People also had the chance to view some of the successes in their local area: Area Action Partnership launch event boards Newton Aycliffe.pdf (1 pages, 233kb)
We also produced an 'area profile' for the partnership to give people more detail on the work going on in the area: AAP profile for Newton Aycliffe area.pdf (2 pages, 855kb)
Issues on the night
Name
One of the major pieces of business for attendees at the AAP meeting was to choose the name of the partnership. The name chosen was ‘Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership’, which had a clear majority in the vote on the night. The acronym GAMP, means ‘large umbrella’, a good description for the partnership.
AAP priorities
A major part of the meeting was to develop priorities for the AAP to focus on over the next year. Issues discussed on the night included: improving community spirit and communication, unemployment, anti-social behaviour and educational attainment. The following areas were chosen as the key themes that Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership will consider over the next year. The themes are in order of priority:
- Environmental and Street Cleansing (36 votes)
- Support to Community and Voluntary (32 votes)
- Activities for Young People (29 votes)
- Town Centre Vitality (28 votes)
- Health and Lifestyles (22 votes)
- Improve Community Cohesion (18 votes)
- Unemployment levels (17 votes)
- Educational attainment (15 votes)
- Crime and Anti social behaviour (12 votes)
- Communication and Co-ordination (4 votes)
Excellent working relationships
One participant on the night said: “I represent a large voluntary sector organisation who are very interested in supporting the Area Action Partnerships across the county and we are therefore interested in seeing what priorities come out of each launch and how we can fit into any potential working groups.
“We have had an excellent working relationship with the former Sedgefield Borough Council and are keen to continue this with the new authority. Our organisation lends itself to several of the priorities identified at tonight’s event and we are now waiting to see how the board role out its actions.”
Next steps
The next step will be for a panel to select members for the AAP’s Board. To date, we have received nearly 40 expressions of interest for the seven public seats on the AAP Board (the Board will be made up of seven public representatives, seven elected members and seven representatives from partner organisations) and we will be looking to appoint Board members by the end of May/the beginning of June.
The first meeting of the Board will take place around the middle to back end of June. The date and venue will be confirmed soon. For the agenda and papers of the meeting, please check this web page at the start of June.
For more information about Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership, please get in touch with the contact below.