The attached map shows the area that the Teesdale AAP covers.
Teesdale AAP map (1 pages,1904kb)
AAP meetings
The partnership holds regular Board meetings and six-monthly Forum meetings. Minutes and summaries for the meetings are available at Teesdale Action Partnership meetings.
The next Teesdale Area Partnership Board meeting is on 28 January 2010 from 6.00pm at the Witham Hall, Barnard Castle, DL12 8LY. Please confirm your attendance by calling 01833 696231 or email tap@durham.gov.uk
Teesdale Action Partnership launch meeting
The launch meeting of the Teesdale Area Action Partnership (AAP) was held on 22 April 2009. In all, 127 people attended the launch, with members of the public, parish, town and county councillors, representatives from partner organisations, community venues and community partnerships all represented on the night.
Due to popular demand, a second event was also held on the 30 April which was attended by a further 11 people.
People had the chance to look at a range of information boards giving them details on the county (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 Teesdale (1 pages,181kb)
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 Teesdale (2 pages,998kb)
Name
One of the main aims of the first meeting was to choose the name for the AAP. In a vote, ‘Teesdale Action Partnership’ came out as the final choice.
AAP priorities
Another important aim for the first meeting of the Teesdale Action Partnership was to develop priority themes for the AAP to focus on over the coming year.
There were many issues discussed at the meetings including tourism, crime and safety, recycling and the economy. From the discussions, attendees prioritised the following themes:
- Support for older people (53 votes)
- Public transport and accessibility (52 votes)
- Clean Streets and Environment (41 votes)
- = Job prospects and training (28 votes) = Support for the VCS (28 votes) = Access to broadband (28 votes)
- Play facilities and leisure (22 votes)
- Affordable decent housing (18 votes)
- Activities for young people (16 votes)
- Working with the travelling communities (15 votes)
A promising start
One participant on the night said: “I really enjoyed it, the event answered a lot of questions and I was impressed with the format and organisation. The evening was positive, informative and a promising start for Teesdale Action Partnership.”
For more information about Teesdale Action Partnership, please get in touch with the contact below.