The attached map shows the area that the Teesdale AAP covers.
Teesdale AAP map.pdf (1 pages, 1904kb)
Area Action Partnerships
Area Action Partnerships (AAPs) are a part of Durham County Council. The Teesdale Action Partnership focuses on priorities decided by you at forum events which are held twice a year. The AAP Forum is open to anyone who lives or works in an AAP area. It allows a wide group of people to make their views known on issues and opportunities in their area.
Teesdale Action Partnership positively welcomes all members of the community so that it represents a wide range of people and viewpoints.
Latest Information
- The next Teesdale Action Partnership Forum Meeting will be held on 30 June 2010 - time and venue to be advised. If you are interested in attending this forum meeting, please contact the support team using the contact information at the bottom of this page to register your interest.
- Teesdale Action Partnership also has its new chairperson for 2010/11- Sandra Moorhouse from the public section of the Board.
AAP meetings
The partnership holds regular Board meetings as well as its six-monthly Forum meetings. You will find minutes and summaries for all meetings, our terms of reference, code of conduct, action plan and communications plan at the following link Minutes, documents and project information.
Future Dates
The next Teesdale Area Partnership Board meeting is on 14 July 2010 from 6pm at Butterknowle Village Hall, Butterknowle, County Durham DL13 5PP. Please confirm your attendance by calling 01833 696231 or email tap@durham.gov.uk
- Wednesday 14 July 2010 (full details above)
- Wednesday 22 September 2010 at 6pm in Lunedale Village Hall
- Wednesday 17 November 2010 at 6pm in Winston Village Hall DL2 3RX
- Wednesday 19 January 2011 at 6pm venue to be advised
- Wednesday 16 March 2011 at 6pm venue to be advised
Priorities and Projects
The following key priorities are the focus for 2009/10. Task and finish groups have been set up to implement projects in the area, these groups are made up of Teesdale Action Partnership Board and forum members. Information on the projects developed through these groups and approved by the AAP Board is available by clicking the links below:
Get Involved
If you would like to have your say and influence decisions that affect your area, why not join the Forum and we will keep you informed of dates and times of future meetings and events. As a Forum member you can also chose to join one of the task and finish groups. for more information about Teesdale Action Partnership, please contact us at the details below.
Archive Information
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.pdf (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.pdf (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.