Meeting dates

Please contact us for more information about our next meeting.

Minutes and summaries of previous meetings

• Great Aycliffe and Middridge AAP Board Key Messages 30 January 2018 (PDF, 141.1kb)
• Great Aycliffe and Middridge AAP Board 28 November 2017 (PDF, 297.1kb)
• Great Aycliffe and Middridge AAP Board 26 September 2017 (PDF, 46.4kb)
• Great Aycliffe and Middridge AAP 18 July 2017 (PDF, 57.6kb)
• Great Aycliffe and Middridge AAP Board 14 March 2017 (PDF, 67.9kb)
• Great Aycliffe and Middridge AAP Board 17 January 2017 (PDF, 65.4kb)
• Great Aycliffe and Middridge AAP Board 29 November 2016 (PDF, 73.6kb)
• Great Aycliffe and Middridge AAP Board 27 September 2016 (PDF, 63.2kb)
• Great Aycliffe and Middridge AAP Board 19 July 2016 (PDF, 73.0kb)
• Great Aycliffe and Middridge AAP Board 17 May 2016 (PDF, 76.8kb)
• Great Aycliffe and Middridge AAP Board 22 March 2016 (PDF, 71.6kb)
• Great Aycliffe and Middridge AAP Board 26 January 2016 (PDF, 92.6kb)

For previous notes, please contact us.

Great Aycliffe and Middridge AAP is made up of seven public representatives, seven partner representatives, six county councillors and one town councillor. They are:

Public representatives

• Sue Cooke
• Alan Cooper
• Chris Cunnington-Shore
• Alan Jordan (Vice Chair)
• Barry Knevitt
• Hannah Siddle
• Graham Tarn

Partner representatives

• Carol Gaskarth (Voluntary & Community Sector)
• Inspector Sarah Honeyman (Police) (Chair)
• Helen Johnson (livin Housing)
• Kim Lawther (Health Representative - Clinical Commissioning Group)
• Graeme Metcalf (Fire Service)
• Steve Robson (Business Representative)
• Oliver Sherratt (Durham County Council Head of Service)

County councillors

• Cllr Eddy Adam (Aycliffe West) (Vice Chair)
• Cllr Jim Atkinson (Aycliffe East)
• Cllr John Clare (Aycliffe North & Middridge)
• Cllr Scott Durham (Aycliffe North & Middridge)
• Cllr Brian Hall (Great Aycliffe Town Council)
• Cllr Kate Hopper (Aycliffe West)
• Cllr Paul Howell (Aycliffe North & Middridge)

Forum members can share their opinions and ideas with the AAP team and take part in task and finish groups to help achieve the priorities. Please contact us for the latest meeting dates and let us know beforehand if you'd like to attend so that we can make sure there's enough paperwork and seating available.

If you would like to have a say and influence decisions that affect your area join your local AAP. As a local forum member you'll be invited to meetings and events to discuss community issues. 

You can subscribe to the Area Action Partnership (AAP) news, follow the AAP on Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership on Facebook or read our ebulletin below:

•   Great Aycliffe and Middridge AAP ebulletin May 2018 (PDF, 780.8kb)  

This task group was formed to look at key issues such as risky behaviour, including alcohol, drugs, smoking and crime, activities for 12-15 year olds and children's physical, emotional and mental health.

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Apprenticeships, gaining work experience and providing career advice are some of the key issues which this task group will look at to support unemployed residents.

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This task group specifically focuses on mental health, dementia, depression, access to social activities and facilities. It also looks at transport, welfare and money issues.

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Meeting notes

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