Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership

This page gives an overview of Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP).

Our board

The AAP board has 21 members - seven public and seven partner representatives, six county councillors and one town councillor.

Board meetings

Find details of Great Aycliffe and Middridge's (AAP) board meeting dates and the most recent meeting minutes.

Meeting dates

Please contact us for more information about our next meeting.

Minutes and summaries of previous meetings

For previous notes, please contact us.

Board members

Find details of Great Aycliffe and Middridge Area Action Partnership (AAP) board members.

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 (Vice Chair)
Chris Cunnington-Shore
Alan Jordan
Barry Knevitt
Hannah Siddle

Partner representatives

Carol Gaskarth (Voluntary & Community Sector)
Inspector Sarah Honeyman (Police) (Vice Chair)
Helen Johnson (livin Housing)
Kim Lawther (Health Representative - Clinical Commissioning Group)
Vacancy (Fire Service)
Stephen Gosnay (Business Representative)
Oliver Sherratt (Durham County Council Head of Service)
Phil Hodgson (Durham County Council Head of Service Representative)

County councillors

Cllr Eddy Adam (Aycliffe West) (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)

Our forum

The forum meets twice a year and is open to local people, businesses and organisations. It sets the AAP's priorities which it seeks to address through its projects and monitors the progress of these.

Forum members

Get involved with your local community!

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.

Joining the AAP

Get involved with your local community!

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.

Our area

The Icon for pdf Great Aycliffe and Middridge AAP area map (PDF, 1.9mb) shows the area covered by the partnership. or you can find County Durham Partnership: INA - profiles on the County Durham Partnership website.

Our priorities

We carried out extensive local consultation during November and December 2016 through a range of channels, where local people were given the opportunity to vote on their top priorities for GAMP to focus on for 2017/18.

Children, young people and families

This task group will examine anything which can support our children, young people and their families to live a happier and healthier life.

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.

Meeting dates

For more information on our next meeting please contact us.

Meeting notes

Please contact us for previous meeting notes.

Employment, enterprise and training

This task group looks at ways to help improve positive outcomes for residents to gain employment and/or access to training.

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.

Meeting dates

For more information on our next meeting, please contact us.

Meeting notes

For previous notes, please contact us.

Older people

The task group meet regularly to to help support older residents in Great Aycliffe and Middridge area to live a happier and healthier life.

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.

Meeting dates

For more information on our next meeting, please contact us.

Meeting notes

For previous notes, please contact us.

AAP - Great Aycliffe and Middridge

AAP - Great Aycliffe and Middridge

01325 327 441

Our address is:

Pioneering Care Centre
Cobblers Hall
Newton Aycliffe
County Durham
United Kingdom
DL5 4SF

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