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Contents Page No

Introduction to AAPs 3

Welcome from the Chair 3 - 4

Annual Overview

Key Achievements 5

Area Budget Projects 6

Public Health, Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield Clinical Commissioning Group (DDES CCG), Welfare Reform Supported Projects 6

Neighbourhood Budget Supported Projects 7 - 8

The AAP Area 9

The East Durham Rural Corridor Area Action Partnership (EDRC AAP) 10

Task and Finish Groups 10 - 11

Forum Events 11

Priorities 11

Project Case Studies 12 - 13

County Durham Partnership (CDP) 13

Consultations 13

Wider AAP Work 13 - 14

Performance Management and Monitoring of Projects 14 - 15

Plans for 2017/18 15 - 16

Thankyou 16

Contact Information 16

Appendices

1 – EDRC AAP Delivery Plan 2016/17 and Area Budget Information 17 - 23

2 – Neighbourhood Budget (NB) 2016/17 24 - 27

3 – Public Health, DDES CCG and Welfare Reform Funding 28 4 – Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) 29 - 30

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Introduction to AAPs Area Action Partnerships or AAPs were introduced in County Durham in 2009 as part of the reorganisation of local government. There are 14 Partnerships covering all areas of the County.

The AAPs bring together local people, Councillors and partners to set local priorities and explore ways to take action to address these priorities. People can get involved in the AAPs through the AAP Forum or by participating in one of the priority Task and Finish Groups; they are also welcome to observe AAP Board meetings and take part where relevant.

Each partnership has a decision-making Board of 21 people and an Area Budget, which can be used to support local projects that address the priority areas agreed on by the Partnership.

The AAPs are part of the wider County Durham Partnership (CDP) and contribute towards the CDPs themes of Altogether Wealthier, Altogether Greener, Altogether Healthier, Altogether Safer and Altogether Better for Children and Young People.

Welcome from the Chair

It gives me great pleasure to introduce the annual report, which details our achievements over the last twelve months.

We have had another busy year in the East Durham Rural Corridor Area Action Partnership (EDRC AAP). As each AAP has different priorities to focus upon, it has been critical for us to develop our criteria for the project call out process in line with the needs of our diverse demographic community, which has resulted

in a range of projects linked to the priority areas of our AAP.

This year our Area Budget of £100,000 was used to support a variety of projects. Through our Capital Participatory Budget event; which culminated in a large scale community voting event where over 470 people who lived, worked or studied in the EDRC area voted on which community project they would like to support, we allocated £40,000 between five community projects. From these it is anticipated that over 1,140 people will benefit. Other projects developed include the Beat the Scammers initiative, which is a partnership social marketing project involving older people being trained as volunteers to help stop other older people being scammed by cold callers.

Aimed at our young residents the AAP has funded the PrimarEAMH (Emotional and Mental Health) project, which is designed to create a culture within education that encourages and supports young people into talking openly about mental health. We have also provided funding to Investing in Children to develop a virtual youth forum which will support young people to design and develop an online interactive website for children and young people in the EDRC area. Other projects supported by the Area Budget funding include the Mentoring and Campaign and Durham Cathedral outreach project.

We value the importance of continual engagement and consultation with local people on issues affecting their area, and we are constantly learning and developing our partnership arrangements to continue to take our valuable work from strength to strength. With austerity continuing to affect all aspects of the public sector the local work undertaken by AAPs is vital in helping those in need and our more vulnerable residents. Due to the commitment and significant effort from the public representatives, service partners and elected members on the Board as well as AAP staff, I believe we have delivered real action which has made a difference for those issues raised by the AAP Forum.

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I would like to thank everyone who has worked so hard to help the AAP achieve its priorities and I look forward to the coming year, with the expectation that we will continue to work in partnership to develop a range of positive outcomes for the EDRC area.

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Annual Overview –

Key Achievements 2016 /17

Local Info

28 people

engaged in

voluntary work

44 Projects Approved

6 Area Budget

37 Neighbourhood Budget 1 Welfare Reform

£436,894.74 Grants Awarded

£109,983.20 Area Budget

£316,911.54 Neighbourhood Budget

£10,000.00 Welfare Reform

£372,851.86 Match Funding

£42,115.00 Area Budget

£330,736.86 Neighbourhood Budget

Local Info

1,025 people accessing new/improved

facilities/buildings

Total Facebook Reach in 12 months 16,767

913 Forum Members receiving

information on a regular basis

Local Info

3 consultations were

sent out

Local Info

100 people involved in

schemes that help

them make healthy

choices and give them

the best start in life

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Area Budget Projects 2016/17

This year the AAP got an allocation of £100,000 through its Area Budget. Rather than having a Task and Finish Group for each priority, this year projects and initiatives were developed through a Joint Priorities Task and Finish Group. This proved to be extremely successful. All projects were developed by the Task Group and approved by the Board.

Project Details Amount Allocated

PrimarEAMH Development – If U Care Share £18,000.00

Beat the Scammers – Age Concern £9,436.00

Connecting Young People – Investing in Children £5,643.00

Mentor and Campaign – Investing in Children £19,494.20

Reaching Out to Local Schools – Durham Cathedral £7,410.00

‘It’s Up to You’ - Participatory Budgeting £40,000.00

Total spent £99,983.20

Public Health, DDES CCG and Welfare Reform Projects

This year the AAP also received additional funding of £10,000 from Durham County Council to allocate to projects dealing with issues linked to changes brought about through welfare reforms. Unfortunately unlike the previous year no additional funding was received from Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield Clinical Commissioning Group (DDES CCG) or Durham County Council Public Health. The additional welfare reform funding was allocated through the Task and Finish Group / Board structures.

Funder Project Details Amount Allocated

Durham County Council Credit Union Schools Project £10,000.00

TOTAL £10,000.00

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Neighbourhood Budget Projects

The Neighbourhood Budget is a £20,000 allocation that each of the local County Councillors receives to support local organisations. Organisations usually approach the Councillors with a request and the project application is developed with the support of the AAP team.

Councillor / Electoral Division

Project Details

Amount Allocated

Jan Blakey Coxhoe

Kingswood Nature Reserve Seating £666.00

Gateway Feature Cornforth Junction £844.00

School 20 mph Zone £17,281.79

Durham Cathedral Reaching Out to Local Schools £1,014.68

Coxhoe Banner Group Heritage Project £1,000.00

St Helens Church Kelloe Roof Repair £2,000.00

Quarrington Hill Planters £1,000.00

Quarrington Hill Banner Group £1,000.00

Cassop Community Centre Electrical Work £814.29

Bowburn Park Height Restrictor and Environmental Issues £667.00

Morley Crescent Kelloe Additional Parking Bays £12,607.43

Health Express (BASH AAP) £5,000.00

*Jan also covers Spennymoor AAP’s areas therefore details of further spend can be found in their annual report

Peter Brookes Trimdon & Thornley

TCCA Fitness Installations £2,500.00

Children and Young People Provision £4,949.99

Trimfest 2016 £2,000.00

Sports Hall Refurbishment £11,029.01

Trimdon Colliery Banner Replication £2,000.00

Trimdon Grange Community Association Electricals £10,000.00

*Peter also covers both Durham and East Durham AAP’s areas therefore details of further spend can be found in their annual reports

Lucy Hovvels Trimdon & Thornley



Deaf Hill Banner Group £2,000.00

Trimdon Grange Miners Banner Celebration £2,000.00

Trimdon Environmental Entrances £2,000.00

Trimdon Health Project £10,249.80

Deaf Hill Ward Regen Partnership – Heating System Phase 2 £2,000.00

*Lucy also covers both Durham and East Durham AAP’s areas therefore details of further spend can be found in their annual reports

Rachel Lumsdon Sedgefield

Play Space Refurbishment St Luke’s Sedgefield £11,000.00

Fishburn News £2,000.00

Fishburn Allotment Association Beehive Project £2,000.00

Fishburn Allotment Building £5,000.00

Fishburn MUGA £28,234.00

Morris Nicholls Trimdon & Thornley



Trimdon Grange Community Association Electricals £10,000.00

Deaf Hill Ward Regen Partnership – Heating System Phase 2 £2,000.00

Trimdon CCTV Upgrade £2,500.00

*Morris also covers both Durham and East Durham AAP’s areas therefore details of further spend can be found in their annual reports

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Maria Plews Coxhoe



School 20 mph Zone £17,281.79





Petterson Dale Browning Hill Speed Restrictions £7,545.92


Cassop Community Centre Electrical Work £1,052.71




*Maria also covers Spennymoor AAP’s areas therefore details of further spend can be found in their annual report

John Robinson Sedgefield

Fishburn MUGA £5,000.00

Sedgefield Squash Club – Lighting Upgrade £3,653.52

Sedgefield Community Association Equipment £6,054.00

Sedgefield Out of School Fun Club Building £5,000.00

Sedgefield Junior Fire Fighters £2,000.00

Ceddesfield Hall Furniture £5,000.00

Sedgefield Library Children and Young Peoples Activities £2,004.85

Star Radio Media Days £3,000.00

Fishburn and Sedgefield Easter Activities Programme £5,243.00

Mac Williams Coxhoe








Cassop Community Centre Electrical Work £133.00




*Mac also covers both Spennymoor AAP’s areas therefore details of further spend can be found in their annual report

Further detail on the projects supported through Area Budget, Neighbourhood Budget and Welfare Reform Funding can be found in appendices one, two and three. Information on Area Budget Key Performance Indicators can be found in appendix four.

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The AAP Area

East Durham Rural Corridor AAP covers the electoral divisions of Trimdons and Thornley, Fishburn and Sedgefield and Coxhoe and includes the Parishes of Old Cassop, Bowburn, Parkhill, Cassop, Old Quarrington, Quarrington Hill, Coxhoe, Kelloe, Trimdon Station (Deaf Hill), Trimdon Colliery, Trimdon Grange, Trimdon Village, Fishburn, Sedgefield, Bradbury, Mordon (see map below). If you want to know if your town or village sits within this area, please contact the AAP team.

Population figures are in the region of 25,600.

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The East Durham Rural Corridor Area Action

Partnership Board

The Board is the decision making body of the Area Action Partnership. It meets formally at least six times per year and has 21 members who are brought together from the public, partners and elected Councillors.

Public Partner Councillor

Jen Straughan-Hawley

Clair White (NHS) Cllr Jan Blakey (Vice Chair)

Melvyn Carr

Barbara Hind (Durham Community Action) Cllr Peter Brookes

Ann Carr

Roger Goodes (Chair) (Senior Council Representative)

Cllr Rachel Lumsdon

Eileen Dickinson Neighbourhood Inspector Sarah Honeyman (Police)

Cllr John Robinson

Janet Blackburn

Jonathan Smith (Fire) Cllr Dudley Waters (Local Councils Committee)

Keith Pounder Ian Walker (Housing) Cllr Dennis Morgan (Local Councils Committee)

Chris Varty (Vice Chair) Vacant (Business) Cllr Lucy Hovvels (Alternate)

Cllr Maria Plews (Alternate)

Co-opted Members N/A

Former Board Members Acting Neighbourhood Inspector Mark Edwards, Janice Hall, Cllr Mac Williams

Task and Finish Groups

At the Board meeting held on the 9th March 2016, members discussed the allocation of the £100,000 Area Budget. Board Members had already agreed the AAP priorities for 2016/17 at the 27th January 2016 Board meeting, where it was also highlighted that Participatory Budgeting (PB) had attracted the largest number of community members for this AAP over the years. Following further discussion the Board agreed on the 9th March that £40,000 (the maximum that can be allocated to a PB scheme) would be allocated to a PB scheme. In an attempt to keep PB fresh it was agreed that the scheme would be for capital projects, including building and refurbishment works on community buildings, where activities around the AAP priorities operate from.

To ensure a balance between empowering the community, supporting community groups and buildings, and focusing on more targeted strategic work in partnership with statutory partners; for example on issues such as the potential impact of the Youth Service Review; it was agreed that the remaining £60,000 Area Budget should be allocated via a Joint Priorities Task Group, which would address all three of EDRC AAPs priorities. In previous years, a Joint Priorities Task Group had proven to develop more rounded projects in line with the priorities, benefitting the whole of the AAP area. With this in mind, it was also agreed that the £10,000 Welfare Assistance Budget should be allocated via the Task Group.

The three 2016/17 priorities remained the same as 2015/16;

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Activities for Children and Young People ‘To provide support to Children and Young People with regards to the issues that children and young people have identified’

Older People ‘Improve the quality of life for people aged 60+ in the AAP area by supporting them into building friendships and attending activities’

Health and Wellbeing ‘Improve the health & wellbeing in the AAP area by developing projects in line with the themes identified’

Details of the successful projects can be found in Appendix One.

Forum Event

The East Durham Rural Corridor AAP held a Forum event on 26 November 2016 at the Active Life Centre @ Coxhoe, as part of the ’It’s Up 2 U’ Participatory Budgeting (PB) event. The event was open to all people who live in, work/volunteer or study in the AAP area, aged 11 and above. The event was attended by 486 people, some of which were new to the AAP and who have subsequently been signed up as Forum members, increasing the total number of Forum members to 913. The Forum took on a Christmas themed community fun day to attract families. Children could get their face painted, meet Santa Claus and also participated in Christmas themed arts and crafts. Participants also voted on the AAP priorities at the Forum event, along with voting available via an online survey, 500 people in total voted. Participants were asked to vote for their top 3 priorities from a list of 10 options, provided from previous consultation and suggestions from Forum Members. Voting took place using a clear and open process and attendees ranked the 10 priority choices as follows: Ranking AAP Priority Number of votes 1 Children, Young People and Families 310 2 Older People 246 3 Health and Wellbeing 194 4 Supporting Local Groups 158 5 Community Safety 147 6 Transport, Traffic and Roads 131 7 Your Local Environment 129 8 Employment, Enterprise and Training 98 9 Culture, Tourism and Heritage 50 10 Communication, IT and Technology 25

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Project Case Studies

Participatory Budgeting Case Studies

St Albans Church Luncheon Club – Kitchen refurbishment - £7,343.00

A group of volunteers have operated a luncheon club in St Albans Church Hall for almost 30 years. This weekly service offers a lifeline to elderly local residents, allowing them an opportunity to meet with friends and socialise. The facilities in the kitchen area were extremely old and outdated and were not up to modern requirements for health and safety.

The funding will allow a full refit of the kitchen cupboards, worktop, sink and will include new hot water facilities, cooker, fridge and freezer. This project will not only benefit the weekly group of older people who attend the luncheon club but will also benefit any of the wider community who use the hall for functions and events.

Fishburn Allotment Association – Storage building - £5,445.00

Fishburn Allotment Association is a very active group in the local area. Their project was to purchase

a storage building to be installed on the allotment site to store equipment such as strimmer’s etc.

and to bulk buy items to then be sold on to the allotment holders such as compost, chicken feed,

fertilizer etc. The aim and objective of the project is to provide goods and services to the allotment

holders at a reduced cost and to be environmentally friendly by using harvested rainwater and solar

energy in the building.

Joint Priority Task & Finish Group Case Studies

Age Concern ‘Beat the Scammers’ - £9,436.00

Older people are targeted ruthlessly by companies over the phone. Many of these are genuine companies trying to sell their products to new customers but some are criminals who claim to be from a bank, the Department of Work Pensions or County Council or convince them they have a virus on their computer. These criminals aim to obtain personal information or bank details and money is taken from their accounts so quickly that victims have no time to protect themselves.

There are some simple steps that people can take to protect themselves. This project will prevent older people becoming victims of crime by working in partnership with local agencies to build sustainable resilience across the community and help people ‘Hang up on fraud’.

A minimum of 4 local volunteers aged 18+ will be recruited and trained to give presentations to older people across the community about how to deal with cold telephone calls (both recorded and live). They will demonstrate how people can protect themselves from being a victim of scam calls, promote free services such as the Telephone and Mail Preference Services and raise awareness of how technology such as ‘call blockers’ work.

This project will also enable the purchase of electronic call blockers which will be given free to older people who have the most need (in receipt of means tested benefits, carers and those who are most vulnerable identified through our work and that of our stated partners). All participants will also receive a 'Beat the Scammers Information Pack' with the key messages and useful contact details.

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Investing in Children ‘Connecting Young People’ - £5,643.00

Young People involved in Investing in Children will be supported to design and develop an on-line interactive website for children and young people in the East Durham Rural Corridor area to access. The website will offer the following things:

• A virtual online Youth Forum for the area (see evidence of need) where children and young people will be able to have a voice and influence change.

• Online debates/surveys • Information about what is on in the area • Support mechanisms/sites • 'Agony Aunt' style question and answer page (based on feedback from the issue based support

review young people said they wanted) • Changes/Feeding back section Several hundred young people living, working and studying in the area will be able to access the site and join in debates, discussions and on line forums regarding youth issues etcetera. The website will also be the mechanism for the AAP to give feedback on the ways in which their voices have influenced change in the area.

County Durham Partnership (CDP)

As well as having partners on the EDRC AAP Board, EDRC AAP itself is part of the wider County Durham Partnership (CDP). The CDP membership includes all of the key service providers in County Durham, such as Durham Constabulary, County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service, Durham County Council, North East Chamber of Commerce, Durham University, Voluntary and Community Sector, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Public Health, Police and Crime Commissioner and Housing.

EDRC AAP submits regular reports on how their work is impacting upon the CDPs priority areas, which is taken to the Partnership Board.

The CDP Forum meets three times per year and brings together AAP Chairs with members of the CDP Board. Roger Goodes, the EDRC AAP Chair attended the CDP Forum meeting this year.

For more information on the CDP have a look at their website www.countydurhampartnership.co.uk

Consultations

AAPs are one of the main mechanisms for Council consultations. A number of partners utilise the support of the AAP as key consultees when major changes are being discussed. During 2016/17 EDRC AAP were involved in several key consultations as follows:

Draft Police, Crime and Victims’ Plan Public Consultation

Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) Durham County Council’s Budget Consultation

Police, Crime and Victims Commissioner – Precept Consultation

Wider AAP Work

As well as partners being on the AAP Board, EDRC AAP is also involved in other partnership arrangements. The EDRC AAP Co-ordinator, Jane Bellis/Jason Turnough have been involved in various health related groups including the Public Mental Health Strategy Implementation Group, and Emotional Wellbeing Network and the Suicide for several years now.

http://www.countydurhampartnership.co.uk/

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The EDRC AAP team are involved in community development work on a regular basis, for example Lyndsey Hunter, Community Development Project Officer (Job Share) has supported Trimdon Station Residents Association with many issues, including raising external funding for community growing project. Sandra Stephenson, Community Development Project Officer (Job Share) has supported Fishburn Academy Band to formalise their group governance, to enable them to apply and be successful with obtaining funding from the PB event.

In addition, the EDRC AAP team also get involved in various community events including village community fayres, and project launches. Marie Ainscough, Support Officer has been instrumental in undertaking numerous administrative tasks to ensure the successful delivery of the Participatory Budget event.

Performance Management and Monitoring of Projects

The AAP will fund a number of projects every year. These projects may be short term, whilst others can be delivered over a couple of years. This makes it difficult to report back on projects funded in any given year. However what AAPs do have information on is projects that have ended and been monitored over a 12 month period. The projects listed below all ended and were monitored in 2016/17.

Project Name: Voices Project – Youth Voice

Area Budget Allocation: £5365 Year Funded: 15/16 Monitoring Date: May 2016

Project Description: The project created opportunities for young people to be involved in discussing their local community and issues that affect them. Closer partnership working has been developed with children and young people, local Councillors and the AAP Board to encourage effective engagement with young people.

Performance Indicators Forecast Actual

CYP9 No of children and young people involved in schemes to help them realise and maximise their potential during the early years, school years and into employment and training.

100 137

Project Name: Trimdon Foundry Play Area

Area Budget Allocation: £16,000 Year Funded: 14/15 Monitoring Date: May 2016

Project Description: To improve local play and recreation facilities for children and young people.


AB2 No of community buildings and facilities supported. 1 1

AB5 No of people given access to new cultural/sporting recreational opportunities.

100 500

Project Name: Employability Pit Stop

Area Budget Allocation: £3928 Year Funded: 14/15 Monitoring Date: September 2016

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Project Description: The project supported unemployed people to increase their confidence and provide employability and digital literacy skills to enhance their employment prospects.


AB1 No of voluntary and community buildings supported. 2 5

AB2 No of community buildings and facilities supported 3 6

AB6 No of people engaged in voluntary work. 6 6

AW1 No of jobs created. 1 1

AW2 No of jobs safeguarded 1 1

AW3 No of people supported into employment 10 17

AW4 No of advice and guidance sessions 180 220

Aw16 No of IT connectivity initiatives supported. 1 1

AW21 No of people benefitting from schemes that reduce the impact of welfare reform.

40 192

AH2 No of people aimed at improving mental health and wellbeing. 1 1

Project Name: Emotional and Mental Health (Expansion of service pilot)

Area Budget Allocation: £6900 Year Funded: 14/15 Monitoring Date: April 2016

Project Description: Supporting young people with emotional and mental health related issues.


AH2 No of people aimed at improving mental and wellbeing. 2 2

Plans for 2017/18

The priorities for 2017/18 have been set and EDRC AAP will focus on the priorities:

Children, Young People and Families

Older People

Health and Wellbeing The EDRC AAP Board made the decision on the 9th March 2017 to address these priorities via one Joint Priorities Task and Finish Group (JPTG) utilising £60,000 of the £100,000 Area Budget allocation, plus £10,000 Welfare Assistance Budget for projects adding value to or filling a gap in provision around poverty issues, as well as welfare and employment issues. A timeline has been drafted and the first meeting of the Joint Priorities Task and Finish Group is scheduled to take place on the 17h May 2017.

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The remaining £40,000 of Area Budget has been allocated to a Participatory Budgeting (PB) Scheme. Historically PB has attracted the largest number of community members for EDRC AAP over the years. The PB date is yet to be confirmed but will happen sometime in November/December 2017. A steering group will be established to look at the format of the event and draft a proposal for submission to the board. By allocating the Area Budget and Welfare Assistance Budget in this way we hope to ensure that we have a balance between empowering the community, supporting community groups and buildings, and focussing on more targeted strategic work in partnership with statutory partners. The EDRC Board will meet throughout the year. Meetings all start at 5.00 pm and the dates and venues are below:

13 June 2017 (AGM) St Alban’s Church Hall, Trimdon Grange

19 July 2017 Quarrington Hill Community Centre

19 September 2017 Trimdon Community College Association

18 October 2017 Kelloe Primary School

16 January 2018 Bowburn Community Centre

14 March 2018 Cassop Community Centre

Thank You

EDRC AAP would like to thank everyone who has supported their work over the year especially those who came along to Board meetings, Task and Finish groups, Sub groups and other events and activities. We would like more people to get involved in 2017/18 so if you would like to be active with EDRC AAP or know anyone else who would be interested then come along to one of our meetings or give the EDRC AAP team a call.

Contact Information for East Durham Rural Corridor AAP Jane Bellis EDRC AAP Co-ordinator Jason Turnough EDRC AAP Co-ordinator (covering maternity leave) Sandra Stephenson Community Development Project Officer (Mondays & Tuesdays) Lyndsey Hunter Community Development Project Officer (Wednesday to Friday) Marie Ainscough Support Officer Office Address: 15a Church Road, Trimdon Village, County Durham, TS29 6PY Telephone: 03000 261128 / 03000 261129 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.durham.gov.uk/article/2611/East-Durham-Rural-Corridor-AAP EDRC is also on social media. Link to Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/EDRCAAP

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.durham.gov.uk/article/2611/East-Durham-Rural-Corridor-AAP

https://www.facebook.com/EDRCAAP

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Appendix 1: EDRC AAP Delivery Plan 2016/17 and Area Budget

Information

Children and YoungPeople

Health and Wellbeing

Older People

Match funding

Area Budget Summary

EDRC Area Budget £100,000.00

EDRC Area Budget Committed £99,983.20

Balance £16.80

Match Funding Total £34,042.00

Total Spend in EDRC area £134,025.20

EDRC Priority Key

Number of

Projects

Allocated

Area Budget

Activities for Children and Young People 4 £50,547.20

Health and Wellbeing 1 £40,000.00

Older People 1 £9,436.00

Match funding (Area Budget including Community Grants) £34,042.00

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AAP Priority: Activities for Children and Young People

Altogether Theme: Better for Children & Young People

Project Title: Connecting Young People

Project Lead: Investing in Children

Area Budget Funding: £5,643.00

Match Funding: £0.00

Total Project Cost: £5,643.00

Project Start Date: September 2016

Project Completion Date: September 2017

Description: Young People involved in Investing in Children will be supported to design and develop an on-line interactive website for children and young people in the East Durham Rural Corridor area to access. The website will offer the following things: • A virtual online Youth Forum for the area (see evidence of need) where children and young people will be able to have a voice and influence change. • Online debates/surveys • Information about what’s on in the area • Support mechanisms/sites • 'Agony Aunt' style question and answer page (based on feedback from the issue based support review young people said they wanted) • Changes/Feeding back section Several hundreds of young people living, working and studying in the area will be able to access the site and join in debates, discussions and on line forums regarding youth issues etcetera. The website will also be the mechanism for the AAP to give feedback on the ways in which their voices have influenced change in the area.

Outcomes:

Children and Young People will have greater knowledge and access to what is on offer in the local area

Children and Young People will receive more support, advice and information on a variety of issues

Children and Young People will be supported to have a voice through an on-line forum

KPI’s:

Target

No of people given access to new cultural/sporting/recreational opportunities

50

No of people involved in local decision making processes 10

No of IT connectivity initiatives supported 1

Additional Information: N/A

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AAP Priority: Older People

Altogether Theme: Safer

Project Title: Beat the Scammers

Project Lead: Age Concern Durham County (trading as Age UK County Durham)


Match Funding: £1,515.00


Project Start Date: 1 January 2017

Project Completion Date: 31 December 2017

Description: Older people are targeted ruthlessly by companies over the phone. Many of these are genuine companies but some are criminals. These criminals aim to obtain personal information or bank details and money is taken from their accounts so quickly that victims have no time to protect themselves. There are some simple steps that people can take to protect themselves. Our project will prevent older people becoming victims of crime by working in partnership with local agencies to build sustainable resilience across the community and help people ‘Hang up on fraud’. We will recruit and train a minimum of 4 local volunteers aged 18+ to give presentations to older people across the community about how to deal with cold telephone calls (both recorded and live). They will demonstrate how people can protect themselves from being a victim of scam calls, promote free services such as the Telephone and Mail Preference Services and raise awareness of how technology such as ‘call blockers’ work. The project will use some of the funding to purchase call blockers which will be given free to older people who have the most need (in receipt of means tested benefits, carers and those who are most vulnerable identified through our work and that of our stated partners). All participants will also receive a 'Beat the Scammers Information Pack' with the key messages and useful contact details.

Outcomes:

Older people aged 60+ will feel more confident and better equipped to deal with cold callers

People aged 18+ will feel increased social inclusion as a result of volunteering

Working age volunteers will gain employability skills as a result of training and involvement

KPI’s: Target

No of voluntary and community groups supported 3

No of community buildings/facilities supported 3

No of people engaged in voluntary work 4

No of people benefitting from initiatives aimed at reducing anti-social behaviour 250

No of schemes aimed at protecting vulnerable people from harm 1


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AAP Priority: Activities for Children & Young People


Project Title: Durham Cathedral – Reaching Out to Local Schools

Project Lead: Clare Chillingworth


Match Funding: £0


Project Start Date: September 2017

Project Completion Date: July 2018

Description: The aim of this project is to engage children and young people more closely with their communities through a programme of activities undertaken during the school day. Children and young people will examine and learn about the wildlife, habitats, animal and plant life that lives around their schools, understand how habitats can be improved to encourage more wildlife to flourish and undertake activities to put what they have learnt into practice. Children and young people will be encouraged to develop their understanding of their local community and develop a sense of place through creative learning, culminating in a piece of collective art produced by the whole class. This project will bring the community closer together by engaging with different schools across the AAP catchment area using the overarching theme of Armistice, the First World War and the impact on the local community. Children and young people will be engaged through the delivery of three outreach sessions which will take place at their school, led by highly experienced staff from Durham Cathedral, and by a final session at Durham Cathedral which will include an educational tour of the Cathedral and a group exhibition of all the artworks from this project. Funding from the EDRC AAP will cover the costs of the delivery of the outreach and Cathedral sessions by Cathedral staff, art materials and exhibition of the art works, purchase of motion-activated cameras for each school to use and keep, administration costs incurred in the development of the project by Durham Cathedral and a travel subsidy for each school towards the costs of travel to Durham Cathedral.

Outcomes:

Children and young people (C&YP) will be more engaged with their local community

C&YP will better understand the local wildlife and habitats around their school grounds

C&YP will have a better understanding of the heritage surrounding WW1’s Armistice and its relevance to the local community

KPI’s:

Target

No of C&YP involved in schemes to help them maximise and realise their potential

300


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Project Title: Mentor and Campaign

Project Lead: Investing in Children CIC


Match Funding: £0


Project Start Date: December 2016

Project Completion Date: November 2017

Description: The project will be delivered in two ways: Children’s Campaigning Project: A Children’s Campaigning Group will be set up for children aged 5-10 years. This will meet fortnightly. The group will focus on 2 areas of work. They will identify issues around feeling safe which will include looking at issues such as: bullying, feeling safe where they live, reducing the barriers between older young people and children and identifying what might make them feel safer. Secondly they will focus on litter and dog fouling in their local community and look at ways that this might be tackled. Children will be supported to develop a local campaign which might include posters, awareness raising sessions, community cohesion events and meetings with key stakeholders in their community. Peer Training Project: The peer mentoring project is designed to create opportunities for young people 11-18 to talk openly about issues they say affect them and gain the correct advice and information they need to develop and reach their full potential. The project will deliver a series of sessions to young people aged 11-18 and X 4 to 6 young people will be supported to deliver sessions as Peer Trainers. These sessions will be on specific subjects such as LGBT issues, risk taking behaviours (drugs, alcohol, smoking, sexual exploitation), internet safety and life skills.

Outcomes:

Young people will receive more support and feel less isolated

Children will feel safer and happier where they live

Barriers between older and young people will be reduced

Children and Young People will receive more support, advice and information on a variety of issues

KPI’s:

Target

No of children and young people involved in schemes to help them make healthy choices

75

No of schemes aimed at improving support and outcomes for families 1

No of people involved in initiatives aimed at improving mental health/wellbeing

75

No of schemes aimed at improving the quality of life, independence and support for people

75


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Project Title: Primar EAMH

Project Lead: If U Care Share



Total Project Cost: £36,000

Project Start Date: November 2016

Project Completion Date: September 2018

Description: PrimarEAMH is a project designed to create a culture within education that encourages and supports young people in talking openly about emotional and mental health. A programme will be developed for primary schools that will help staff and students to foster a positive environment within the classroom. From working with and equipping staff and delivering workshops with the pupils directly, this project will also seek to resource schools to create long lasting changes within their specific environment. Three stages are involved in this project 1.) Development - consultation with Identified schools, staff and students as well as the gathering of young people's voices in conjunction with Investing In Children. At the end of the development stage suitable resources will have been established to be disseminated in local schools. 2.) Delivery - Working with three schools assemblies will be delivered to the whole school and then age/development stage specific workshops, in smaller groups. Staff will be upskilled and the resources disseminated (with training) for use within their classroom environments. 3.) Evaluation - a period of evaluation and alteration will be completed to achieve a finalised programme. This will then be available for rollout to other schools.

Outcomes:

Staff will be upskilled when discussing emotional and mental health with pupils

Create a culture which encourages young people to seek help

Young children are supported to know that sharing emotions is the most important thing

KPI’s:

Target

No of people trained 30

No of schemes aimed at improving support and outcomes for families 1

No of people involved in initiatives aimed at improving mental health/wellbeing

350


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Altogether Theme: Healthier

Project Title: Capital Participatory Budgeting Scheme

Project Lead: Sandra Stephenson




Project Start Date: August 2016

Project Completion Date: December 2016

Description: The development of Participatory Budgeting Scheme ensures that public funds are allocated to local groups, which are voted for by the local community. The long term objectives of the PB project are to give people a voice and to engage local community groups and organisations in the work of the AAP and its partners by involving people of all ages to vote on and make decisions on a locality budget. The event brings communities together, enabling individuals to meet others with shared interests from their community, fostering community cohesion, empowering local residents to carry out positive actions in their neighbourhood, giving people a greater ownership of their area and the projects they have voted for and promoting the good work of the AAP.

Outcomes:

Local people will have access to improved community facilities

Older people will feel less isolated

KPI’s:

Target

AB1 No of voluntary & community groups supported 3

AB2 No of community buildings/facilities supported 3

AB5 Access to new cultural/sporting/recreational 100

Additional Information: This could include information such as achievements to date, publicity/awards received, quotes, case studies etc.

AAP Priority: Health & Wellbeing

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Appendix 2 - Neighbourhood Budget (NB) 2016/17

Councillor Peter Brookes

Electoral Division: Trimdon and Thornley Starting Allowance: £20,000.00

Project Amount Total Project

Trimdon Community College Association Fitness Installations £2,500.00 £2,808.33

Trimdon Community College Association Sports Hall Refurbishment £11,029.01 £33,861.90

Trimdon Community College Association Children & Young Peoples Provision

£4,949.50 £4,949.50

Trimdon Colliery Banner Replication Project £2,000.00 £11,000.00

Trimdon Grange Community Association Electricals £10,000.00 £49,308.77

Trimdon Parish Council – Trimfest 2016 £2,000.00 £16,687.00

Councillor Rachel Lumsdon

Electoral Division: Sedgefield Starting Allowance: £20,000.00


Play Space Refurbishment St Luke's Sedgefield £11,000.00 £21,664.67

Fishburn News £2,000.00 £2,000.00

Fishburn Allotment Association Beehive Project £2,000.00 £2,034.23

Fishburn Parish Council – Fishburn MUGA £38,234.00 £47,722.00

Fishburn Allotment Building £5,000.00 £10,527.86

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Councillor Lucy Hovvels



Deaf Hill Miners Banner Heritage Project £2,000.00 £4,700.00

Trimdon Grange Miners Banner Celebration £2,000.00 £2,980.00

Trimdon Community College Association Sports Hall Refurbishment

£10,000.00 £33,861.90

Deaf Hill Partnership Heating £2,000.00 £9,838.00


Deaf Hill Entrances £2,000.00 £2,000.00

Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) – Trimdon Health Project £10,249.80 £13,158.80

Councillor Morris Nicholls



Trimdon Community College Association Sports Hall Refurbishment

£10,000.00 £33,861.90

Deaf Hill Partnership Heating £2,000.00 £9,838.00


Trimdon Grange Community Association Electricals £10,000.00 £49,308.77

Trimdon Foundry Parish Council CCTV Improvements £2,500.00 £5,500.00

*Morris also covers the East Durham AAP area therefore details of spend can be found in their annual report

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Councillor Maria Plews

Electoral Division: Coxhoe Starting Allowance: £20,000.00


Kingswood Nature Reserve Picnic Benches £667.00 £2,000.00

Gateway Features at Cornforth Junction £844.00 £2,532.00

Speed 20mph School at Coxhoe & Bowburn Schools £17,281.79 £34,563.58

Reaching Out to Local Schools £1,014.68 £3,044.00

Coxhoe Banner Group Heritage Project £1,000.00 £3,000.00

St Helens Church Kelloe Roof Repairs £2,000.00 £117,978.00

Quarrington Hill Planters £1,000.00 £3,000.00

Browning Hill Coxhoe Speed Humps £7,545.92 £10,838.02

Quarrington Hill Banner £1,000.00 £3,000.00

Cassop Electrics, Ceiling & Insulation £1,052.71 £2,000.00

Health Express £5,000.00 £37,000.00

Mary Terrace Bowburn Seats & Height Barrier £666.00 £2,000.00

Morley Crescent Kelloe Parking Bays £12,607.44 £35,807.77

Councillor John Robinson

Electoral Division: Sedgefield Starting Allowance: £20,000.00


Sedgefield Squash Club Refurb - Lighting Upgrade £3,653.52 £3,653.52

Sedgefield Community Association Equipment £6,054.00 £6,234.00

Sedgefield Out of School Fun Club Building £5,000.00 £135,420.00

Junior Fire Fighters £2,000.00 £2,000.00

Sedgefield Community Association Ceddesfeld Hall Furniture £5,000.00 £8,635.10

Sedgefield Library C&YP Activities and Furniture £2,004.95 £2,004.95

Fishburn Primary School Star Radio Media Days £3,000.00 £5,640.00

Fishburn Youth & Community Centre Holiday Hunger £5,243.00 £5,243.00

Fishburn Parish Council – Fishburn MUGA £5,000.00 £47,722.00

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* Please note that some Councillors carried over Neighbourhood Budget from the previous year.

Councillor Mac Williams









Cassop Electrics, Ceiling & Insulation £133.00 £2,000.00


Health Express £27,000.00 £37,000.00



Councillor Jan Blakey





Speed 20mph School at Coxhoe & Bowburn Schools £17,281.79 £34,563.58





Cassop Electrics, Ceiling & Insulation £814.29 £2,000.00


Health Express £5,000.00 £37,000.00



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Appendix 3 – DDES CCG, Public Health and Welfare Reform Funding

Durham County Council – Welfare Reform

Altogether Theme: Wealthier

Project Title: Credit Union Project Officer

Project Lead: Sandra Stephenson

Welfare Reform Funding: £10,000.00

Match (In Kind): £15,507.00

Total: £83,839.00

Project Start Date: November 2016

Project Completion Date: November 2017

Description: Employment of a project officer to engage with local firms and schools to raise financial awareness and capability of young people by establishing a savings ‘bank’ within the school and a salary savings scheme with local firms.

Outcomes:

Schools would host a schools savings scheme with the credit union

Young people and staff will save the schools saving scheme and DCC salary saving scheme

Opportunities will be created for volunteers

Parents will engage with the credit union rather than high cost providers

KPI’s:

Target

AB6 No of people engaged in voluntary work 48

AW1 No of jobs created 1

AW10 No of businesses supported/advised 25

AW21 No of people benefitting from schemes that reduce impact of welfare reform

300

CYP8 No of schemes aimed at improving support and outcomes for families

1

Additional Information: This could include information such as achievements to date, publicity/awards received, quotes, case studies etc. N/A

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Ref Altogether Better Durham (Overarching theme) AB

AB1 No of voluntary and community groups supported 7

AB2 No of community buildings and facilities supported 3

AB3 No of people accessing new/improved community buildings and facilities

AB4 No of capacity building initiatives supported

AB5 No of people given access to new cultural/sporting/recreational opportunities

50

AB6 No of people engaged in voluntary work 4

AB7 No of people involved in local decision making processes 10

Altogether Wealthier

AW1 No of jobs created

AW2 No of jobs safeguarded

AW3 No of people supported into employment

AW4 No of advice and guidance sessions

AW5 No of people trained 30

AW6 No of qualifications gained

AW7 No of training weeks

AW8 No of apprenticeships supported

AW10 No of businesses supported/advised

AW11 No of tourism initiatives supported

AW16 No of IT connectivity initiatives supported 1

AW18 No of schemes aimed at nurturing business creation, development and growth

AW19 No of schemes aimed at creating vibrant and successful towns

AW20 No of schemes aimed at improving the housing offer

AW21 No of people benefitting from schemes that reduce the impact of welfare reform

Altogether Better for Children and Young People

CYP1 No of pupils engaged in educational projects designed to improve attainment

CYP2 No of employees engaged om collaborative projects with education

CYP3 No of C&YP involved in projects to promote personal and social development

CYP4 No of young people supported into education, training or employment

Appendix 4 – Key Performance Indicators

Looking through all what difference forms for AB this table shows the collated figures against

each of the KPI References/Overarching themes.

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Ref Altogether Better Durham (Overarching theme) AB

CYP5 No of children and young people involved in schemes to help them make healthy choices and give them the best start in life

75

CYP8 No of schemes aimed at improving support and outcomes for families 2

CYP9 No of children and young people involved in schemes to help them realise and maximise their potential during the early years, school years and into employment and training

300

Altogether Safer

AS1 No of crime prevention/community safety initiatives

AS3 No of schemes aimed at reducing inter-generational and repeat offending

AS4 No of people benefitting from initiatives aimed at reducing anti-social behaviour

250

AS5 No of road safety initiatives

AS7 No of people benefitting from alcohol and substance misuse reduction initiatives

AS8 No of schemes aimed at protecting vulnerable people from harm 1

Altogether Healthier

AH2 No of people involved in initiatives aimed at improving mental health and wellbeing.

425

AH4 No of schemes aimed at improving the quality of life, independence, care and support for people with long term conditions

75

AH5 No of people benefitting from schemes aimed at reducing health inequalities and early deaths

Altogether Greener

AG2 No of schemes aimed at enhancing, conserving and promoting Durham’s built environment

AG4 No of schemes aimed at reducing carbon emissions and adapting to the impact of climate change

AG5 No of schemes aimed at maximising the value and benefits of Durham’s natural environment

AG6 No of schemes aimed at delivering a cleaner, more attractive and sustainable environment.

AG7 No of schemes aimed at promoting sustainable design and protecting Durham’s heritage

Documents

1 | P a g e - Durham · 3 | P a g e Introduction to AAPs Area Action Partnerships or AAPs were introduced in County Durham in 2009 as part of the reorganisation of local government