Stanley Area Action Partnership Better for everyone Stanley Area Action Partnership Annual Report 2020/21 Stanley Area Action Partnership Our People Established in 2009 Stanley Area Action Partnership (AAP) is the main engagement mechanism of Durham Our Board is the decision-making body of the AAP. County Council in Stanley to ensure that local residents are engaged with the Council’s policies and have a It is made up of local people, elected councillors and voice in their community. The AAP takes forward neighbourhood issues, works with Partner Organisations to representatives for partner organisations. Our Board shape local service delivery, and develops projects in the local area to address priority issues and links with Members for 2020/21 were. local Elected Members to support them in their community leadership role. Karen Brown (Business Representative) Vice Chair People can get involved in Stanley AAP through the Stanley AAP Forum or by participating in one of our Task Groups. Michael Pearson (Fire and Rescue Service) Inspector Dave Stewart (Police) Nancy Elliott (North Durham Clinical Commissioning Welcome from the Chair Group) Nerise Oldfield-Thompson Helen Fergusson / Martyn Stenson (Durham County Council) March 2020 brought the COVID-19 pandemic to our communities, the changes we had to make to the way we live, work and interact with others has meant those community Suzanne Jobson (Karbon Homes) priorities also had to change. Vacant (Voluntary and Community Sector) Stanley AAP has focused on providing co-ordination and funding to ensure our response to COVID-19 has Alan Tubman / James Black, Co-opted (Stanley Town been delivered in partnership. By funding our local community and voluntary groups we have ensured Council) they have the resources to work in their own locality to support our vulnerable residents. Going forward Nerise Oldfield-Thompson (Public Representative) Chair we will continue to support our local people as we hopefully come out of the pandemic, utilising our local community and voluntary groups to provide this support - community at its best. Linda Tyman (Public Representative) Kevin Howe (Public Representative) Vicky Walton (Public Representative) The past twelve months have challenged AAPs whilst other resources have been allocated from the us all in many ways. The Covid pandemic County Councillors Neighbourhood Budgets. I’d like to take Gordon Binney (Public Representative) has changed how the council and Area this opportunity to thank the AAP teams for their help and Action Partnerships (AAPs) have had support in ensuring that our Neighbourhood Budgets have Katie Platten (Public Representative) to work as many communities and local been making a real difference in local communities. Helen McCaughey (Public Representative) residents have struggled because of the The next year will be no less challenging but I am delighted restrictions that we have all had to follow. to say that the AAPs are being given extra resources to help Cllr Jeanette Stephenson, Vice Chair If there are positives we can take from communities recover from the pandemic. There is also new Cllr Lyn Boyd this terrible situation it is that ‘community’ is alive and well funding to support the County Council’s Towns and Villages in County Durham. Thousands of people have stepped Programme and the AAPs will be playing a key role in Cllr Joyce Charlton forward and have taken action to ensure the most isolated ensuring this funding helps to improve communities across and vulnerable have been looked after. The people of County County Durham. Cllr Carole Hampson Durham need to be applauded for their efforts. Finally I would like to thank all those involved with AAPs Cllr Olga Milburn Many of those organisations that have been helping out including the members of the public who regularly support have been supported by the AAPs who have provided their work. I am very proud to have been involved with the Cllr Joan Nicholson funding to numerous groups enabling them to do their vital AAPs over the past twelve years and know that they will keep work. Some of this funding has come directly through the making a difference in County Durham. Cllr Bala Nair (Stanley Town Council Rep) Councillor Brian Stephens, Portfolio Holder for Neighbourhoods and Local Partnerships Stanley Area Action Partnership 2020/21 K ey Information MATCH FUNDING Match Funding for the Area Budget projects that have been approved and committed to date is £293,855 To date every £1 of Area Budget 2020/21 Funding has levered in £1.59p of match funding for locally based projects. 406 61 £185,210 NEIGHBOURHOOD BUDGET beneficiaries supported through community projects supported the main AAP funding by Councillor funding of AAP Funding allocated to 26 local 61 Community Projects supported projects by the AAP through Councillor Neighbourhood Budget Funding. £293,550 14,579 of Councillor Neighbourhood Budget supported through the main AAP funding allocated funding. 3,143 engagements with the community through social media Neighbourhood Budget is an allocation of £19,400 that each County Councillor gets each year to spend on Community Projects. The process is supported by the AAP team. The projects listed on the following page have been supported by County Councillors; Cllr Carl Marshall, Cllr Lyn Boyd, Cllr Mark Davinson, Cllr Carole Hampson, Cllr Olga Milburn, Cllr Joyce Charlton, Cllr Joan Nicholson, and Cllr Jeanette Stephenson. 2020/21 Funding Allocation Area Budget £2,000 – Catchgate and Annfield Plain Action Partnership – £7,500 – Beamish & Pelton Community School – Opal Outdoor Summer Activities Project £15,000 – Stanley Area Youth Consortium – Mental Health Youth Worker £12,000 – DCC Regeneration – South Moor Heritage Trail £3,863 – DCC Neighbourhoods – Tantobie Green Space £12,520 – Just for Women – Counselling & Crafting to Wellness £3,600 – DCC Neighbourhoods – Dropped Kerbs Tanfield £4,587 – DCC Neighbourhoods – Louisa Nursery – Outdoor Space £14,768 – PACT House – Post COVID Response £17,377 – DCC Neighbourhoods – Annfield Plain Gateways £4,000 – PACT House – Think Positive Durham £9,899 – Annfield Plain Community Centre – Advice Centre and £1,500 – Stanley Town Council – Annfield Plain Gateways Recovery Enhancement £13,000 – Just for Women – Making, Baking & Wellbeing £5,441 – PACT House – Weekend Warmers £2,000 – DCC Neighbourhoods – Stop Unauthorised Parking; £10,000 – Tanfield Lea Partnership – War Memorial Annfield Plain £11,040 – Quaking Houses Village Hall – ‘Quakies’ Resilience £12,000 – Mental Health North East – Refurbishment £9,000 – Stanley Young Peoples’ Club – Roof Replacement £5,925 – Mental Health North East – Replanting a Better Future £20,083 – Tanfield Lea Railway Trust – Heritage Learning £2,510 – White-le-Head Bowling Club – Storage Container £20,000 – County Durham Community Foundation – Stanley £10,000 – Annfield Plain Community Centre – Doors & Windows Community Fund £1,000 – Tantobie Cricket Club – Club Support COVID Response - Neighbourhood Budget £3,822 – Durham Constabulary – eBikes & Safer Homes COVID Response & Recovery £8,328 – North Road Gym – Heating Project £3,950 - PACT House – PACT-Lights Telephone Support £10,000 – PACT House – ImPACT on COVID £1,600 – Tanfield School – Food Technology & Recreational £4,800 – Just for Women Centre – Feel Good Hampers £9,000 – South Stanley Partnership – A Helping Hand Student Facilities Project £833 – Catchgate Primary School – Safer COVID Cleaning £7,434 – Just for Women – Crafting £10,000 – DCC – St Cuthbert; The Tanfield Connection £2,321 – Annfield Plain Junior School – Protecting Our Future £4,001 – Annfield Plain Community Centre – Catchgate & £8,142 – Quaking Houses Village Hall – Outdoor Improvements £980 – Annfield Plain Infant School – COVID Cleaning Annfield Plain Isolation Support & Banner Case Project Preparation £4,708 – Quaking Houses Village Hall – Quakies COVID £2,995 – DCC Neighbourhoods – Causey Arch Laybys Small Grants - Neighbourhood Budget Support £11,800 – Beamish Football Centre – Redevelopment £100 – Tantobie Association for Sport and the Community – £4,996 – PACT House – ImPACT on COVID Satellites £1,850 – Tantobie Association for Sport & the Community – Paper Towels & Dispensers £1,300 – SHAID – Keeping Key Workers Safe Supporting Families £180 – Durham Constabulary – Speed Watch Zones £10,000 – SHAID – Young Persons Accommodation £2,043 – Shield Row Primary School – iPads for Remote £999 – DCC – Punch Bowl Site Resurfacing £1,621 – Stanley Young Peoples’ Club – Homework & Crafting Learning £250 – Catchgate & Annfield Plain Action Partnership – Land Packs £2,080 – St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School – iPads for Research £2,100 – Quaking Houses Village Hall – Meal Provision Remote Learning £990 – Annfield Plain Football Club – Drainage Project £8,528 – Stanley Events – Community ICT Library £4,688 – DCC Neighbourhoods – Harelaw Cemetery Parking £250 – St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School – Video Camera £2,400 – Stanley Town Council – COVID Response Newsletter Improvements with Stanley AAP £9,179 – Tanfield Lea Community Primary – Chromebooks £350 – Beamish Lionesses – Football Strips £9,323 – Craghead Development Trust – Craghead Childcare £7,500 – Annfield Plain Association Football Club – Security & £200 – Catchgate & Annfield Plain Action Partnership – Centre Safety Personal Safety Alarms £4,800 – Stanley Learning Partnership – Food Hampers £2,000 – Burnside Primary School – Remote Learning £995 – ATOMS Education - Christmas Activity Packs £566 – PACT House – The