4 Together Area Action Partnership Annual Report

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ENVIRONMENT 253 484 ENVIRONMENT residents engaging with the young people supported £144,902 Healthy Communities project aimed to make healthy choices at reducing social isolation of AAP Funding allocated to 13 local projects. 221 people benefiting from projects to 714 improve mental health & wellbeing £134,828 people were involved LOCAL LOin choosingCAL the AAP’s of match funding generated LOCAL INFORMApriorities. TION INFORMATION INFORMATION More than 67,633 LOCAL INFORMATION COMMUNITY engagements CwithOMMUNITY the COMMUNITY £82,028 communityCHILDREN through and C SUPPORTOMMUNITY SUPPORT of Councillor Neighbourhood BudgetCHILDREN and CHILDREN and COMMUNITY COMMUNITY social media SUPPORT 800 YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVEMENT allocated to 20 local projects, with YOUNG PEOPLElocal Forum YOUNG members, PEOPLE INVOLVEMENT INVOLVEMENT COMMUNITY COMMUNICCOMMUNICATION £53,927ATION in match funding COMMUNICATION regularly receiving CHILDREN and SUPPORT updates on the work of COMMUNITY the AAP YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVEMENT COMMUNICATION 4 Together Area Action Partnership Our People Established in 2009, 4 Together Partnership brings together local people and partners to take action on local Anyone who lives, works, studies or volunteers in the issues. Our Partnership covers the four main settlements of , Chilton, West Cornforth and . area can get involved with the Area Action Partnership. We currently have 830 people who are part of our Over the last year, the key focus has been on ‘Children, Young People & Families’, ‘Older People’ and ‘Health wider Forum who receive regular updates and are & Wellbeing. More than £144,000 has been allocated to local organisations to help tackle local issues. invited to get involved in the work of the AAP.

Our Board is the decision-making body of the AAP. It is made up of local people, elected councillors and representatives from partner organisations. Our current Welcome from the Chair Board members are: Len Potts Cllr Peter Atkinson Another successful year for the 4 Together Partnership and as we near the 10 year anniversary Cllr Brian Avery of the Area Action Partnerships (AAPs) I look back and wonder how we got here so fast! Cllr Julie Cairns (Town Council rep) Being part of the AAP has been so rewarding for me. AAPs are constantly evolving, bringing Cllr Pauline Crathorne more funding into our communities, but remain focused on action and this is what’s kept me interested. It’s been a pleasure to Chair the Board for the last 2 years and 2018/19 like every Cllr Alan Hodgson (Parish Council rep) other has been full of activity. 33 projects were developed from Area and Neighbourhood Budget totalling £226,930 Cllr Joe Makepeace and bringing in £188,735 of match funding. Cllr Christine Potts We supported a variety of valuable projects aimed at those most in need. From the Holiday Hunger project delivered by Ladder Centre and St Luke’s, providing meals and activities for our Children & Young People over the summer Carole Atkinson (public representative) holidays, to the Helping Hands project delivered by Cornforth Partnership providing 121 support to help families make Chris Cairns (public representative) positive changes to their lives, our AAP is ensuring that funding goes where it’s needed most. Tony Cutmore (public representative) It’s a pleasure to work with people who are as passionate about supporting our communities. I’d like to thank Board Nicola Dexter (public representative) members who give their time to make a difference to our area, Task and finish group members who help guide where our funding is needed most, and Forum members who have stayed with us and taken part in our events and Rita Jacobs (public representative) consultation opportunities. Special thanks also to the AAP staff, who work tirelessly for the benefit of us all. I hope we Len Potts (public representative) – Chair can look forward to at least another 10 years of making a difference! Dennis Ramsey Mark Booth (health representative) Area Action Partnerships have been working with local communities and partners in Paul Darby (Durham County Council) for ten years now making a real difference to people’s lives. Over 6000 Insp Warren Edwards (Police) local projects have been supported and each year the AAPs help myself and the other Justin Parry (Fire Service) County Councillors allocate our Neighbourhood Budgets to address community issues Angela Smurthwaite (housing representative) and sustain the valuable work of voluntary and community groups across Durham. It David Stothard (business representative) has also been good to see that the work of AAPs have been recognised nationally as we have been commended in a number of awards and we have been visited by several other Vacancy (voluntary & community sector representative) local authorities who were interested in what we are doing. I would like to thank all those involved with AAPs; the staff, Board Members, most importantly, the members of the public who regularly We’d also like to thank former Board members Gillian support the work of the AAPs through their input on the AAP Forums and Task Groups. Fortune, Dan Wootton, Carole Matthews and Richard Councillor Brian Stephens, Portfolio Holder for Neighbourhoods and Local Partnerships Smith who stepped down from the Board this year.

2018/19 Funding Allocation

Area Budget Youth Fund £17,410: Community Gym (Chilton Community Sports & Social Club) £13,860: Stepping Out of the Box (Changing Relations) £3,300: Think Good, Feel Good (Eden Learning Trust/FBEC) - – a project for FBEC students that reflects local industrial provision of a sensory room, which provides a safe space for £1,500: Defibrillator (Ferryhill Town Council) heritage & unpicks the related gender norms young people during times of need or crisis £3,040: WW2 Memorial Plaque (Ferryhill Town Council) £10,000: More Sport for Thought (Ferryhill LADDER Centre) – £3,302: Lead the Way (DCC) – provision of action-packed, a health & wellbeing focused project, delivering football and fun filled, activity days and stimulating courses to combine £1,000: West Cornforth Planting (DCC) multi-sport youth sessions excitement and team challenges, providing an innovative £1,000: Miners Gala (Thrislington Banner Group) £10,000: Helping Hands (Cornforth Partnership) – funding opportunity for young people to develop social skills, reduce for a project worker to help families overcome personal negative and risk taking behaviour and aspire to “believe, barriers, providing 121 support to help them make positive achieve and succeed” changes to their lives £3,300: Healthy Communities (Cornforth Partnership) – £10,000: Shut Down (Enter CIC) – creating an interactive delivering healthy cooking sessions, social activities and theatre in education piece, examining the way young people issue-based sessions, supporting children and young people use social media platforms, phones and video games to make sustained changes to their health and wellbeing £10,000: Independence Matters (Endeavour Woodcrafts) – delivering weekly workshops to promote independent living Neighbourhood Budget skills, increasing confidence and boosting wellbeing £2,336; Community Partnership Showers

£6,140: Information Advice Service (Age UK) – encouraging £2,280: Roof Replacement (1st Ferryhill Scout Group) and assisting older people to claim welfare benefit entitlements, helping them make informed choices and £12,000: 20mph Zone (Ferryhill Business & Enterprise signposting to a range of support services College)

£20,000: Heating System (Chilton Sports & Social Club) – to £1,000: Boiler Replacement (Endeavour Woodcrafts) upgrade the heating system in the main hall; the club is a well-used local community hub, supporting a number of local £1,007: LED Lighting (Endeavour Woodcrafts) groups £5,000: Duncombe Cemetery Gates (Ferryhill Town Council) £20,000: Living Food (Inside Outside Community Development) – to provide practical, educational sessions in £1,500: Chilton Gala (Chilton Gala Committee) bee-keeping, hen-keeping and growing food for bees, hens and people £3,000: Fireworks Display (Ferryhill Town Council) Social Isolation Fund £7,900: Capital Works (Enter CIC) £25,000: Healthy Communities (Cornforth Partnership) £2,000: Jungle Book (Chance Drama) Neighbourhood Budget is an allocation of £19,400 to each – provision of specialist 121 support from a dedicated £1,000: Breakfast Clubs (Dean Bank Primary) community worker, helping residents to better manage County Councillor, to spend on community-led projects. The process is supported by the AAP team. their personal health and wellbeing, strengthening their £2,721: Lighting (Windlestone Parish Council) Independence and reducing their risk of health problems £2,542: Welfare Reform Health & Wellbeing (Ferryhill The projects listed above have been supported by County Welfare Reform LADDER Centre) Councillors Peter Atkinson, Brian Avery, Pauline Crathorne, Joe Makepeace and Christine Potts. £10,000: Holiday Hunger (Ferryhill LADDER Centre) – £10,500: Get Connected (Cornforth Partnership) tackling holiday hunger through provision of a range of Information on what projects individual Councillors have holiday activities, with free food included £3,292: School Events & Equipment (Friends of Bishop supported can be found on the Durham County Council Middleham) website. www.durham.gov.uk/councillors The Difference We Have Made

Healthy Communities Project (The Cornforth Partnership) This project aims to tackle the inequalities our residents l Coffee Mornings l How to be a volunteer aged 50+ face. It will reduce their social isolation and l Visits to places of interest l Cookery increase their participation in health-related activities. The l No Sew Cushions project is in operation across the whole of the 4Together Be Active l Ceramics for beginners Area and to date has engaged 174 residents many of which 37 participants have accessed a diverse programme of l Never do nothing Safeguarding are new members. physical activity sessions including: l Hanging baskets l Armchair Aerobics The Healthy Communities project provides a range of l Boxercise Give opportunities for local residents to take part in activities l Tennis/Squash 28 volunteers have been actively recruited although the focused around the 5 steps we can all take to improve our l Badminton befriending service has proven difficult to deliver. We mental health and wellbeing. l Walk and Talks currently have 8 active befrienders visiting 13 residents but we have a waiting list of 22 for befriending support. The project has already worked with a number of local Take Notice groups across the area and has received referrals into the 34 residents have taken part in activities focused on enjoying Local volunteering opportunities have included: project from Livin, the Police and West Cornforth Medical and taking ownership of their local area through green l Cook/Kitchen Porter Centre. space improvements in areas close to where they live: l Gardening l Bulb Planting in all 4 areas l Litter Pick The project has five main themes: l Green Improvements to High Street Cornforth l Bulb Planting l Litter Picks, Cornforth/Bishop Middleham l Befriending Connect l Community Allotment l Social Group Lead Opportunities for local residents to come together and l Community Sensory Garden l Minibus driving socialise have been created and 83 participants have been Participants are reporting that they: taking part in activities like: Keep Learning l feel less lonely l Luncheon Clubs 41 participants have benefitted from a programme l have developed new skills l Craft Groups of community learning and personal development. l feel their health and wellbeing has improved due to their l Indoor Bowls Clubs Opportunities have included: involvement with the project The Difference We Have Made

the centre where children and young people had their meal and then headed off to Dean Bank park to take part in multi-sports and physical activities. Trips out all included physical activities of some kind including: Skiing and Tubing, Footgolf, Air Trail and ROF59. The young people really enjoyed these; some of them had never tried the activities before so it pushed them out of their comfort zone and allowed them to try something new. A graffiti artist also held sessions with the children and working together they created an art piece commemorating the end of 100 years since world war 1. The finished piece is in the garden at the LADDER Centre for everyone to enjoy. Partnering with St Luke’s Church also enabled us to deliver a session each Friday, where the children Shut Down Project Holiday Hunger Summer and young people received a hot meal and similar (Enter CIC) Club (Ferryhill LADDER themed activities. The project made a really big difference to This project provides opportunities for young Centre & St Luke’s) everyone involved and provided a much-needed people to research, learn and review material about service over the summer holidays to combat social media/gaming and the impact technology is This project provided those most in need with holiday hunger. The project offered a lot of families having on today’s young people and wider society. activities and a meal every day for 4 weeks during vital support, providing the extra meals they would 100 young people were involved in discussions the school holidays and was offered to children have had to provide for their children that they around their own and their peers’ online use and and young people (5-17 years) across the 4 would normally receive at school, and received a from this developed some fables loosely based Together area. Working in partnership with one lot of positive feedback from parents and children on children’s stories to perform live theatre work point, family workers referred children and young alike. on topics such as the danger of speaking to people from their families in need, as well as St and accepting strangers online, internet fame/ Luke’s Church and the children and young people obsession and the importance of age restrictions who attend the LADDER Centre on a regular basis. Contact Details featured on games/apps. There were themed sessions including: fun in the sun, science week, art & history week and 4 Together Partnership Feedback shows that many parents/carers have story week, as well as trips out including South 3-5 Haig Terrace taken on board the messages featured in the Shields, Centre for Life, Beamish and Hall Hill Dean Bank work (which often they weren’t aware of) and have Farm. Monday to Wednesday children received Ferryhill started to get more involved with their child’s online a hot meal and dessert as well as healthy snacks Co. Durham activity. throughout the day, and then for the trips they DL17 8NR received a packed lunch. Some sessions started in Tel: 03000 267210 Email: [email protected] www.durham.gov.uk/4togetherpartnershipaap