East Durham Rural Corridor AAP Jane Bellis AAP Coordinator & - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

East Durham Rural Corridor AAP Jane Bellis – AAP Coordinator & Councillor Maura McKeon

AAP Priorities 2019/2020

• Activities for Children, Young People

and Families

• Older People
• Health and Wellbeing

Participatory Budgeting – School Roadshow

• 12 schools (9 primary and 3 comprehensive) took

part

• 1 primary chose not to take part; however the

children from this school had the opportunity to vote at the Forum Event Fun Day

• £40,000 allocated to the scheme
• 13 projects funded
• 1288 children and young people voted on the

projects

Participatory Budgeting – School Roadshow

• 396 young people aged 11+ voted on the priorities
• 10 young people aged 11+ signed up to become

Forum members

• 715 children and young people took part in the

Councils Budget Consultation

• Feedback from evaluation was positive
• Children and young people really thought about their

decisions

Youth Forum-Recent Board Meeting

Youth Forum and Cyber Crime Project

£6,530 awarded, Match £3,253.40, 400 estimated beneficiaries Aim

• Develop safer communities by providing cyber crime

prevention workshops & training

• Provide opportunities for children and young people

to have their say–increased confidence/ self esteem

• Encourage young people to work with the community

to look at issues important to them

ATOMS Education

£6,203 awarded, Match £360, 250 estimated beneficiaries Aim

• Improve engagement in schools
• Ensure children begin to develop aspirations for

future

• Encourage families to be more engaged with

schools

• Ensure children develop a range of life skills

Mixed Fitness–Bowburn Youth Club

£2,784.21 awarded from Youth Fund, 20 estimated beneficiaries Aim

• Increase confidence in young people
• More young people engaged in fitness
• Young people become confident to engage in

mixed age fitness

• Provide issue based sessions

Social Car Scheme

£10,000 awarded, Match £15,954.21, 30 estimated beneficiaries Aim

• Ease social isolation and enable

people within the AAP area access to vital services

• Recruit new volunteer drivers within

the AAP area

• Work in partnership with new

projects within the AAP area

Social Car Scheme

Helping Hands

£9164.60 awarded, Match £12,444.80, 95 estimated beneficiaries Aim

Families across the AAP area to:

• be more confident and more emotionally

fulfilled

• positively change their lives and aspire to better

things

• Families and young people across the area to

have the skills and confidence to progress

Revitalise

Applying to OPSIF-successful project 18/19 £6,040 in 2018/19, Match £8,076 Aim Older people will

• feel less isolated/ engage in community

activity through gaining confidence

• learn how to run physical activity sessions

independently at end of project

• have a day trip outside of the area
• receive information/ advice/ guidance on

alternative local provision

Additional Projects

Projects:

• Durham Cathedral – Tunnel of Light
• Durham County Council – Durham Savers
• OASES – Plastic Fantastic? 2
• Bowburn Community Partnership – Bowburn Festive Lights
• Coxhoe Village Hall – Fire Alarm System
• Deaf Hill Ward Partnership – Main Stairs Refurbishment
• Fishburn Youth and Community Centre – Transforming Spaces
• Trimdon Grange Community Centre – Replacement of Fascias, Soffits

and Guttering

• The Cornforth Partnership – Healthy Communities

Contact Details

Jane Bellis AAP Coordinator East Durham Rural Corridor 03000 261128 jane.bellis@durham.gov.uk Find us on @ East Durham Rural Corridor Area Action Partnership eastdurhamruralaap@durham.gov.uk