Spennymoor AAP

Find out about the work of Spennymoor Area Action Partnership (AAP), including details of upcoming events and our priorities.

We are updating our AAP Facebook page with any local information regarding the coronavirus. This includes changes to services or support in your area.

Our board

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

Spennymoor AAP Annual Review 2018-19 (PDF, 5.9mb)

Board meetings

Find details of Spennymoor Area Action Partnerships's (AAP) board meeting dates and the most recent meeting minutes.

Meeting dates

Minutes of previous meetings

For previous notes, please contact us.

Board members

Find details of Spennymoor Area Action Partnership (AAP) board members.

Spennymoor AAP is made up of seven public representatives, seven partner representatives and seven county councillors. They are:

Public representatives

Nikki Skinner
Agnes Armstrong
Sandra Wyper
Pat Lawton
Norman Vaulks
Kay Seymour
Bill Noble (Chair)

Partner representatives

Ian Walker (Livin)
Inspector Warren Edwards (Spennymoor Neighbourhood Police)
Mick Clark (Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service)
De Hickson
Barbara Harker
Nigel James
Jenny Haworth (DCC) (Vice Chair)

County and parish councillors

Councillor Liz Maddison
Vacant
Councillor Neil Grayson
Councillor Kevin Thompson (Vice Chair)
Councillor Ian Geldard
Vacant
Councillor Michael Ord (Croxdale & Hett Parish Councillor)

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 Spennymoor AAP map (PDF, 1.0mb) shows the area covered by the partnership. Or you can find Spennymoor AAP - profile on the Durham Insight website.

Spennymoor AAP It's Up 2 U Event - Saturday 2^nd March 2019

Local organisations across the Spennymoor AAP area are set to benefit from the It's Up 2 U Community Grant Fund again.

The fund, which is being made available through the Spennymoor Area Action Partnership (AAP), has proven again to be very popular with 27 local groups and organisations vying for a share of the £25,000 grant pot.

The decision on who gets the money will be made by members of the public who will get to vote on their chosen projects at the event being held on 2 March 2019 at Spennymoor Leisure Centre between 10am - 2pm. As long as you live, work, volunteer or study in the Spennymoor AAP area and are 11 years old or over, you will have the opportunity to vote on projects that will benefit the local community.

At the event projects local to the area will be showcasing what they do and what they'd like the money for. After viewing the projects people will be asked to complete a ballot paper and vote for which projects they would like funding to be awarded to.

This year the projects have been grouped depending on the amount of money they have applied for. If a project has applied for a £1,250 grant or lower they are in Group A. If a project has applied for higher than this then they will be in Group B. Group A has a total of £10,000 to be allocated to projects and Group B has a total of £15,000 to be allocated to projects.

At the event members of the public will also have the opportunity to vote on the priorities which they think the Spennymoor AAP should focus on for the 2019/20 financial year.

The event promises to be a really exciting opportunity for members of our community to get involved in making local decisions. You can only do this by being there on the day so make sure that you come along and make your vote count!

A full list of the projects and the groups/organisations vying for your votes are listed below:

Group A

Blind Life in Durham - Keeping Fit and Healthy
3rd Spennymoor Brownies - Visit to Girlguiding World Centre, London
Byers Green Community Arts Group - Arts to Help Inclusion
DurhamGate Residents Association - DurhamGate Residents Association
Foundation of Light - Kicks Engagement
North Park Primary School - Food for Less!
Salamander Taekwondo - Sports Equipment
Spennymoor Cricket Club - Develop Junior and Adult Cricket
Spennymoor Jubilee Independent Methodist Church - Building Improvements
Spennymoor Stage and Song - Storage Boxes for use with New Containers
Spennymoor Town Band - Youth Band Uniforms, Music Stands and Folders
Spennymoor Youth and Community Association - Shapes
Spennymoor Youth Theatre Group and Performing Arts School - Summer Concert 2019
Grow at St Paul's (St Paul's Spennymoor Parochial Church Council) - After School Family Gardening
Tudhoe Cricket Club - Tudhoe Cricket Club
North East First Credit Union - Managing Your Resources
Tudhoe Community Centre - Food, Friendship and Fun

Group B

Durham Christian Partnership - Money Advice in Spennymoor Foodbank
Friends of St Charles' RC School - Secure Fencing to Outdoor Multi-Skilled Area
Learning Library - Moving Forward
Rosa Street Primary School - Performing at Playtimes
Solan Connor Fawcett Family Cancer Trust - Team Solan Supports more Warriors
South Durham Gymnastics - South Durham Gymnastics (SDGC): Painting Your Town Pink!
Spennymoor Gala Committee - Spennymoor Gala & Parade 2019
Spennymoor Boxing Academy - Canvas and Tracksuits and WATT Bike
Parkrun Limited - Spennymoor Parkrun
Spennymoor Town Youth FC - Help Us Change!

Our priorities

Task and finish groups meet on a regular basis to discuss relevant issues and develop projects to address the AAP's priorities. Each task group is made up of forum members, board members, and representatives of those organisations whose co-operation is needed to get the job done.

Local Environment and Town Centre

This Task group supports opportunities that culture, tourism and heritage bring to the area and the issues that the AAP can help with to improve environmental issues.

Meeting dates

Please contact us for more information about our next meeting.

Meeting notes

For previous notes, please contact us.

Children Young People & Families

This Task group looks at the challenges of providing a safer and healthier community for our local residents. The group will focus on children and young people, health and wellbeing and employment.