Index
- East Durham AAP Board Meeting
- Fun & Food Funding – February Half Term 2023
- Useful information on Durham County Council services during the festive period
- Have your say on our draft Homelessness and Rough Sleeper Strategy
- Priority Services Register – electric and gas
- Wellbeing for Life Training Calendar – January – March 2023
- Oral Health Promotion Strategy
- County Durham’s Network of Warm Spaces
- It’s Your Neighbourhood Funding Launch
- New gym, play area and bowling at Peterlee Leisure Centre
- Climate and Carbon Literacy Training
- East Durham AAP Board Meeting
The next East Durham AAP Board Meeting will take place on Wednesday 8 February 2023 at 6pm at The Glebe Centre, Murton.
If you would like to attend this meeting, please email eastdurhamaap@durham.gov.uk to be added to the list.
- Fun and Food Funding – February Half Term 2023
Funding is available for activities for children, young people and families during the February Half Term Holiday 2023. The scheme aims to support local community groups and organisations based in the East Durham AAP area to deliver enriching holiday activities during February Half Term 2023, including healthy food. Please note that we cannot fund individuals or profit-making organisations.
Applicants can apply for amounts over £500.
Applicants must provide a healthy meal; breakfast, lunch or tea, as part of the activity that aims to meet Food Safety Requirements.
Please find attached the application form and the application guidance notes.
If you would like any further information, please contact East Durham AAP by calling 03000 262 054 or emailing: eastdurhamaap@durham.gov.uk
All fully completed applications and supporting documents must be received by noon on Wednesday 11 January 2023.
- Useful information on Durham County Council services during the festive period
Residents in County Durham are being reminded that Customer Access Points and most other county council buildings will be closed over the Christmas and New Year holidays.
Customer Access Points will close at 12.45pm on Friday 23 December and reopen on Tuesday 3 January.
Please see attached information on Bin Collections, Waste Collections, Recycling Centres (Tips), Emergency out of hours contact number and more.
Please share with those who may not have access to social media.
https://www.durham.gov.uk/festive
- Have your say on our draft Homelessness and Rough Sleeper Strategy
The council is seeking views on homelessness as part of a refresh of its homelessness and rough sleeping strategy. The strategy outlines how we work with partners to tackle, and help prevent, homelessness and sleeping rough in County Durham and we’re looking for the views of our partners and community representatives to help us meet the needs of our residents and communities for the next five years until 2028.
Find out more and fill in the survey at:
Have your say on our draft Homelessness and Rough Sleeper Strategy – Durham County Council
The closing date for comments is 11.59pm on Sunday 5 March 2023.
- Priority Services Register – electric and gas
Did you know that if the gas or electric goes off you can get extra help if you’re signed up to the Priority Services Register?
It’s easy to sign up and if you’re eligible, it means you will get things like regular updates by call or text while the gas or power is off, a home visit from the British Red Cross to check you’re okay and offer of help or somewhere else to stay if it’s not safe to stay at home.
It’s free and easy to sign up for yourself or you can do it for someone else at: https://www.northernpowergrid.com/care or by calling 0800 169 2996.
More details on the service: http://ow.ly/tMrv50LTv7i
- Wellbeing for Life Training Calendar – January – March 2023
The Winter training calendar is here!
Please share the new training calendar attached with your teams and networks, all of our training is fully subsidised for anyone living or working in County Durham.
Take a look at what’s on offer and book your training today via our website:
https://www.wellbeingforlife.net/training-courses/
- Oral Health Promotion Strategy Consultation
Durham County Council is seeking the views of partners, voluntary and community representatives, health and care professionals and members of the public, on its draft oral health promotion strategy which will help shape work to improve residents’ oral health for the next five years until 2028. The strategy outlines a number of initiatives which support better oral health for children, adults, older people and vulnerable and at risk groups. Feedback will help in finalising the strategy which will then be presented to the Health and Wellbeing Board in March 2023 for agreement and adoption.
The draft strategy and a link to the survey can be found at: Draft Oral Health Promotion Strategy
The consultation is open until Monday 9 January 2023.
8.County Durham’s Network of Warm Spaces
More than 100 Warm Spaces have been created across County Durham.
Residents can find their nearest Warm Space by visiting Locate, an online directory allowing residents to connect with local services in their community, at Durham Locate.
- It’s Your Neighbourhood Funding Launch
Looking to create or enhance areas in your neighbourhood? Applications are open for our It’s Your Neighbourhood grant.
Local organisations, schools and individuals can apply for funding of up to £500 to run a community project in their area.
Over 100 groups have benefitted from the funding so far, which has been used towards projects such as planting wildflowers, developing a community allotment, and restoring disused land into a nature reserve.
Find out more: http://ow.ly/GW0W50LYg8q
The IYN grant scheme is open for applications until Friday 20 January 2023. Those interested in applying for funding can contact: civicpride@durham.gov.uk
- New gym, play area and bowling at Peterlee Leisure Centre
Peterlee Leisure Centre is set to undergo significant works to enhance its sports and leisure offer.
We will be carrying out works at Peterlee Leisure Centre in the new year as part of its Leisure Transformation Scheme.
New Facilities
The works will include moving gym facilities into a new space to create a dedicated fitness suite featuring exercise and weights equipment and separate studios for classes.
There will be a new adventure play area created for children and families, which will offer healthy food and drinks.
It will also see the addition of a new ten-pin bowling area to be enjoyed by those with and without memberships.
In line with our climate commitments and Climate Emergency Response Plan, environmental and decarbonisation improvements will be made to the leisure centre’s heating systems, and swimming pool.
More information can be found via the link below:
New gym, play area and bowling at Peterlee Leisure Centre – Durham County Council
11.Climate and Carbon Literacy Training
Full bursaries for Carbon Literacy training are available for County Durham-based voluntary, community, and social enterprises, thanks to County Durham Community Foundation and Going Green Together.
This short course is the perfect way to upskill members of your organisation on climate change awareness, carbon foot printing, and reducing carbon emissions. Contact carbonliteracy@cafs.org.uk to enquire about full bursaries, and visit: https://cafs.org.uk/going-green-together/ to read more about future courses running in January and February 2023.
We hope you find the above information useful and please be aware that all of the officers from the East Durham AAP Team are, along with all AAP staff countywide, other DCC colleagues and partners, continuing to work as hard as possible for the residents and communities that we serve.
