Agenda item

The Board considered a report of the Director of Transformation and Partnerships that provided an update on issues being addressed by the County Durham Partnership (CDP) including key issues from the Board, the five thematic partnerships and all Area Action Partnerships (AAPs). The report also included updates on other key initiatives being carried out in partnership across the County (for copy see file of minutes).

The Principal Partnerships and Local Councils Officer highlighted priorities and key areas of focus carried out within the County Partnership in recent months.

The Chairman commented that AAPs were working and advised that Mid Durham AAP had secured lottery funding for a new community centre which was now complete. Councillor Hillary added that Great Aycliffe were in discussions with Durham County Council to purchase HR advice, support and a procurement agreement.

Councillor Hopgood commented on the difference the Mini Police were making in communities and congratulated them on winning the Problem-oriented Partnership (POP) award recently. She added that PC Craig Johnson was taking the project countywide and now included dozens of schools across County Durham and was attracting national interest.

CouncillorNearney acknowledged the exceptional work that AAPs were doing. He felt that more quantative data for communicating changing priorities would be beneficial. He referred to the regeneration of AAP areas and suggested that it would be more efficient to publish criteria as there was potential for overlap. The Principal Partnerships and Local Councils Officer advised that she would feed comments back to the Head of Partnership and Community Engagement.

Councillor Graham referred to the Kynren Programme and the presentation delivered to AAPs was well received. She was interested to know the effect the programme has had on the local economy and the knock on effect for surrounding areas. The Chairman advised that an evaluation report would be produced in due course.

Resolved:           

That the information contained in the report be noted.