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NEWS
DELIGHT AS £27K
GAMP CASH IS
DISHED OUT
There was delight for 12 Newton
Aycliffe community groups who
scooped a share of £27,000 GAMP
money.
An Education Centre for Children
with Downs Syndrome and an appeal
for funding to build a Multi Use Games
Area were amongst the projects that
captured the public’s imagination at a
community funding event, organised
by Great Aycliffe and Middridge
Partnership (GAMP) at Aycliffe Youth
Centre.
More than 900 people attended
the Your Money, Your Area, Your
Views Forum Event to vote for the
community projects they believed
most deserved a share of a £27,000
funding pot.
This year, 31 groups applied for
grants of up to £2,500 for various
community projects.
In the end, 12 projects proved
successful,
including
Hordale
Residents Association, which applied
for £2,500 to build a Multi Use Games
Area. The total cost of the project is
£40,000 with the £2,500 secured at
‘GAMP
WILL
ALWAYS
BE HERE
FOR YOU’
The Great Aycliffe and
Middridge Partnership
(GAMP) dished out £27,000
to local groups recently
the event, means that the project can
now come to fruition
Philip Clarke, chair of Horndale
Residents Association, said: “The
dream and promise I made to the
youngsters of our neighbourhood
became a reality. This would not have
been possible without the help of all
those who voted for us.”
During the event 241 members of
the local community also took part in
an exercise to look at how the Council
saves the predicted £100m from its
budget.
Brian Riley, GAMP Co-ordinator,
said: “It’s been a fantastic event and
we have been overwhelmed with how
many residents made the effort to
vote for their favourite projects.
“As part of the event the community
also got the chance to vote for the
GAMP priorities for 2014-15 and I am
grateful that 825 residents have given
the GAMP Board direction on what
they consider to be the main issues in
the area.”
GAMP WINNERS: Newton Aycliffe
Youth FC: £2,320, The Wishing Well
Club: £2,500, Sedgefield Water Polo
Club: £1,040, Middridge Allotment
Association: £2,500, The 1st Newton
Aycliffe Scout Group: £1,500, The
Education Centre for Children with
Downs Syndrome: £2,429, The Cubby:
£2,500, Kdanz: £2,500, Newton
Aycliffe Division Guide Association:
£2,500, The North East Autism
Society: £2,344, Horndale Residents
Association: £2,500, The Pioneering
Care Partnership: £2,367.
Bosses of Durham Council’s grantgiving arm say they will always
be there for community groups in
Newton Aycliffe.
Great Aycliffe and Middridge
Partnership (GAMP) dished out
£27,000-worth of grants to local
groups last month.
With Durham County Council having
to save a staggering £200m over a
six-year period up to 2017, GAMP say
funding to grass roots people is even
more important.
In a Video Interview, GAMP Coordinator Brian Riley told Aycliffe
Today: “It’s really important that we
support the local community and
voluntary sector now more than ever.
“With all the cutbacks, this has been
an opportunity for them to get funding
as well as vote for the community and
voluntary areas to be GAMP’s second
main priority.
“We’ll continue to work with local
groups throughout the year. GAMP will
always be here for them and we look
forward to working closely with local
groups in the coming years.”
More than 900 people attended
the Your Money, Your Area, Your
Views Forum Event to vote for the
community projects they believed
most deserved a share of a £27,000
funding pot.
Brian added: “It was a perfect day
for the groups of Aycliffe to showcase
what activities they have and what
they do.”
More on this story including a Video
Feature is at www.aycliffetoday.co.uk