Our Work With Rural Communities
The Community Council of Devon is primarily a community development organisation, with a strong focus on rural communities, their needs and aspirations, and their institutions. For example, we have specialist staff working with community buildings such as village halls, and with parish councils. We also have a team focused on helping communities plan for their futures.
And we have other expertise and programmes that adapt over time. In recent years we have run projects relating to community and rural enterprise, migrant workers, women’s business development, climate change and community-based learning. To find out more about our areas of work with communities follow the links below.
Improving Community Facilities & Service
Facilities and services are at the heart of rural communities. The Community Council of Devon can provide support in the following areas. …
Social Enterprise and Business Support
We aim to enable communities to develop innovative and enterprising approaches which solve rural problems, provide local services, and improve the quality of community life. O…
Affordable Housing
The lack of affordable homes for individuals and families living in Devon’s rural areas is one of the most serious problems facing rural communities in the 21st century. People are …
Local (Parish) Councils and Voluntary Sector
The Community Council of Devon wishes to support communities in working together for a healthy democratic system. This involves encouraging people to take an active part in community life…
Community Led Planning
A Community Led Plan (also known as Parish or Town Plan) is a record of what your community values now and what it wants to be like in the future. The plan is a very important document an…
Environment
Our Devon environment is an asset of great value, but it is also under considerable threat. Our aim is to support communities to value and enhance the environment, reduce the impact of cl…
Inclusive Communities
At the Community Council of Devon we believe that we all benefit from the various diverse communities who live, study and work in rural Devon. Devon is home to black and minority ethnic c…
Previous Activities
A selection of projects which have now closed is summarised below with links to relevant reports. Some were short term pieces of work or research that led on to other activities, sometime…
news & talk in the community
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New oil scheme helps homeowners tackle fuel poverty
Home owners, who rely on oil delivered to their…
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celebrating 50 years of community action
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Commun…
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HogCO helps school to deliver school lunches
Home Grown Community Owned (HogCO) has been wor…
Added 25th October 2011 @ 00:00
