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.
Community Buildings Support
Our team at the Community Council of Devon, alongside the Devon Association of Community Buildings (DACB), aim to support the development of community buildings into becoming welcoming, e…
Community Grants Scheme for Community Buildings
Devon County Council has allocated £400,000 between 2012 and 2014 to be distributed in grants for capital assets. The Community Council of Devon administers this scheme on their beh…
Devon Association of Community Buildings (DACB)
Devon Association of Community Buildings (DACB) is an independent, membership based organisation working with, and on behalf of, Devon’s community buildings. DACB provides advic…
Broadband
Current broadband services across Devon and Somerset are poor in terms of speed, reliability and bandwidth, and the market will not deliver the level of service needed by businesses, comm…
Hallmark
Hallmark is a free and nationally recognised quality assurance scheme designed for community buildings. It aims to recognise the work undertaken by volunteer management committees and goo…
Community Hubs
The Community Hubs project aims to develop excellence in the management and development of community buildings across Devon. In particular it will focus on: • developing new …
Sport and Play
The Devon Playing Fields Association (DPFA) is an independent charitable body, set up in 1961. Our Vision Healthy active communities having access to quality outdoor spaces for re…
Transport
Good transport links are of critical importance to rural communities. We fear that public transport – already not reaching much of the population – could decline further over …
news & talk in the community
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Rural Futures: Working Together
Rural Futures: Working Together is a one day co…
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Over 100 community buildings engaged in Hallmark!
When looking over its end of year statistics, t…
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Support for Village Retailers across the South West
Store is the Core, a programme supporting villa…
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