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• 02 July 2008Devons village halls: the full picture now published
  

  Why Community Buildings Matter

  CCD has undertaken the first comprehensive research for 10 years into Devon’s village halls. This research set out to investigate and report on the use, impact, and potential of multi-use community buildings across rural Devon. It assesses the financial, environmental, and social issues that they face. It updates information on the condition of community buildings available to rural communities, and learns more about their current and potential uses.

  The summary report was published in April – you can find it [here]   Some key findings

   •   Total asset (insurance rebuild) value is £160 million (this excludes land value)
   •   Total income raised by halls last year was £7.3 million
   •   335,000 volunteer hours keep our halls going. This is valued at over £5 million 
   •   2,000 tonnes of CO2 saved last year through saved journeys to more remote venues
   •   17% have already conducted an energy audit and 34% are interested in doing so 

  For more information see the CCD press release [Here]

  You can see the ‘Why Community Buildings Matter’ report in full [here] 

   

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