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Devon Oil Collective to place first order for members

Following a successful launch and a high level of interest, our Devon Oil Collective will place its first oil order next Thursday 1st March. The purpose of an Oil Collective is to reduce the cost of oil to members of the scheme. Devon Oil Collective has been set up to help provide cheaper oil to households and businesses across Devon which, ...

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celebrating 50 years of community action

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Community Council of Devon we are undertaking a project to reflect on the abilities of rural communities to promote, organise and support their own development and to consider the achievements and lessons of the past fifty years. In short 'what makes a strong community?' The Heritage Lottery Fund is fundi ...

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Compost Scheme Wins Community of the Year

Bratton Fleming, a North Devon Village, has been crowned Devon's Community of the Year thanks to the work of its community composting group. Just one month after scooping a 'Green Community of the Year' title, the Bratton Fleming Community Composting Group triumphed again at the annual competition's inaugural awards ceremony, hosted by the C ...

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Verity’s delight with new family home

Verity Hookway is proud of her new home situated in St Giles in the Wood. It is one of eight affordable homes built in the village and which have been made available to people with local connections. The Parish Council identified that affordable housing was their highest priority through undertaking a Parish Plan and subsequently worked with the ...

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Colyton is Devon’s Healthiest Community

Colyton Caterpillars, a community-based childcare initiative has been crowned Devon's Healthy Community of the Year. At Colyton Caterpillars, health and wellbeing are top of the agenda, with children, parents and carers learning about healthy eating and exercise from the moment they start using their services. As a not-for-profit communi ...

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Community Life – The Devon Way

Three of Devon's communities have been shortlisted for the title 'Devon Community of the Year' and a £500 prize. Community activities from Bratton Fleming, Totnes and Ermington were selected from 40 entries into the competition and will now be further assessed before one of them is crowned the Devon Community of the Year. Organi ...

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New HogCo food growing group in Buckland

The Buckland Food Growers (BFG) are one of the Community Council of Devon's 37 Home Grown Community Owned (HogCo) food growing projects. The group of around 30 volunteers are based at the National Trust's Buckland Abbey. Having dreamt up the idea of growing in the community only last spring, the group have quickly progressed to signing a lea ...

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Devon Rural Housing Awards

After another successful year of developing rural affordable housing in Devon, the Devon Rural Housing Partnership and the Community Council of Devon return in 2011 with 2 award categories for Devon's rural communities to enter. Created to recognise excellence in the rural housing sector the categories for Devon Rural Housing Awards 2011 are ...

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Top Devon Organisations support Devon's Winning Communities

Communities throughout Devon are being asked to shout with pride about their way of life and enter a new competition run by the Community Council of Devon. Launching on 4 April, the new annual competition will be open to any Devon group, town, village, or society, that thinks and acts like a community and has worked to improve their physical ...

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Heritage Lottery Fund to support Community Council of Devon's local history project

The Community Council of Devon is to work with 6 rural communities to look at the history of community action in the county, thanks to an award of £29,400 from the Heritage Lottery Fund, it was announced today. The idea for the one year project came from the work undertaken by the Community Council on how the idea of the Big Society could ...

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£1000 to be won for sustainable community action. Apply for the Prince of Wales's award

The Devon County Agricultural Association, which runs the Devon County Show, presents the Prince of Wales's award each year. The Award is open to community organisations, schools etc. which have, through their own initiative, brought about improvements to the lives of the rural population in a sustainable manner. The Award carries with ...

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