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29 Jan 2026
Devon Charity Gains Funding to Support ‘Community Power’ in Mid Devon
Independent charity Devon Communities Together has been awarded £80,000 from The National Lottery Community Fund’s Community Power Fund for its exciting new Power in Place initiative, which will support rural...
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30 Sep 2024
Are you a business or household struggling with poor indoor mobile coverage and connectivity?
Connecting Devon and Somerset’s (CDS) Mobile Boost scheme offers businesses and homes in Devon, Torbay, Plymouth and Somerset vouchers of up to £1,300 towards technology to help improve indoor mobile...
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23 Jul 2024
Devon’s Housing Crisis: Urgent Action Required
Devon is “running out of housing options” and urgent action is needed to tackle the dramatic numbers of families priced out of markets having to be placed in temporary accommodation,...
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26 Jun 2023
Fears that rural communities will be hit by changes to DIY waste charges ban
There are fresh concerns that a new ban on charges to dispose of DIY waste in England will push up costs for rural households. Following a consultation, the Government announced...
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16 Jan 2023
South West rural bus services underfunded
Teignmouth Today reports that local campaigners battling to save south Devon’s rural bus services have said the fight goes on Dawlish and Teignbridge councillor Alison Foden has been fighting to...
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20 Sep 2022
£883 million shortfall in rural economy
The Mid Devon Advertiser reports that farmers in the South-West are being warned of ‘economic shock’, as research by the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI) predicted that the rural...
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15 Aug 2022
Funding to help boost resilience of rural economy
Devon County Council has announced the regions farmers will be able to access £2.6million in funding, following the council’s successful application to the Farming Resilience Programme The project aims to...
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21 Feb 2022
North Devon Homes £4.7m funding win for energy improvements
North Devon Gazette reports that North Devon Homes, along with other social housing providers, have helped to secure £4.7 million of funding for energy improvements to properties across the South...
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24 Jan 2022
Rural communities ‘strangled’ by holiday let surge
Devon Live reports that a surge in homes marketed for short term holiday lets is strangling rural communities Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), believes that an explosion of holiday...
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02 Jul 2013
Neighbourhood Planning in Devon
A successful neighbourhood plan must be based on evidence and an understanding of the place they relate to. Communities need to gather a range of evidence and local knowledge before...
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