Devon Communities Together

Places are filling up fast for our next FREE Devon Community Resilience Forum! Thursday 9th October, The Beehive, Honiton. 10am - 4pm. Book your place today buff.ly/AIPZXdl #devonresilience #communityemergencyplan #devoncommunitiestogether

We are at the Totnes show today. Come and say hello - we'd love to see you.

🌟 We are excited to announce that we have updated our #training offer from September. We have reduced the cost and added new courses, tailored to equip you with essential skills to enhance the work that you do in your communities!🙌 buff.ly/leM69BP

🥳 We love celebrating with our community buildings in #Devon Project Manager Julie presented Meshaw Church and Community Hub with their Platinum Jubilee plaque from the last funding round last week 💚They spent the funding on a bespoke pop-out kitchenette @acre_national

🗣 Our next Devon Community Resilience Forum event is on Thursday 9th October - test an existing Emergency Plan or begin to design a new one for your community - would you know what to do in a blackout? More details to come soon...buff.ly/AIPZXdl #devonresilience

🏡 In our last post to mark #RuralHousingWeek we look back at the event hosted by Devon Community Housing Hub back in May: 'The Future of Rural Housing in Devon'. 🏡 Read more here: buff.ly/DTF8nm8

👍 We are featured in the latest edition of the Devon Resilience Innovation Project newsletter, thanks to the great work Charlotte Squire, Project Manager, has been doing with stakeholder engagement. You can read the latest issue here buff.ly/b44mLke #DRIP #resilience

🏡 #RuralHousingWeek Suitable housing plays a huge part in the prosperity and diversity of rural communities. 'A Roadmap for Rural Prosperity' from @RSNOnline sets out ways we can reduce inequalities & encourage thriving communities. buff.ly/XhrQgBW

🤩 Julie and Martin from our Community Buildings Team had a fantastic meeting with Moretonhampstead Parish Hall last week to discuss their Platinum Jubilee Fund application. A really enthusiastic community consultation about the next stage of application for funding, Good luck!🍀

🏡 #RuralHousingWeek In 2025, Devon's rural housing market is showing a complex mix of growth and ongoing challenges. Take a closer look at the trends affecting our region: buff.ly/96ZPr7z #affordablehousing #ruralhousing #devoncommunityhousinghub #affordablehousing

🏡 #RuralHousingWeek 🏡 “I Feel Like a Blot on a Computer Screen” - a powerful phrase from a report into the extent of hidden homelessness in South Hams, Plymouth and Cornwall. Rural homelessness is an issue that often goes under the radar. Read more: buff.ly/mZrUsR0

❓ Is your #VCSE organisation interested in building partnerships with universities? Would you like to understand the range of ways you might connect? 💻 Pop along to this FREE lunchtime webinar on Tue 8th July, 1-2pm and hear from @UnioffExeter staff buff.ly/fk9IS9K

🏡 We are pleased to be supporting #RuralHousingWeek 🏡 Did you know that the gap between housing need and availability in rural areas is not just widening—it’s deepening at a concerning rate? Read more here: buff.ly/dTBObPk

We have two courses coming up if you help or support adults navigate the challenges of the benefit system or have worries about what they are entitled to: 🌟 Migration to Universal Credit, 16th July 🌟 Challenging Benefit Decisions, 18th July. buff.ly/exk7aNl

Join the Heaths to Sea Landscape Recovery Public Forum Day, a chance to explore draft plans for nature recovery in the Lower Otter Valley @BictonCollege, 17th July, 12–8pm Book your free place today buff.ly/LGldgDR @EnvAgencySW @PebblebedHeaths #devon

📢 Last call! Do you have a community project in mind that you can't wait get off the ground (like a new park, building a new facility or designing a new service)? Join us if you are keen to learn more about how to engage and learn from your community buff.ly/BTcF0Dx

Thank you @RichardFoordLD for meeting with us this morning to talk about rural East Devon - especially Honiton, Sidmouth & everything inbetween! Engaging with our local MPs is so important to us, so we can build relationships and amplify rural and coastal voices in Westminster.

Everyone is invited to to the Heaths to Sea Public Forum Day, sharing proposed draft plans for nature recovery across the Lower Otter Valley. The event is being hosted by the Heaths to Sea Landscape Recovery Project team and Pebblebed Heaths Conservation Trust.

🥳 Have you got that #Fridayfeeling and a community project in your mind that you just can't wait get off the ground (like a new park or designing a new service)? Join our bespoke #training session on the 9th of July to help give you ideas to do just that buff.ly/BTcF0Dx

Our team love getting out and about, it's all about building connections🤝 Funding Development Manager Nat is attending the South West Connect Conference today at Sandy Park, run by the @sw_ISDN. A full day ahead of #knowledge and #networking! #digitalhealth #devon #dct