2018-2019 ANNUAL REVIEW LOOKING AT OUR IMPACT KEY ACHIEVEMENTS CONTENTS KEY ACHIEVEMENTS 2 103 EMPLOYERS/ VOLUNTARY GROUPS 121 NEW MESSAGE FROM THE CEO 4 WILLING AFFORDABLE TO OFFER HOMES PLACEMENTS OUR VISION, MISSION 5 706 21 & OBJECTIVES 354 COUNCILLORS/ NEIGHBOURHOOD 261 PLANS SUPPORTED MEMBERS OF DCT CLERKS THEORY OF CHANGE 6-7 ATTENDED40 DALC TRAINING/ LOCAL COUNCILS NETWORKING SUPPORTED EVENTS THE CONTINUING IMPACT OF OUR WORK 8-9 SUPPORTED THE 14 38 RURAL COMMUNITY OF SOCIAL BUSINESSES 5 WIDECOMBE TO RAISE SUPPORTED TO COMMUNITIES ENTREPRENEURS START UP/GROW VOLUNTEER RECEIVED INSPIRE CONNECTING HAVE INCREASED 10-13 £5,100 GRANTS 91 ACTIVELY TO NATURE CAPABILITY, SKILLS TOWARDS THEIR VULNERABLE AMBASSADORS AND CONFIDENCE IN NEW VILLAGE HOUSEHOLDS RECRUITED AND HALL ADVISED ON TRAINED ADDRESSING LOCAL ISSUES 10,378 170 SMART METERS HOUSEHOLD 74 14-17 HOUSING NEEDS RURAL COMMUNITIES BECOME MORE SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS SAVED 8 RESOURCEFUL AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES SPORT & PLAY £5,500 ATTENDED THROUGH RESILIENCE FACILITIES ADVISED DEVON OIL COMMUNITIES BECOME EVENTS 18-21 COLLECTIVE ECONOMICALLY STRONGER 135 59 COMMUNITY YOUNG PEOPLE BUILDINGS PROVIDED COMMUNITIES BECOME SUPPORTED WITH ACCESS HEALTHIER, MORE VIBRANT AND TO WORK/ 1,166 INCLUSIVE WITH IMPROVED 22-26 VOLUNTEERING EXPERIENCE PARTICIPANTS AT WELLBEING 78 TRAINING & NETWORKING EVENTS 24 THANKS TO OUR 27 COMMUNITY FUNDERS AND PARTNERS BUILDINGS £ RECEIVED 2,500 FUNDING READERS ADVICE OF
3 MESSAGE FROM THE CEO Community and parish Welcome to our second Impact Report, which demonstrates the work of DCT over plans OUR VISION the preceding year, and more importantly, the positive impact our work is having is of dynamic communities on Devon’s communities. This year we have gone back and spoken to some of the shaping their own futures. Advice & Helping individuals and communities that we worked with during 2017/18 to see how their training for communities projects have continued to develop. It is heartening to see how communities are parish & town mobilise their continuing to build on DCT’s support and the positive changes that are occurring as a councils OUR MISSION assets result. is to inspire and support DCT is continuing to invest in its ‘Theory of lead to a meeting and ongoing support Supporting Enterprise communities to be thriving, Change’ model and in measuring its impact and some may develop into major social start up and enterprise and across the whole of its work programme. It programmes of work involving external small business resilient and inclusive. community support was therefore encouraging that our fi rst funders and a range of partners. For this businesses Impact Report received such a favourable and report we have chosen from a selection Supporting positive response. This in turn has led to an of our work including some of our core communities interest in our impact model and as you will activity supporting local community to prepare COMMUNITIES OUR OBJECTIVES read in the report, we are now supporting initiatives such as affordable housing for an BECOME another organisation to measure its impact. and community buildings, and major emergency HEALTHIER, MORE VIBRANT AND I am pleased that we can use our learning to European Social Fund programmes such Providing INCLUSIVE WITH support other organisations demonstrate their as the Building Better Opportunities training IMPROVED effectiveness. programme. Our aim is to provide an and skills WELLBEING opportunities insight into what is a comprehensive for young As with any report, we can only highlight a portfolio of services and projects people COMMUNITIES small selection of our work. During the year, which support our business objective of COMMUNITIES HAVE INCREASED DCT receives hundreds of enquiries from Supporting People and Communities. BECOME CAPABILITY, Reducing SKILLS AND communities seeking information, advice and fuel poverty ECONOMICALLY STRONGER CONFIDENCE support. Some of these can be quickly resolved DCT is rapidly approaching its 60th IN ADDRESSING with some advice or information; for example anniversary. Whilst projects may come LOCAL ISSUES DCT has many toolkits, information sheets and and go, DCT has maintained throughout other resources that we are pleased to make a core programme of services that sit Tackling rural available to communities. Other enquiries may at the heart of the organisation and isolation and loneliness COMMUNITIES are some of the most requested. These BECOME MORE include our Village Halls service, which RESOURCEFUL AND RESILIENT dates back to the beginning of DCT in Wide range 1961, our support for Sport and Play, of training which has grown out of the former Devon opportunities Playing Fields Association, and our roles in supporting Community Plans, Rural Supporting Affordable Housing and Community Enabling village halls DCT has adopted four social objectives. Enterprise. I would particularly like to affordable and other All of our key activities are measured thank Devon County Council and Defra housing community against one or more of the objectives whose investment in DCT has enabled us buildings to enable us to assess impact and to maintain these services, which are so to share the evidence with funders, Helping Improving stakeholders, policy makers and highly valued by Devon’s communities. with sport health and and play wellbeing for commissioners. If you would like more information facilities people about any items in this report or how we measure our impact, please do get in Infl uencing touch. development through Elaine Cook, Chief neighbourhood Executive, Devon planning Communities Together OUR ACTIVITIES 5 Theory of Change is a tool for telling the story of an DCT the longer term goals, or impact, are described by our four Social Objectives. organisation’s impact. It explains how what we do, our inputs The links between our activities and our Social Objectives are illustrated in our and activities, lead to outputs, outcomes and, over time, to Theory of Change diagram below. the achievement of our longer term goals (our impact). DCT is continually developing new projects and services to support people and communities throughout Devon. The Theory of Change helps us to ensure any new THEORY OF CHANGE activities have a direct link to achieving our Social Objectives and delivering a clear For impact for people and communities.
Activities Activities Short-Shortterm- termoutcomes outcomes Intermediate outcomes outcomes Long-termLong outcomes-term /outcomes Impact / Impact Community plans in place Community plans in place Help communities write an inclusive community plan Community agrees on a range of actions Help communities write an inclusive community plan Communityfor the agrees benefit on of locala range people of actions Communities have the confidence to tackle local issues for the benefit of local people Communities have the confidence to tackle local issues Provide training for Devon Association of Local Communities implement actions to benefit local people Provide trainingCouncils for Devon (new Association councillors, chairmen,of Local clerks) People (Councillors, Clerks, Chairmen) Communities implement actions to benefit local people Peopleunderstand (Councillors, the Clerks,roles and Chairmen) responsibilities Local people have the competence and confidence to tackle Communities have Councils (new councillors, chairmen, clerks) of positions within local democracy and Provide advice and support to Town and Parish understand the roles and responsibilities issuesLocal &people challenges have that the arise competence in communities and confidence to tackle increased capability, Council members of DALC can take appropriate action Communities have Provide advice and support to Town and Parish of positions within local democracy and issues & challenges that arise in communities skills and confidence in can take appropriate action increased capability, Council membersCommunity of DALC Buildings provided with operational Community Buildings remain open, with People have access to community facilities, open to all and addressing local issues advice and assistance increased usage and are more sustainable. appropriate to the needs of the community skills and confidence in Community Buildings provided with operational Community Buildings remain open, with People have access to community facilities, open to all and addressing local issues advice and assistancePlaying fields, sports facilities and play areas: increasedPlaying usage fields, and sports are morefacilities sustainable. and play Peopleappropriate have access to the to needssport/play of the facilities community appropriate to the provided with operational advice and assistance areas remain open / are opened needs of the community DCT Playing fields, sports facilities and play areas: Playing fields, sports facilities and play LocalPeople housing have is access available to whichsport/play is affordable/ facilities appropriate appropriate for to the Local spatial development / economic provided with operationalHelp communities advice write and a neighbourhoodassistance plan to areas remain open / are opened localneeds needs. of the community address local spatial development issues development issues are addressed by DCT communities TheLocal natural housing environment, is available green/open which is spaces affordable/ are protected appropriate for Local spatial development / economic Help communitiesProvide write one a toneighbourhood one advice service plan for to entrepreneurs, Peoplelocal needs. have access to community services / leisure facilities developmentPeople are issues supported are addressed to start businesses by / Communities become address local spatialmanagement development teams, steering issues groups - at pre-start, appropriate to community needs social enterprises which provide jobs and more resourceful and start up and growth stages communities The natural environment, green/open spaces are protected services in the community. There are increased local employment and volunteering resilient Provide one to one advice service for entrepreneurs, opportunitiesPeople have access to community services / leisure facilities Communities become Developing and delivering training for entrepreneurs, People are supported to start businesses / management teams, steering groups - at pre-start, People and groups have greater appropriate to community needs management teams, steering groups, community social enterprises which provide jobs and Local services are protected and enhanced more resourceful and start up and growth stages confidence and competent to further activists and representatives servicesdevelop in the their community. business (organisation) There are increased local employment and volunteering resilient Peeropportunities support is available for people who are interested in Developing andCreate delivering peer- totraining-peer support for entrepreneurs, networks PeopleBusinesses and groups achieve have a greater significant step developing a business enterprise SOCIAL management teams, steering groups, community confidencechange and / milestone competent in their to furtherdevelopment Local services are protected and enhanced activists and representativesManagement of bulk oil purchasing scheme develop their business (organisation) Households have more disposable income FuelPeer poverty support is alleviatedis available for people who are interested in Provide households with energy efficiency / energy developing a business enterprise Create peer-to-switchingpeer support advice networks Businesses achieve a significant step SOCIAL Young people have their say on health change / milestone in their development Young peoples health and wellbeing concerns are addressed Communities become Engaging young people in health / wellbeing issues and wellbeing issues Management of bulk oil purchasing scheme economically stronger HouseholdsEffective have innovations more disposable for a healthy income and TheFuel health poverty needs is alleviatedof older people are addressed Provide householdsImproving with health energy and efficiency wellbeing /of energy older people active later life developed / scaled Young people furthest from the labour market better able to switching adviceSupporting Young People furthest from the labour Young people provided with work Young people have their say on health access employment market experience or volunteering experience Young peoples health and wellbeing concerns are addressed Communities become Engaging young people in health / wellbeing issues and wellbeing issues Grow membership of the Devon Community Communities put in place an effective emergency plan economically stronger Resilience Forum EffectiveCommunities innovations understand for a healthy how to and develop The health needs of older people are addressed OBJECTIVES Improving health and wellbeing of older people active lateran emergency life developed plan /have / scaled the resources to Organise Devon Community Resilience Forum events develop and implement a plan CreateYoung increased people furthest volunteer from capacity, the labourand capability. market better able to Supporting Young People furthest from the labour Young people provided with work Advice, support and grant funding to communities access employment market experienceCommunities or volunteering are better experience organised and Better connectivity between local organisations and between via the Devon Community Resilience Forum able to mobilise quickly and respond to citizens and the local police service. Communities become Grow membership of the Devon Community local incidents, events and needs Helping communities mobilise their assets Communities put in place an effective emergency plan healthier, more vibrant Resilience Forum Communities understand how to develop OBJECTIVES an emergencyHousing needsplan /haveare identified the resources and to Appropriate housing is available which is affordable, well and inclusive, with Support local communities to evidence, understand Organise Devon Community Resilience Forum events appropriate action is taken including designed,Create increased well insulated volunteer and well capacity, connected and within capability. the improved wellbeing and address their housing need develop and implement a plan informing Planning decisions community and available for local people Advice, support and grant funding to communities Communities are better organised and Better connectivity between local organisations and between via the Devon CommunityWorking with Resilience partners to Forumprovide a wide range of able toDiverse mobilise target quickly audience and attendrespond wide to range Businesses,citizens and organisations the local police and community service. groups have Communities become training opportunities. local incidents,of training events courses and needs increased skills and capacity Helping communities mobilise their assets healthier, more vibrant Community Planning D A L C Community Facilities Neighbourhood Planning Enterprise Fuel Poverty Health & Wellbeing Resilience Rural Housing Enabling Learning Academy Housing needs are identified and Appropriate housing is available which is affordable, well and inclusive, with Support local communities to evidence, understand appropriate action is taken including designed, well insulated and well connected within the improved wellbeing and address their housing need informing Planning decisions community and available for local people
Working with partners to provide a wide range of Diverse target audience attend wide range Businesses, organisations and community groups have training opportunities. of training courses increased skills and capacity 7
Community Planning D A L C Community Facilities Neighbourhood Planning Enterprise Fuel Poverty Health & Wellbeing Resilience Rural Housing Enabling Learning Academy UPDATES FROM 2017/18 We reported on lots of exciting projects and services in our 2017/18 Impact Report. Here is a small selection of updates to show how some of those stories have developed over the past year. THE CONTINUING Payhembury Neighbourhood Plan Following last year’s support to Payhembury IMPACT OF Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group, DCT continued to OUR WORK... support the group to produce the draft version of their plan for public consultation. Following the consultation, DCT . continued to advise the steering group about potential changes and finalised the document ready for submission.
The document was submitted to East Devon District Council in September 2018. Since then an independent examiner has agreed that with minor alterations it could proceed to a referendum.
“The Neighbourhood Plan is an easy to read and understandable document. “…the Neighbourhood Plan team, the Parish Council and the local community who engaged with the process should be justly proud of producing a Neighbourhood Plan that reflects local opinion and which successfully addresses, through its policies, the key issues arising in this rural parish.” Mary O’Rouke, Examiner Jubilee Park, Kingswear - Caledonia Play
Jubilee Park, Kingswear Bridgerule Village Hall “We are absolutely delighted, as Following the successful completition of a new play area for the children and families of Following DCT’s advice and support around the successful you can imagine. This is the final Kingswear as reported in our 2017-18 Impact Report, DCT has received some positive feedback redevelopment of the village hall, the committee has piece of the jigsaw and once it about how well the play area has been received, despite some initial opposition. recently been awarded £63,466 from The Lottery’s is completed the hall should be Reaching Communities fund to cover the cost of replacing “Our first contact with DCT was a thought provoking and helpful parish councillor self supporting and maintenance the asbestos/cement roof and re-designing the front training day at Exeter Racecourse. Your Community Projects Advisor came to one free. It will be a village hall to porch. of the village consultation meetings and presented a very balanced view of village be proud of...Thank you so much communities working towards common goals. for your assistance, support Christow Community Land Trust encouragement and advice over “It is pleasing that construction of the play area eventually took place thanks to the generosity of local people and businesses. Many of the prejudices proved ill founded Following the completion of Passivhaus affordable homes the years, it has certainly helped and the play furniture doesn’t impinge on the green space. In fact it blends well with for the community, Christow Community Land Trust us all on the Village Hall the trees on the edge of Jubilee Park and it has no impact on other users of the area. (CLT) decided not to rest on its laurels but to continue committee.” The Kingswear ‘regatta’/fete which is the largest event on the Park has plenty of room and benefits from the play facility. “Stafford Close has made a huge delivering for its Chris Hitchings, Chair, contribution towards making local community. “It is a joy to hear the sound of children playing in the play area. Regularly families Bridgerule Village Hall Christow a sustainable and Increasing its are seen sharing those special moments with their children. Sometimes it’s a couple of Committee balanced community. The CLT numbers from 40 mums with toddlers, other times it’s extended families of three generations. Kingswear is determined to remain a to 113, the CLT Primary School has been involved and this part of the village has a more engaged feel. dynamic and active force in the has provided grant “Martin’s support gave authority to those who were trying to help the community. He community into the future.” funding for a number of local initiatives including junior tennis presented examples of how other villages had been successful and how change can lessons and stage lighting for the village hall. It is also moving have broad reaching effects. Interestingly a small community orchard has since been Tony Cook Chair, Christow CLT forward with its own community projects, such as creating developed on the opposite side of Jubilee Park.” a new circular nature walk and exploring the idea of a Teign Rob Lovell, Kingswear Resident and Former Councillor Valley website. It is also hoping to look again at the gaps in housing need in the future. 9 OUR PROGRAMME INCLUDES ... DCT receives over 400 enquiries a year from a wide range of OBJECTIVE community organisations and community activists on topics including buildings, play spaces, support with developing COMMUNITIES HAVE a community project or plan, concern about the loss of a INCREASED CAPABILITY, service, funding advice, housing needs and business support. SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE DCT has experienced and qualifi ed staff who can invariably provide an answer, information, advice and access to the IN ADDRESSING many resources freely available or signpost to further LOCAL ISSUES information. We want communities to know that DCT is a trusted source of independent information and advice. Community learning and training opportunities DEVON COMMUNITY LEARNING ACADEMY As well as operating the Devon Community Learning The Devon Community Learning Academy (DCLA) was re-branded from the Training Hub in Academy (pg. 11), we continue to integrate learning 2018, in partnership with Devon County Council Communities Team, to refl ect its position opportunities within many of our projects and services, as the leading provider of community learning opportunities in Devon. During 2018/19 the including training for Village Halls, Parish Councils and DCLA facilitated 78 learning and networking events with a total of 1,166 participants who rural businesses as well as through projects such as were upskilled and inspired about a broad range of subjects including: Business, Marketing 78 Community Unity (pg. 15). and Social Media Citizens Advice Devon Benefi ts Training First Aid, Fire Safety and Food TRAINING & Hygiene Disability and Deaf Awareness Neighbourhood Planning Project Management NETWORKING Neighbourhood Planning: infl uencing development Project Funding Rural Enterprise Support Health and Wellbeing Housing. As well as EVENTS Neighbourhood Plans are an important step for communities DCT’s trainers we worked with 30 external training providers. 21 who want to have a voice in the development of their COMMUNITIES local area. Our Catalyst Consultancy Service provides DCT followed up with a selection of delegates to fi nd out how they were using their SUPPORTED WITH unbiased support and advice on legislation, help with NEIGHBOURHOOD local consultation and engagement with local planning new knowledge and skills. All of the feedback was positive, with participants PLANNING departments, and support with writing the plan and funding overwhelmingly citing the courses as informative, helpful, and useful. We bids. learned that people were using what they’d gained from the courses to make a difference and tackle issues in their communities. Supporting communities to create Action Plans These plans, sometimes referred to as a ‘Parish or For example, two participants on the ‘Get IMPACT Community Plan’ are often the jumping off point for Your Community Project Funded!’ course People have new community projects and initiatives. We use a design-led explained that they were in the early stages 9 of applying for grants and funding for their skills and confi dence COMMUNITIES approach to help communities or groups identify their priorities and, together with our Ideas Factory and other projects concerning the upkeep and building to achieve SUPPORTED WITH A of a village hall. Both cited the course COMMUNITY PLAN innovative approaches, we have a range of tools that can professional, help people capture what is positive about the place they as useful in approaching the application/ grant process. personal and live, identify gaps in services or provision, and develop their community own solutions. “It was useful to talk with others and understand their approach.” objectives. 354 Devon Association of Local Councils (DALC) Get Your Community Project DCT was contracted by DALC to provide advice, support Funded! course participant and training to DALC’s 354 parish council members, and “[the course was] helpful as secretariat services to the DALC committee. [we] award fi nancial support to LOCAL COUNCILS students and…need to understand SUPPORTED OTHER CONTRIBUTING ACTIVITIES how a household income that receives Universal Credit is Helping communities mobilise their assets 1,166 made up, and can then identify PARTICIPANTS Enabling affordable housing hardship.” Universal Credit course AT TRAINING & participant NETWORKING Supporting communities to be prepared for an EVENTS “[I am] better able to fulfi ll my emergency role as a result of the course.” Pitfalls of Policy Writing course Social and community business advice participant 11 ACLT’s new affordable homes in Appledore, North Devon
CONSTRUCTING FUTURES DEVON APPLEDORE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST During 2018 work began on the fi rst build properties as a “real site” work Appledore Community Land Trust (ACLT), with Rural Housing Enablers continued to work Constructing Futures Devon Ltd property, in experience opportunity. Homes will be sold the support of DCT’s Rural Housing Enablers, with ACLT to overcome these, including Torquay. Partly funded by £574,320 from the on the open market, with profi t reinvested has successfully delivered a project to create through extensive neighbourhood consultation Heart of the South West LEP’s Growth Deal into Constructing Futures and DCT. ten affordable new homes for the local to win over public support for the scheme. Funding, Constructing Futures is a sustainable community. The three founding members, all The promise of ‘homes for local people’ has social purpose business established as a During 2018-19, two full-time apprentices of whom were born and raised in Appledore, won wide support in the village. The Local trading arm of DCT. We have partnered and 36 other South Devon College students have driven forward their vision of ‘homes Authority and Homes England since with South Devon College to give were involved in carrying out a complete for local people’, against a backdrop of made substantial grant allocations students the opportunity renovation. Work maximised the input of rising house prices and absentee ownership. to ACLT and the housing to work on renovation many different trade apprentices, including Since buying the site, ACLT has worked in association Aster Group IMPACT bricklayers, plasterers, electricians, projects and new partnership with Aster Group and with the has contributed ACLT, with the support IMPACT plumbers, heating engineers and decorators, support of the Wessex Community Land Trust some of its own of Rural Housing Enablers, Students from as well as offering learning opportunities and Torridge District Council to achieve its internal have overcome every challenge South Devon College have for live building site health and safety vision. The ten homes, which enjoy stunning subsidy. and, as a result, local people will gained valuable real-life requirements, risk and method statements, sea views, are set to be completed by May receive ten new affordable homes. This construction experience to and general project planning skills. 2019. support their future careers, and will promote a more inclusive community signifi cantly enhance their college “This is a very exciting project and we’re DCT’s Rural Housing Enablers supported as people on low incomes will be able to learning. A quality proud to be a part of it. Projects like this project by undertaking a housing stay living locally. Long-term benefi ts are also expected, as the family home has been these provide real and meaningful work needs survey in Appledore to establish increase in residents will boost the brought back on to the activities that enable our Construction the need for affordable housing. Although the need was established there were economic viability of local local market. learners to hone the skills, knowledge and behaviours learnt in College on a several barriers to overcome and our businesses, live project. Community based projects as well as supporting provide stretch and challenge for all the local school, clubs and learners involved whilst enhancing their “We are extremely proud employability skills.” societies. 36 of what we have achieved 10 STUDENTS AND Dean Bowden, Head of Construction and for Appledore’s residents. NEW Built Environment, South Devon College 2 FULL-TIME These homes will be AFFORDABLE APPRENTICES “It’s preparing me for the future a lot dwellings for Appledore HOMES FOR RENOVATED OUR quicker ...I’ll be more ready for work.” residents for many decades LOCAL FIRST to come.” PEOPLE PROPERTY Ben Perkins, Constructing Futures Peter Revely Founder member of Devon Ltd apprentice Appledore CLT 13 Intergenerational planting in South Molton
OUR PROGRAMME INCLUDES ... OBJECTIVE Village hall and community buildings support Community buildings are a key space in every community, COMMUNITIES particularly in rural communities where they may be the COMMUNITY UNITY BECOME MORE only public space, providing a place where increasingly vital services are delivered, community organisations The Community Unity pilot project ran from May RESOURCEFUL meet, and social activities and family celebrations take 2017Bridgerule to November Village 2018.Hall (incorporating A partnership the project Post Offi ce) AND RESILIENT place. DCT supports the network of Devon Village Halls between Devon and Cornwall Police and DCT, and Community Buildings and increasingly is extending Community Unity was designed to support the Citizens in Policing Programme, in particular, the its support to other community-owned assets, including overarching strategic theme of “Safe, Resilient & Connected Communities”. churches. The pilot project was delivered in three deep rural towns: Holsworthy; South Molton and Lynton & Supporting communities to be prepared for an Lynmouth. A programme of engagement and capacity building was delivered for each community, emergency including: Ideas Factory Events Asset Mapping Training Needs Assessment Connector Events Local Volunteer Training Programmes Know Your Neighbour Campaign Let’s Do It Fund DCT continues to be the delivery partner for the Devon 74 Awards Bespoke Mentoring for Local Groups. Community Resilience Board. With additional funding during 2018, DCT was able to provide on-the-ground DELEGATES AT Know Your Neighbour support to communities identifi ed as a priority by the Running during August and September 2018, the Know Your Neighbour campaign was developed to RESILIENCE Resilience Board, helping them to develop an emergency EVENTS raise awareness of the issues around social isolation. Over 600 promotional leafl ets were handed plan. The bi-annual Community Resilience Forum event out, encouraging people to make contact with their neighbours and presenting thought provoking continues to provide an important opportunity for statistics, simple ways to help, sign-posting and risk awareness information. We also held communities to access information and training, and to coffee mornings, information stalls and worked with community groups to spread the meet with statutory services and other organisations. word. Many people we spoke to did not realise that social isolation was such an issue and were surprised at the statistics. Using data in this way, to challenge Helping communities mobilise their assets preconceptions about their community, encourage them to take action and DCT is continually engaged with communities who are to cascade the issue by word of mouth, was a really positive outcome. looking to plan for the future, develop new activities or businesses, build on what already exists and rejuvenate Let’s Do it: The Molton Meddlers community spaces. Recent work includes saving a The Community Unity project ran a small grants scheme the IMPACT ‘Let’s Do It’ fund. One successful application came from rural church for the future, upgrading play facilities, The communities are 24 supporting people living on Exmoor to fi nd affordable The Molton Meddlers; a small team of retired men COMMUNITY homes, getting new rural businesses off the ground, who volunteer to do practical tasks around aware of the issues facing £ BUILDINGS helping rural young people access volunteering and work South Molton. They wanted to get more many of their neighbours RECEIVED opportunities. Our Community Unity project (pg. 15) people volunteering to help beautify the and are upskilled and FUNDING used a range of asset based community development town with wild fl ower beds and tackle inspired to address them. ADVICE techniques to support three rural market towns in North areas of neglected land. The communities are more Devon to build on the many organisations, activities 15 sites were cleared and planted with a 60 + resilient and community and services that already exist, increasing connectivity range of perennial wild fl owers spirit is fostered. 135 between local groups and encouraging more local people PEOPLE FROM COMMUNITY to become volunteers. Around 20 local people including 40 LOCAL BUILDINGS RECEIVED school children, scouts and retired folk COMMUNITY ADVICE AND SUPPORT volunteered during a three-day planting GROUPS OTHER CONTRIBUTING ACTIVITIES task in spring 2019 PARTICIPATED IN EVENTS Over 400 wild fl ower plugs planted “Everyone Supporting communities to create action plans LOCAL seemed to enjoy The natural environment of South Molton 8 these community Advice & training for parish & town councils INITIATIVES has been enhanced for the enjoyment RECEIVED events and there was of local people and wildlife and there £ much laughter!” Enabling affordable housing INVESTMENT are asiprations of an increased “feel good FROM THE Brian, co-ordinator of the Meddlers’ wild Infl uencing development through factor” for elderly local people who will encounter LET’S DO IT FUND fl ower planting neighbourhood planning wild fl owers reminiscent of their younger lives to spark project shared memories. Social and community business advice 15 THE DEVON COMMUNITY RESILIENCE FORUM Devon Communities Together is contracted through the Devon Community Reslience Delegates participate in an interactive game on fl ooding at Board to support communities to develop a Devon Community Resilience Forum event, November 2018 a useful community emergency plan. This empowers the community to act ‘on the 127 Devon communities were members of the ground’ in the event of an emergency such as Devon Community Resilience Forum during COMMUNITY BUILDINGS: PROMOTION AS LOCAL VENUES fl ooding, fi re, or a road accident. Completed 2018/2019. We supported them in a number Devon Communities Together launched a new website in June 2018 and for the fi rst time we plans are uploaded to the government portal, of ways: brought the former devonvillagehalls.co.uk site under our main website to provide a new, mobile- Resilience Direct where they can be viewed friendly directory of village halls throughout Devon. Originally called ‘Community Buildings’, by the emergency services. First responders £5,270 worth of small grants provided to the section is now called ‘Venue Hire’ after we sought feedback and looked at what people are will be aware of the actions that the seven communities, enabling the purchase searching for online. community will undertake, as well as have of a range of equipment including two-way access to practical local knowledge such as radios to help them respond to and recover The site gives community buildings a clear digital presence, provides information on the facilities the location of vulnerable people, resources, from emergencies. and drives enquiries to the bookings clerks. Since it launched, until the end of March 2019 and shelters. (approx. 10 months) the main Venue Hire landing page received 9,510 page views, accounting for Two Community Resilience Forum events held almost 10% of all traffi c to the DCT site. This does not include numbers of page views for the in June (Cruwys Morchard) and individual building pages, so the traffi c for the entire section is likely to be much higher. November (Victory Hall, Broadclyst) with over 140 delegates learning about topics including: fl u pandemics, the Devon Air “I’m very happy with [the new website] ... I’m sure it has Ambulance, the Local Resilience Forum, [generated bookings]. I have editing capabilities and I’ve resilience grants, community defi brillators recently been able to go on and add that we’ve received 3 star IMPACT and real community case studies. In Hallmark and now have free internet, which is a great way of letting people know about our facilities.” Communities are November 100% of delegates reported the content as ‘excellent’ (68%) or ‘good’ (32%). Jock Kirkpatrick, Whitestone Parish Hall IMPACT empowered to plan for an Village halls and other emergency in their local area ‘How to write your community emergency Other website benefi ts our members have community buildings are plan’ event in January 2019 (Barnstaple and to use their local knowledge reported include: supported in generating to decide on a course of action Rugby Club), with 12 representatives from local communities receiving practical • Provides a useful map and location income and sharing their that will enable safe and resilient advice on how to create their plans. details for ‘out of county’ enquiries achievements. responses to an emergency or e.g family events, commercial users threat of emergency. Support and practical guidance to who aren’t familiar with the area individual communities on specifi c topics. 9,510 VISITS TO Following a DCT visit to the Lympstone • Acts as a marketplace for buildings to ‘show off’ their facilities and THE DCT Community Emergency Planning group, one COMMUNITY member commented that: accolades, which they have invested time and money in BUILDINGS WEB PAGE “Progress has been made following • A building’s page provides evidence of the advice received from Martin Rich, efforts to promote a hall and the diary 7 9 of Devon Communities Together. As COMMUNITIES section highlights levels of use; all of COMMUNITY a result of his advice, we are closer RECEIVED EMERGENCY which can be used when applying for to submitting the fi nal draft of the £5,270 IN PLANS grants and loans PUBLISHED Parish Council’s Emergency Plan, and RESILIENCE we have made contact with the Fire • Village halls are becoming more popular GRANTS Service and a First Aid Organisation for weddings and even funerals. Our directory to provide training for our Flood allows users to compare facilities and make Wardens.” informed choices 17 OUR PROGRAMME INCLUDES ... RURAL ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS
Business support has increasingly become an important DCT’s Rural Enterprise Solutions project is funded by the Prince’s Countryside Fund. Phase one activity for DCT. Whether it is supporting a community of the project ran from February 2017 to July 2018 and phase two runs from October 2018 to OBJECTIVE to take ownership of their village shop or local pub, or September 2019. supporting a local entrepreneur who has a great idea for COMMUNITIES a new social enterprise or business. Our range of business Phase one enabled Devon Communities Together to support existing enterprises within rural BECOME support includes: Devon (particularly Torridge, West Devon, Teignbridge and Mid Devon) to grow and develop ECONOMICALLY whilst also encouraging and supporting start-ups to emerge. Support was provided with STRONGER Social and community business advice facilitated networking Launchpad events, an online peer support network with over 300 In rural areas, gaps in services often create an opportunity participants, one-to-one business support and a bespoke training programme at the Dartington for communities to develop a business to provide a School of Social Entrepreneurs. vital service and also contribute to local society. Devon Phase two has enabled Devon Communities Together to scale up the support across rural Devon. Communities Together helps such enterprises, e.g Launchpad networking events are being held across the county, the online peer support network community shops and pubs, to start up and grow. continues to grow with over 325 participants, and one-to-one support is provided to small local 59 businesses and start-ups. Additional support has been provided to young people with a stall at YOUNG PEOPLE Enterprise start up and small business support Now in its second year with funding from the Prince’s Petroc College, Barnstaple, for a progression event in March 2019, which included discussion on PROVIDED early stage business planning for young entrepreneurs. WITH ACCESS Countryside Fund this service provides a business start- TO WORK/ up and growth package for small rural businesses and Carole’s story VOLUNTEERING provides a peer support network and launch pad events for EXPERIENCE individual entrepreneurs, community enterprises and rural Carole has been supported by Rural Enterprise Solutions through both phase one and phase two businesses. Over 300 businesses are signed up. of the project. Carole fi rst accessed Rural Enterprise Solutions support when she was at the ideas stage for her innovative social enterprise, Moving Together, which helps older people 103 plan, organise and execute every aspect of a home move, or to ensure their current EMPLOYERS/ Empowering Enterprise VOLUNTARY Young people are a vital part of the rural economy home is suitable as they age. as they age. GROUPS but some young people need extra support to fi nd WILLING employment. DCT is working with local businesses and “The Rural Enterprise Solutions course TO OFFER other partners to help these young people to identify with the Dartington School of Social PLACEMENTS their interests and motivations, and match them with Entrepreneurs couldn’t have come at a volunteering or job placement opportunity. The great a better time for me. I…was struggling IMPACT with all things to do with business, news is that this is leading to job offers and training Rural entrepreneurs have the opportunities. especially business planning and a 38 marketing strategy. tools, confi dence and support needed RURAL to take their ideas forward and grow Enterprise Coaching: New Start Devon BUSINESSES “I particularly enjoyed the active their businesses, creating income SUPPORTED TO During 2018/19 we have been working with YTKO on learning sessions, where we problem and employment opportunities, and START UP/GROW an exciting new European Regional Development Fund solved by asking open questions rather programme called New Start Devon that will empower providing valuable products and than giving advice. Having the benefi t services to their communities. individuals, mainly from the more deprived and of a 1:1 support session six months disadvantaged areas of Devon, and those underrepresented later through phase two of Rural ADVICE in enterprise, to develop self-employment opportunities, Enterprise Solutions has enabled me ON SMART and start and sustain micro and small businesses, including to refl ect on the last year and begin METERS TO social enterprises. With a business coach now in place, the to change how we are promoting 91 programme launches in early 2019. ourselves. Now I am at the stage of VULNERABLE developing the service to reach more HOUSEHOLDS OTHER CONTRIBUTING ACTIVITIES people. Rural Enterprise Solutions has given me a sound framework to build Infl uencing development through neighbourhood on, enabled me to go outside of my 325+ planning comfort zone and have the confi dence MEMBERS OF Tackling fuel poverty to ‘sell’ my service. I can now tell real THE PEER-TO- stories and share testimonials from PEER SUPPORT Wide range of training opportunities my clients.” NETWORK Enabling affordable housing ChristowCarole, opening owner ceremony of Moving Together Constructing Futures Devon (pictured) 19 EMPOWERING ENTERPRISE
Devon Communities Together is part of Petroc College’s partnership programme called Empowering Enterprise, which seeks to engage over 600 of Devon’s most socially-excluded Empowering Enterprise ‘Get on Track’ event in Plymouth, young people and work with them to develop August 2018 their employability and life skills giving them placement at supported housing provider, the confi dence to return to employment, LiveWest. After engaging with James’ mentor TACKLING FUEL POVERTY: SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES education or training. It is part of the Building for further information on the young person’s Better Opportunities programme, which talents, skills, experience and education, AROUND ENERGY USAGE is jointly funded by the National Lottery DCT spoke to LiveWest to make the request. Community Fund and the European Social Fund. DEVON OIL COLLECTIVE We discussed James’ talents, interests, Devon Communities Together operates the Devon Oil Collective (DOC) in conjunction with the James’ story aspirations and also mentioned some of agricultural cooperative, AF Affi nity, to enable households and community buildings in rural areas the barriers that he is facing. We shared to access cheaper fuel prices through a bulk buying scheme. James* had put a specifi c work experience James’ CV and liaised between LiveWest, request in, asking for an administration James’ mentor and the project manager DOC has 170 members as of 2018/19 and their feedback has been positive, with 100% of at Young Devon to provide guidance on members reporting that they would recommend DOC to a friend and are very happy extending work experience, apprenticeships with the service. Members save between £10.40 and £19.50 on their orders per and employment. James’ work experience 1,000 liters of fuel, producing consistent savings for customers with minimum placement was eventually secured. customer effort and excellent customer care. IMPACT During his placement, James grew in SMART ENERGY GB James and other young confi dence and developed an understanding DCT was commissioned by Smart Energy GB to provide information about smart meter installation, use and IMPACT people supported through of his skills and interests. He went on to apply for paid employment at LiveWest and potential savings to people over 65, those over 60 the project gain confi dence, Communities are upskilled was successful, commencing a paid Level who do not use the internet and people living in and empowered to make informed improved wellbeing and 3 Advanced Apprenticeship in Finance – fuel poverty across rural Devon. decisions around their energy usage opportunities to work towards Assistant Accountant Standard. and measurement, especially those Between September and December 2018, paid employment, contributing who would usually fi nd this information LiveWest gained a valuable asset to their DCT attended thirty-one community to the local economy. Employers diffi cult to access. Through DOC, fi nancial services team and developed venues, holding a rural roadshow of gain awareness and skills in households can benefi t from experience of welcoming young NEETS (not in information events and briefi ng sessions working with NEETs, fi nancial savings, helping education, employment or training) into their to give group and one-to-one advice, 375,000 becoming more to tackle fuel poverty. workplace. LITRES OF inclusive. and ran a social media campaign with a reach of over 1,500 individuals. We also OIL attended a community coffee morning in ORDERED “He seems to be thoroughly Holsworthy and gave information out to enjoying himself and the approximately 100 older people. “This teams have fed-back that he’s apprenticeship been great to have around. Briefi ng sessions were particularly 170 DOC is an amazing He’s been really keen, super targeted towards those in the community MEMBERS opportunity for engaged and asking lots of with further reach who may come into SAVED £5,500 James!” James’ questions, so that’s great.” contact with hard-to-reach individuals. mentor LiveWest spokesperson
*not participant’s real name 21 OUR PROGRAMME INCLUDES ... Strategic partnerships and collaborations OBJECTIVE In 2018/19 DCT was invited to become a member of COMMUNITIES BECOME the RSA Food Farming and Countryside Commission Health and Thriving Communities Working Group, HEALTHIER, MORE where we contributed to research on the health and VIBRANT AND INCLUSIVE wellbeing of farmers and how we can encourage WITH IMPROVED families with young children to eat more healthily. Layne Fields Christow Christow opening ceremony We also contributed to the recent ACRE (Action with WELLBEING Communities in Rural England) paper submitted CONNECTING ACTIVELY TO NATURE to the House of Commons Health and Social Care The Connecting Actively to Nature (CAN) project is funded by the National Lottery through Sport Committee in relation to the NHS Long Term Plan and healthcare in rural communities. England to deliver an exciting fi ve-year programme that will support over 3,000 older people in Devon and Torbay to discover the physical and mental benefi ts of activity in the natural We have worked closely with Devon County Council environment. DCT’s role is to recruit and support volunteers to help spread awareness of the 14 Adult Social Care on their Life Chances Programme and SOCIAL activities on offer, and to support the development and use of the project customer relationship contributed to the VCSE (Voluntary, Community and ENTREPRENEURS management (CRM) system. Social Enterprise) engagement on Social Prescribing. RECEIVED INSPIRE Between November 2018, when recruitment of volunteers began, and March 2019, fi ve GRANTS We continue to represent the voluntary sector on the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and a DCT volunteers were recruited and provided with an induction and ongoing support. They have director participated in an STP (Sustainability and engaged in a variety of tasks to increase the impact of CAN including: distributing publicity Transformation Partnership) Leadership Programme. materials, giving presentations to community groups, liaising with community connectors, and providing practical support at CAN activities. 121 Healthwatch Devon One volunteer, Pauline, explained how she had spoken to over 40 individuals about the We have continued to provide management support CAN project and had also encouraged existing activies in her area to work with for Healthwatch Devon including actively undertaking the project. Being a CAN volunteer has not only had a positive impact on the NEW engagement, facilitation, research and report writing project, but on her own sense of community: AFFORDABLE functions. HOMES FOR LOCAL DCT projects and services include... “Before I became a Devon IMPACT PEOPLE Delivering a programme of affordable Rural Housing Communities Together Connecting Older people in Devon Enablement (pg. 13); Transform Ageing, which Actively to Nature volunteer I had have improved mental £98,900 looks at new ways to make the experience of ageing time on my hands after retiring and and physical wellbeing. RECEIVED TO more positive for older people (pg. 24); Maternity moving; it was an unsettled time Project volunteers have TACKLE RURAL Voices Partnership, which brings together parents for me and I didn’t feel part of my opportunities to become and providers of maternity services across Devon to ISOLATION AND new community. Since becoming active citizens and make LONELINESS improve maternity services; helping Syrian refugees a CAN volunteer this has really a difference in their improve their English language skills and get work communuties, whilst expereince; Devon Highlights, a new project aiming changed, I no longer feel lonely or OVER spreading a positive to help people over 55 at risk of social isolation of no signifi cance but instead I am message about (pg. 25); Connecting Actively To Nature, aimed at feeling involved, useful, and part 3,000 activity 8 encouraging over 55s to engage with outdoor activity SPORT of the community.” OLDER PEOPLE in nature. AND PLAY (pg. 23). WILL BE FACILITIES The CRM system not only provides SUPPORTED TO PROVIDED an overview of the projects and GET OTHER CONTRIBUTING ACTIVITIES ACTIVE WITH ADVICE participants but is a way in which to 5 Supporting communities to create action plans record participant data, from their fi rst VOLUNTEER engagement as a baseline, and at three, CONNECTING Supporting communities to be prepared for ACTIVELY six and 12 month points. It went ‘live’ an emergency TO NATURE on 27th February 2019. In February and AMBASSADORS Social and community business advice March 2019 DCT worked with 17 CAN RECRUITED AND Infl uencing development through partners to support their use of the TRAINED neighbourhood planning system. 23 Another Creativity Centre project, The Merry Widows project
TRANSFORM AGEING: THE DEVON HIGHLIGHTS INSPIRE AWARDS The Devon HIGHLIGHTS project is led by DCT in partnership with the Devon Senior Voice Network, The Transform Ageing is a fi rst-of-its-kind initiative Creativity Centre Educational Trust (CCET) and Ageing to change the way society approaches and Well Without Children. It aims to improve the quality of designs services for people in later life. Funded life and physical and mental wellbeing of people aged 55+ who are at risk of social isolation, by the National Lottery Community Fund, the and will support the start-up and sustainable development of new, local place–based group largest funder of community activity in the UK, activities. It is funded by £98,900 from the the National Lottery Community Fund, as part of Transform Ageing brings together people in later the Jo Cox Building Connections Fund. life, social entrepreneurs, and health & social care leaders to defi ne the challenges and to Although very early in the project, we have begun work on identifying, reaching and engaging support the development and delivery of new with the members of the community who are experiencing, or at risk of, loneliness. Asset approaches to ageing. mapping has been done in the fi rst location, Chulmleigh, and ‘connector events’ have been Living Memories CIC - Tea & Memories organised to establish new collaborations and partnerships with local organisations, with the As a delivery partner of Transfi orm Ageing, DCT DCT was approached by social entrepreneur shared goal of preventing or reducing the impact of loneliness for local people in later life. was involved in supporting the Inspire Awards Brian Norris from Colyton, East Devon, programme: grants for local people to turn new who was looking for help to fund his latest DEVON MATERNITY VOICES PARTNERSHIP ideas into action that will improve later life. initiative called Tea and Memories. DCT recruited a new Chair, Charlotte Burrows, for the Devon MVP; a collective of parents DCT supported Brian to develop his Inspire (and parents-to-be) and providers of maternity services, working together to review and Award application and organised a panel contribute to the development of local maternity care across Devon. of people from later life to assess the Charlotte has so far been touring the county with four launch events in Barnstaple, application, before it was passed to Unltd Plymouth, Torbay and Exeter, listening to the views of mums, midwives and (the funding partner in Transform Ageing). The the many involved in maternity services. Headline feedback is that while application was successful and Brian received there are areas to address (such as improvement and increased need IMPACT £500. for antenatal classes) it is also important to celebrate positive Social entrepreneurs with Brian and his team of volunteers have since birth stories and experiences - we don’t spend enough time IMPACT innovative ideas are been setting up monthly Tea & Memories learning from what went well. This feedback will inform People experiencing (or at supported to develop their ideas groups in communities, particularly those in priorities for the coming months. risk of) isolation or who are for the benefi t of older people in isolated rural areas in the Axe Valley. They use in vulnerable situations, are their communities. In the case of archive fi lm programmes from the 1940s-60s SUPPORTING SYRIAN listened to and supported in Tea & Memories it has lead to new to stimulate reminiscence and help people REFUGEES practical, collaborative ways. contacts and friendships being to feel less isolated in their local community, They feel more integrated formed and helped to reduce particularly those developing dementia and We have been working in partnership with into communities and their loneliness, which can lead to their carers. The groups have caught the eye Devon County Council and DeVA since July “[He has] voices are heard. improvement in both the of an NHS Social Prescribing Nurse who has 2018 on a pilot project to support Syrian settled in well health and wellbeing brought team members along to the sessions refugees in fi nding volunteer placements at Foodbank and and started to refer patients. the teams seem to like of those to improve their English language skills and employability prospects. To date four him ... His language is involved. coming on, he is very refugees have been supported by DCT “For some of us, particularly those friendly and always who are now developing dementia in to start placements, including one with willing to help.” “I love Exeter Foodbank (since December 2018) volunteering one of its many forms, living in the at Tea & Memories present is increasingly diffi cult and and one at an Exeter charity shop (since because I enjoy memories of earlier years in the UK, January 2019). Placements have gone meeting the members and in the decades during and after the well, with two continuing longer-term and making the tea. Watching Second World War, become evermore feedback shows the individuals are having the old fi lms ... makes important.” as much positive impact on their workplaces me feel young again!” Brian Norris (extract from blog) as the workplaces are on the individuals. Noelle Ingham 25 TIPTON ST JOHN RECREATION THANKS TO OUR FUNDERS AND PARTNERS FIELD TRUST DCT was approached by the trustees of the Recreation Field Association as their current children’s play area equipment was worn out and out of date at 25 years old. Several issues of concern had been raised by the annual safety inspection report by Vospa and by local parents. Tipton St John Playing Field They wanted our help to develop a strong case for fundraising to install a modern replacement primary school in the summer term facility. 2018; a household questionnaire-based survey designed by Catalyst undertaken With advice from DCT’s consultancy service, in December 2018; and a community Catalyst, the trustees designed a process of consultation event at the village hall in stakeholder engagement and evaluation of the February 2019, faciliated by Catalyst. importance of the play park to local people, to help inform a vision for the redevelopment plans The Catalyst team analysed the data and and to inform funding bids. produced a report, which is being used by the trustees to: inform and evidence local The engagement process included three need and impact for funding bids; draw up opportunities for interested people to get a design specifi cation; and budget for the involved: Creative Workshops with the local procurement of contractors to undertake the play area redevelopment. • 23 children aged between 5 and 8 participated in the primary school workshops IMPACT • 44 adults, with the help of over 52 A community has been children, completed the household empowered to progress a survey. matter that is important to them by bringing in • 78 people from all age ranges skills and knowledge from participated in the interactive DCT. 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