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