Devon Climate Emergency (DCE)
DCE has produced the Devon Carbon Plan and coordinates a partnership of expertise in organisations and businesses who work with communities to address the climate emergency. The Response Group involves about 25 organisations such as councils (including Mid Devon), emergency services, businesses and voluntary organisations.
Funding
Grant funding for community
emergency resilience
The Devon Community Resilience Forum has established an Emergency Resilience Grant scheme to support communities across the county affected by extreme weather events.
The initiative offers two funding schemes – scheme 1, up to £250 to help communities to develop emergency plans and scheme 2, up to £1,500 to support small scale works and resilience equipment for those communities that have an emergency plan in place or are in the process of preparing one.
What's it for?
- Rapid purchase of simple flood equipment (PPE, signs, sand bags etc.);
- Exceptionally, a contribution to minor, practical works. (However, this will not cover activity that is otherwise being promoted through the community self-help / Road Warden scheme, such as clearance of drains, or general maintenance works that are the responsibility of land owners).
- For those communities that have recently experienced flooding, works to assist community recovery and getting things back to normal will be included.
Applications are made via a simple two-page form in Word (available below). Any constituted group (Parish Council or Community Group) with a bank account is able to apply for the grant.
Who can apply?
Follow this link to the FAQ page
FAQs - Resilience Grant Funding | Devon Communities Together
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Community Resources
Explore our map of local resources and projects!
Community Groups
Community Action Groups Devon (CAG Devon).
Funding - Home Energy
UK Government:
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New Support Hubs
Community Hubs for Food Security - Devon Community Foundation
A new programme is seeking to ease food insecurity while testing an approach that offers food support within community hubs.
The two-year programme, which has received £200,000 of investment from Devon County Council’s (DCC) Public Health and Communities Directorate, is being led by Devon Community Foundation (DCF). It aims to test key themes of DCF and DCC’s 2024 research The Face of Food Insecurity in Devon. This research highlighted the chronic nature of food insecurity within the county and the potential benefits of placing food support in locations that also offer other related services and advice.
Local Planning
Mid Devon District Council welcomes active engagement with the local planning and place making process.
Mid Devon has a Local Plan and community consultation work has begun to help devise the next one - find out more about Plan Mid Devon.
The Council hosts a page dedicated to community-led Neighbourhood Plans.
You can find planning applications online here, should you wish to examine or comment on proposals.
Here are some online tips for how to engage with the planning system and environmental laws designed to conserve and enhance the planet's living systems and resources. (You will have heard phrases like natural capital and ecosystem services.)
Active travel, greener travel
Travel Devon - how to green up your travel plans!
Learning Resources
How much difference does your group make? To gauge the impact of the CAG Devon project, they use the Resource Community Impacts Tool - an online tool for community groups and funders to estimate their influence on sustainability - reducing energy use, waste, carbon and costs for individuals and the community.
The CO2 Speedometer
How fast has Earth's atmosphere changed? Climate spiral graphics.
How much time do we have left to tackle the climate change emergency?
Carbon Footprints
The Impact Tool has estimated community Carbon Footprints and provides an interactive graphic for local authority areas including Mid Devon. A free resource.
Devon Climate Emergency has published a series of Carbon Footprints for Devon split into district data. (This relies on national datasets published 2 years in arrears.)
Nature
Great resources and examples here by The Orchard Project.
Plastic
Here's a great resource on ways to reduce and replace plastic for your home and lifestyle.
Knowledge and Action Partnerships
Devon
ACT has published a Parish and Town Councils resource pack.
Community Action Groups Devon (CAG) Resources.
New Prosperity Devon - knowledge hub.
Visit Mid Devon / Taste Mid Devon - also on Facebook.
South West
South West Net Zero Hub.
National
NCVO. The NCVO's cost-of-living resources page.
The Transition Network of community-led groups.