Local authority leaders across Devon have spoken out in concern for the people of Ukraine and their families, following the Russian invasion.
Team Devon authorities, including Devon County and District Councils and the Devon Association of Local Councils, have pledged to work together to support Ukrainian refugees seeking sanctuary in the UK, and have each condemned Russia's actions.
They have agreed to give particular support to families in Devon whose relatives in Ukraine are fleeing the conflict.
Individually, councils have also taken steps to cut Russian...
More families in Devon will receive their top preference secondary school this year.
Devon County Council announced today that 92.6 per cent of families who applied for a place next September have been offered their first preference - up more than one per cent from 91.5 per cent last year.
In all, 97.6 per cent of families will get one of their three preferences.
On top of the first preferences, 4.1 per cent have been allocated their second preference and 0.9 per cent their third preference.
This year the county council received 7,697 applications for...
Fully-funded training programmes across all levels are opening up new opportunities in energy-efficiency sector at a crucial time
The Retrofit Academy - one of the UK’s leading not-for-profit training providers - is partnering with Devon County Council to build a skilled green workforce at a time when energy-efficiency roles are more critical than ever.
Drawing on resources made available via the £220m Community Renewal Fund , The Retrofit Academy will deliver a range of fully-funded training programmes intended to create hundreds of careers in the energy sector and...
A new support programme has been launched by Devon County Council to help small businesses and community groups.
Get Set to Tender is offering free support to Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) who have less than 250 employees, to help them respond to public sector organisation tendering opportunities.
The project, which will operate until March 2023, is part of a wider package of support being delivered through Devon’s £6 million recovery programme which aims to provide help and support in four key areas: small and medium enterprises, employment and skills, the green...
Six local projects have been awarded funding through Devon County Council’s Natural Capital Challenge Fund.
The £300,000 grant funding pilot scheme launched last year as part of Devon's £6 million recovery programme, which aims to provide help and support in four key areas: small and medium enterprises, employment and skills, the green recovery, and the hardest hit towns and communities. The Natural Capital Challenge Fund (NCCF) was created to stimulate the county’s post-Covid recovery through investment in the Natural Capital sector. The projects supported will contribute to job...
The award-winning Devon Work Hubs network has expanded with the opening of three new hubs across the county and expansion of a fourth.
Devon County Council secured funding from the Heart of the South West LEP Getting Building Fund last year, which has now enabled three new Work Hubs to open in Great Torrington, Newton Abbot and Teignmouth. The extension of the Tavistock Enterprise Hub is also complete.
A further two Work Hubs are due to open in Ilfracombe and High Bickington in the coming months.
There are now 19 unique and flexible coworking spaces in the Devon...
The Tour of Britain will not return to Devon this year, but the county council hopes it will host stages again in the future.
Last week the locations for this year’s tour were announced, with Devon missing out on hosting in 2022, despite the success of last September’s event.
Set to a backdrop of glorious sunshine beamed to TV viewers across the world, over a hundred riders raced from Sherford near Plymouth to a packed Queen Street in Exeter, via a circuitous route including Dartmouth and Dartmoor.
Team Devon partners are embarking on the UK’s largest Community Renewal Fund programme.
Devon County Council’s successful bid on behalf of the Team Devon partnership to the Community Renewal Fund was announced by the Government in late November, with the £9.3 million funding allocation the largest in the UK for a single area.
The investment will support 13 innovative projects over the next six months, including a range of employment and training, environmental and community investment across Devon through to mid-2022.
Extensive preventative work by highways teams has improved the overall condition of Devon’s roads, with 27 per cent fewer potholes recorded than four years ago.
The figures coincide with National Pothole Day, an annual opportunity to take stock of the ‘health’ of the nation’s highways.
Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council’s Cabinet Member for Highways Management says that in Devon the general state of the roads over the last four years has improved; in 2018, 67,989 potholes were recorded; in 2021 this number fell to 49,871.
More widely known for its Jurassic coast and rolling hills, East Devon is showing strong signs of a green economic recovery in response to Covid-19.
The pandemic has brought acknowledgement of the link between health and outside spaces. This recognition and a need to transition to net zero carbon means businesses see wellbeing and the environment as priorities.
East Devon District Council has seized this challenge and is looking towards a clean and green future. The Council is driving clean growth to reduce carbon emissions and providing greener, healthier, more vibrant...
