COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF DEVON helping communities help themselves Community-led planning: community empowerment and projects Presentation to: Public Health CPD Programme – Rural Health Issues Greg Davies Senior Manager Community Council of Devon

COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF DEVON helping communities help themselves Community Council of Devon Background Formed in 1961 Independent charity Part of the ACRE / RCAN network Vision:CCD’s vision is of active communities shaping their own futures with improved opportunity and quality of life for all. Strapline:

COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF DEVON helping communities help themselves Community Council of Devon Activities Community Buildings Community Led Planning Social Enterprise Rural Affordable Housing Projects –Climate Change Heritage Project –HogCO – Home Grown Community Owned –Women do Business –Migrant Hubs

COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF DEVON helping communities help themselves Community Council of Devon Social Inclusion: To ensure that every resident is able to fully participate in rural community life. To highlight barriers faced by communities, families and individuals Environment: To support communities in valuing and enhancing our environment, taking action to mitigate the impact of climate change, and maximise the sustainable use of natural resources.

COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF DEVON helping communities help themselves CCD and Community Led Planning Long term engagement Community Led Planning –Parish Plans –Town Plans –MCTi –Other 170 Completed Plans (65% of rural pop) 45 In progress(75% of rural pop) Lots more shown an initial interest

COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF DEVON helping communities help themselves CCD and Community Led Planning What is a Community Led Plan? Published document Result of a lengthy intensive consultation process Examines issues that are important to the community Contains an Action Plan Shebbear

COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF DEVON helping communities help themselves CCD and Community Led Planning Engagement: Axmouth - Just an update on our progress - we had an 85% response rate Chudleigh - Estimates of numbers vary, with some believing we had close on 900 people. The "post it notes" exceeded the category boards and we were still peeling them off the walls at 5 o'clock! We have near on 1,800 responses Stokenham - A forum of some 60 of the parish youth held with the help of Kingsbridge Community College highlighted a number of matters of concern to the younger generation.

COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF DEVON helping communities help themselves CCD and Community Led Planning Some outcomes: Having prepared a Parish Plan with defined projects has enabled the Town Council to obtain grants and Section 106 agreements of around £100,000 so far It raised awareness of the work of the Parish Council. At the last elections there was a contested election for seats Whether by coincidence, a gentle nudge, or recognising that something needed to be done sooner rather than later, a surprising number of things have been done.

COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF DEVON helping communities help themselves CCD and Community Led Planning Implement Review Refresh Plan

COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF DEVON helping communities help themselves Communities in Action On-line database of Community Plans for Devon Steering Group - To oversee the design, development and implementation of the database and to ensure effective communication at all levels across Devon Structure of Database Plan Issue Proposal Action Searchable Database By Parish By District By Topic By Key Word

COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF DEVON helping communities help themselves Communities in Action Structure of Database –Plan –Issue –Proposal –Action Plan Issue Proposal Action PP

COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF DEVON helping communities help themselves Community Led Planning Devon Community Led Planning Devon is a partnership of organisations that have an interest in supporting communities to plan for their own futures. Successor to the Community Planning Database Steering Group. First meeting 30 th September 2010 Representatives from 13 organisations

COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF DEVON helping communities help themselves Community Led Planning Devon Issues to Address: Resourcing Implementation Protocols Northern Devon Sustainable Community Strategy. Big Society

COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF DEVON helping communities help themselves NHS Opportunities to Engage Representation on the Community Led Planning Devon group. Participation in joint community events Inclusion of questions in Community Led Planning consultations Direct funding Demonstrating the usage of information from Communities in Action database An NHS Protocol

COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF DEVON helping communities help themselves Community-led planning: community empowerment and projects Thank you for your time Greg Davies Senior Manager Community Council of Devon