Useful Links

Making it Local Programme Supporters
South West Regional Development Agency
Devon County Council
East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
 
Other Local Action Group (LAG) Programmes
Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) Network
Somerset Levels and Moors
Western Somerset
Leader 4 Torridge and North Devon
Greater Dartmoor Local Enterprise Action Group
South Devon Coastal
Chalk and Cheese (Dorset)
Sowing Seeds

Local Development Networks
Devon Rural Network
Somerset Rural Renaissance
Community Council of Devon
Community Council for Somerset
East Devon Council for Voluntary Service
Taunton Deane Council for Voluntary Service
Vista Project
National Community Foundation
Somerset Community Foundation
Devon Community Foundation
 
Other funding sources
Funding Central
Rural Enterprise Gateway
Devon Funding News
Somerset Community Foundation Funds
Devon Community Foundation Grants
Blackdown Hills AONB Sustainable Development Fund
East Devon AONB Sustainable Development Fund
South West Foundation

Previous Leader+ Projects
Blackdown Hills AONB LEADER+ Past Projects 2008 (PDF, Blackdown Hills AONB)

Sectors

Renewables and Energy
Renewable Energy for Devon (RE4D)

Businesses
Devon Environmental Business Initiative (DEBI)
Business Link
Example Business Plans from Bplans
Business Information Point
Climate proof your business
Fredericks Foundation

Woodlands and Forestry
England Forest Industries Partnership

Food and Farming
Making Local Food Work
Food Co-ops toolkit (website, Food Co-ops) 
Social Enterprise
Co-Active
What is Social Enterprise? (PDF, Julie Harris, Cosmic)

Rural Communities
Development Trusts Association
Rural Proofing Toolkit (PDF, Commission for Rural Communities)
Developing Community Facilities' toolkit (Devon Reinvestment Service)
Social Needs Assessment for Somerset (PDF, Somerset Community Foundations)

Market and Coastal Towns
Making it Local Market and Coastal Towns and the Rural Hinterlands: 'collaboration priorities' (PDF) 


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