Devon Reinvestment Service
What is the Devon Reinvestment Service?
The Devon Reinvestment Service (DRS) provides support to community groups to develop Community Assets – new or existing land or buildings – to provide sustainable facilities such as: - community facilities e.g. village halls, community centres, recreational facilities
- premises for business start-ups and social enterprise to provide local jobs and solutions to local needs, e.g. childcare or social clubs for the elderly, small workshop space
- learning and skills development centres e.g. providing access to IT facilities, broadband and supported tutoring in vocational subjects
Who provides the service?
The DRS has been formed as a partnership programme between Devon County Council, Wessex Reinvestment Trust and Business in the Community. The service is partly funded by the partnership and EU Objective 2 funding.
What assistance is available?
The DRS provides access to professional skills in property development, financial management and community enterprise to local action groups and people engaged in community regeneration projects and programmes.
Through its partners with specialist service providers, signposting to support agencies and links to the business community, the DRS can provide a mix of skills at appropriate stages throughout the life of a project:
Property skills- Design/architecture
- Planning applications
- Project management
- Sustainable development
Financial solutions- Access to funding and finance
- Legal and constitutional models
- Business cases and feasibility studies
- Engagement of private/business sector
Community development- Community engagement
- Signposting to training and support agencies
- Sustainable enterprise development
- Social inclusion
Case Studies
DRS works with between 8 and 10 large-scale projects at any one time: this reflects the inherently longer timescales and greater resource requirements involved to develop community assets. Read the case studies below for more information about some of our key projects:
Ockment Community CentreYeo Valley, Barnstaple
Further information
If you have a community project or initiative that involves asset development or is in need of specialist help, please contact us at:
Devon Reinvestment Service
Karen Bridgford, Programme Co-ordinator:
Tel: 01392 382311
Devon Funding Information:
Jasmine Jones, Funding Officer
Tel: 01392 383535
Wessex Reinvestment Trust:
Greg Mudge, Business Manager
Email: greg.mudge@wessexrt.co.uk
Website: www.wessexrt.co.uk
Business in the Community:
Bob Northey, ProHelp Manager
Tel: 01752 510410 |
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