Our Council Leader Cllr Mandy Ewings paid a visit to Horrabridge Primary School recently to see the outreach work being done by Devon County Council's Farmwise Devon programme.
We know that many people experience financial hardship because of the cost of living, particular in the winter months and around Christmas time. We are doing all we can to help people who may be struggling.
We will be urging the government to reconsider its proposal to introduce a 20% Agricultural Property Tax on farm inheritance, as announced in the last Budget.
We're offering our communities the chance to use thermal imaging cameras to analyse homes across the borough and see how they could be more energy efficient.
We’re asking everyone in West Devon to recycle as much as they can this Christmas – we’ve got some handy information on what you can and can’t recycle this Christmas.
With the winter months approaching, we're doing all we can to help people with the cost of living, including the introduction of new payments from the Household Support Fund for those most in need.
The 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference kicked off this week, so no better time to shine a spotlight on all we are doing to help tackle climate change.
Our staff were joined by FCC Environment, Tavistock Town Council and Cllr Jeff Moody, to try out the new chewing gum cleaning equipment we've purchased, thanks to a grant from the Chewing Gum Task Force.
Pension Credit tops up pension income and can help with day-to-day living costs. Anyone over State Pension age may be eligible to claim Pension Credit, even if they own their home or have savings.
