Plough Sunday in Parracombe
News of the Plough Sunday service in Parracombe, with photos of the event
January 2019 Farming Updates
Updates from Andy Jerrard, Joanne Jones, Colin Smallacombe and David Ursell and link to the January Germinate briefing
Mental Health Organisations and Resources
Summaries and links to a range of organisations who can help support people with mental health concerns and people supporting them
Annual Report of the Diocese of Exeter Mental Health Round Table October 2018
Summary of issues, resources, training and events around Mental Health in Devon
Help Tackle Loneliness in Devon
Report from Healthwatch Devon
Database of Church Based Community Activities by Village name
Information on a wide range of community activities such as lunch clubs, coffee mornings, some children and family activities, craft groups, singing groups etc.
Devon Eco Church Gathering 2018
A report on the 2018 Eco-church gathering
Meeting 29th October 2018
Papers and Background Information for Meeting 29th October 2018
October 2018 Farming Update
Update from Joanne Jones and Andy Jerrard
Germinate - Work and Training Resources
A presentation given by Stephen Derges at the October 2018 meeting of the DCRF covering Germinate's work and training resources for the rural church
Mental Health in Devon
A presentation from Devon Public Health on Mental Health in Devon
Contented Dementia by Oliver James
A book referenced by Sally Farrant at the May DCRF meeting on the subject of Rural Dementia issues
Meeting 9th May 2018
Agenda and Papers
Follow Growing the Rural Church Blog
Articles about the different projects Growing the Rural Church is involved in and real stories and sharing of rural ministry from the ground
Brexit: Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Communities
A briefing from the Germinate, Arthur Rank Centre, for churches on how Britain’s departure from the European Union might affect farming and fishing communities.
Recharging Rural - A major report from the Prince's Countryside Trust Fund
An excellent piece of research into people's lived experience, aimed at finding ways of supporting and creating sustainable rural communities
Changing Food Cultures:Challenges and Opportunities for Uk Agriculture
A major report by Michael Winter of Exeter University
Fruitfulness on the Front Line
Helping people to think about where they are for most of their time and how they can be a Christian presence there
Released for Mission - Growing the Rural Church
This page contains the executive summary of this 2015 Church of England Report with a link to the full report
Kingdom Learning by David Heywood
Experiential and Reflective Approaches to Christian Formation. Referenced by Rev'd Tim Treanor in his talk on Learning Communities at the 2018 DCRF Conference
DCRF 2018 Conference Re-imagining Rural Ministry: Moving towards new structures
This page contains the full proceedings of the conference including links to audio files, written copies of addresses and presentations, links to further resources and summaries of the sessions
NFU Response to Government post Brexit consultation
Full and summary documents of NFU response to the government’s consultation; “
Health and Harmony: the future
for food, farming, and the environment in a Green Brexit
.”
Travelling Congregations or Fixed Provision? Assessing Models of Rural Ministry
by Robert Barlow, Worcester Diocese, in Rural Theology
The Devon Living Churchyards Project
Links and further info for Devon Living Churchyards Project
Cherishing Churchyards
A special week to celebrate churchyards and burial grounds and to raise awareness of the treasures they contain
Rogation Service
Service to celebrate and bless the land at Rogationtide
Thinking of You by Joanna Collicutt
A resource for the spiritual care of people with dementia
Dementia - the rural challenge
Moving notes from Sally Farrant on the particular challenges of dementia in the rural setting
North Devon Biosphere Reserve Partnership
Update on work May 2018
Natural Flood Management
A presentation from Andy Bell of North Devon Biosphere Reserve on Natural Flood Management measures - case study of reducing flooding in Braunton
Health and Nature - A Collaborative Approach
A presentation from Andy Bell of the North Devon Biosphere Partnership regarding the benefits to people from connecting with nature
Crowd Funding
A presentation from Steve Edwards Devon County Council
Rural Crime Survey 2018
Contribute to the Rural Crime Survey
Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
Information from Faith in Action Bulletin June 2018
Dementia Friendly Rural Communities Guide
A practical guide for rural communities to support people affected by dementia
Ouseley Trust
Cathedrals, choral foundations, parish churches, choir schools and other relevant institutions which promote and maintain to a high standard the choral services of the Church of England, the Church in Wales and the Church of Ireland have until the 30th June 2018 to apply for funding from the Ouseley trust.
Reaching Communities - Big Lottery Fund
Reaching Communities provide grants of over £10,000 to help improve local communities and the lives of people most in need, including hard to reach communities.
Greggs Foundation
The Local Community Projects Fund makes grants of up to £2,000 to not for profit organisations with a turnover of less than £300,000 a year who work to reduce the disadvantage of the most deprived people in the community
The Tudor Trust
The Trust is a responsive grant maker that particularly wants to help smaller, community-led organisations working to high standards that work directly with people who are at the margins of society i.e. organisations that support positive changes in people’s lives and in their communities.
Devon County Council
Grants available via your county councillor
