The Barnstaple Archdeaconry Church and Community Research Project Report includes sections on the nature of our communities, rural sustainability, health, social care and wellbeing, business and the economy, education, poverty and aspiration, farming and the environment, housing and community safety. It concludes with reflections on the common aims the church has with so many organisations working for the common good, partnership working and some of the particular gifts the church can bring to the whole. Though the research was based in North Devon and Torridge, much is relevant to the rest of the county. The report is quite long - please feel free to read those sections that look interesting. Read the report here