The Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government has announced that Torridge is to receive £1.2M towards the building of a new interpretation and activity hub on Northam Burrows following the Council's submission of a bid for money from the Coastal Communities Fund.
A five-year strategy and action plan to rid northern Devon of single-use plastics has been agreed by members of the Plastic Free North Devon Consortium.
The consortium, which was set up in April last year to combat the global problem of plastic pollution through local action, consists of representatives from a number of charities, voluntary groups and organisations including:
The team running Bideford’s community art, education and heritage project – Way of the Wharves – have this week unveiled a stunning piece of informative art on the quayside wall, next to the Tarka the Otter sculpture.
For the last three years Torridge District Council (TDC) have allocated the New Homes Bonus payments towards funding local projects within the community. Successful recipients of the grants this year have recieved between £1,000 and £10,000 towards their chosen projects. This now brings the total funding provided by the NHB scheme to communities within our district to just under £800,000!
This year the following were recipients within the Bideford and surrounding area.
Crowdfunding campaign launched to make central Bideford 10 x greener
The Bideford Town Centre Partnership and the Bideford Sustainability Group (who've been working on brightening up the Honestone car park for the last year) are working with the Friends of the Earth and Crowdfunder to raise funding for a community gardener and make central Bideford 10 x greener.
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