Local Action for rural communities
What is Local Action?
'Local Action' is the community-led element of the Rural
Development Programme for England (RDPE), which implements the
LEADER principles developed under previous EU funded
programmes.
The core objectives of Local Action are to:
- Address economic under performance.
- Improve the provision and access to services as a means of
tackling disadvantage.
- Harness the wider economic value from sustainable environmental
quality.
- Develop local governance and delivery capacity in rural
areas.
Local Actions builds on the activities supported through other
parts of the RDPE.
The budget for Local Action in the South West region is £33M
over the programme period.
Key features of the LEADER approach:
- It is area based - Local Action operates in defined
geographical areas
- Delivery is through local Partnerships, known as Local Action
Groups (LAGs)
- LAGs should be driven by local priorities
- LAGs should involve the public, private and voluntary
sectors
- The programme should encourage innovation and experimentation
in approaches to development
- LAGs are encouraged to share experience with other LAGS both in
the UK and across the EU.
Local Action Group area maps
For maps of areas covered by each Local Action Group see the
Local Action
Group maps page.
Local Action Group contacts
Clay Country
Contacts:
LAG Manager: Clare
Leverton Tel 01209 611116
Programme Manager: Catherine
Roberts Tel 01209 611106
Organisation: Cornwall Development Company
East Cornwall Local Action Group
Contacts:
LAG Manager: Linda
Emmett Tel: 01208 265719
Programme Manager: Catherine
Roberts Tel: 01209 611106
Organisation: Cornwall Development Company
West Cornwall Local Action Group
Contacts:
LAG Manager: Clare Leverton Tel
01209 611116
Programme Manager: Catherine
Roberts Tel 01209 611106
Organisation: Cornwall Development Company
Isles of Scilly Local Action Group
Contact: Amanda Pender
Organisation: Council of the Isles of Scilly
Tel: 01720 424312
South Devon Coastal Local Action
Group
Contact: Cathy
Heath/Liz Abell
Organisation: Devon Renaissance
Tel: 07860 773969 / 01837 658643
Website: www.ruraldevon.org/localaction
Greater Dartmoor Local Enterprise Action Fund
Contact: Liz Abell
Organisation: Devon Renaissance
Tel: 01837 658643
Website: www.ruraldevon.org/localaction
Forest of Dean Local Action Group
Contact: Neil Batt
Organisation: Forest of Dean District
Council
Tel: 01594 812608
Plain Action (Salisbury Plain)
Contact: John Dowsett
Organisation: Community First, Devizes
Tel: 01380 722475
Website: www.plainaction.org.uk
Western Somerset Local Action Group
Contact: Anne-Marie Spalding
Organisation: Somerset County Council
Tel: 01823 355035 (Monday), 07887 951067 (Tuesday
- Friday)
Website: www.somersetleader.org.uk
Making it Local (Blackdown Hills and East Devon)
Contact: Jenny Archard
Organisation: Blackdown Hill AONB
Tel: 01823 680626
Website: www.makingitlocal.org
Leader 4 Torridge and North Devon
Contact: Jenny Carey-Wood
Organisation: North Devon+
Tel: 01237 426423
Website: www.leader4.org
Somerset Levels and Moors Local Action Group
Contact: Dominie Dunbrook
Organisation: Somerset Levels & Moors
LEADER+
Tel: 01458 251309
Sowing SEEDS (North Dorset/South Wilts)
Contact: Sarah Watson
Organisation: Dorset Squared
Tel: 01305 215227
Website: www.dorset2.co.uk
Chalk and Cheese (South and West Dorset)
Contact: Sarah Watson
Organisation: Dorset Squared
Tel: 01305 215227
Website: www.chalkandcheese.org
North Wessex Downs
Name: Corinna Woodall, LEADER Programme
Manager
Organisation: North Wessex Downs LEADER
Programme
Address: North Wessex Downs AONB office, Denford
Manor, Hungerford, RG17 0UN.
Tel: 01488 680456
Web: www.northwessexleader.org.uk