{"id":562,"date":"2026-03-05T14:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/devonhighways\/?page_id=562"},"modified":"2026-03-06T13:53:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:53:31","slug":"funding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/devonhighways\/funding","title":{"rendered":"Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Highway Maintenance Community Enhancement Fund (HMCEF)<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Shortly after we introduced our&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roadsandtransport\/maintaining-roads\/working-with-communities\/\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">community initiatives<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">&nbsp;we received feedback which indicated that, although organisations wanted to carry out works in their communities, they often found it difficult to financially support works or find volunteers who were able to make the commitment to both the training and future projects.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, Devon Highways made a sum of money available in grants to Towns, Parishes and Community Groups in Devon. The HMCEF is for highway maintenance and can be used to enable organisations to carry out a range of works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The fund aims to encourage highway community enhancement in towns and parishes by providing financial assistance, as well as encouraging collaborative working between towns, parishes, and voluntary and community groups.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Case studies are available on request.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a onclick=\"dataLayer.push({&apos;buttonEvent&apos;: &apos;Information page&apos;});\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/devonhighways\/funding\/what-can-be-applied-for\">Apply now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Other funding sources for local councils and community groups<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Alongside HMCEF, communities can access several other funding streams.&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/fundingnews\/\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Devon Funding News<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&nbsp;provides further details.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devoncommunities.org.uk\/grant-funding-opportunities\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Devon Communities Together<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&nbsp;also offers funding opportunities to help build community resilience.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highway Maintenance Community Enhancement Fund (HMCEF) Shortly after we introduced our&nbsp;community initiatives&nbsp;we received feedback which indicated that, although organisations wanted to carry out works in their communities, they often found it difficult to financially support works or find volunteers who were able to make the commitment to both the training and future projects. In response, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2961,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-sidebar.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-562","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-04 12:29:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/devonhighways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/devonhighways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/devonhighways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/devonhighways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2961"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/devonhighways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/devonhighways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19971,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/devonhighways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/562\/revisions\/19971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/devonhighways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}