{"id":902,"date":"2025-09-16T10:47:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/strategic-plan-new\/?page_id=902"},"modified":"2025-10-14T15:36:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:36:15","slug":"stronger-communities-and-safer-places","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/strategic-plan\/stronger-communities-and-safer-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Stronger communities and safer places"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stronger communities and safer places<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n
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Devon\u2019s greatest strength is its people; the communities they build, the care they give, and the places they create together. But not every community feels equally supported or safe, Devon\u2019s diverse communities are often unheard and underrepresented. Social isolation, poor access to local services, and rising demand for early help, support for young people to thrive, and public safety responses are placing new pressures on the systems that protect and connect us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What it means and why it matters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This priority is focused on unlocking the power of communities and support community resilience, improving wellbeing, and preventing harm. It means protecting and strengthening what holds people together, through social, physical and civic infrastructure, such as community hubs and modernised library services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking a place-based approach to community safety, prevention, and connection, making sure rural, coastal, and vulnerable communities are not left behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our goal is for Devon to be a place where people feel safe, supported, and able to participate fully in their community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our six commitments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Our commitments<\/h2><\/header>