We’re encouraging everyone in West Devon to help the environment and take part in Keep Britain Tidy’s eleventh Great British Spring Clean.
We are offering help to anyone wanting to hold litter picks across the area during Britain’s favourite environmental charity’s clean-up campaign. We can provide bags and litter picking equipment for picks, and our staff are joining and arranging litter pick events.
Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean campaign, which runs from 13 to 29 March, is calling residents across the UK to show they love where they live by taking part in the mass action litter pick.
Click here to find out more.
The Devon Food Partnership is exploring the idea of starting a farmers’ market in Okehampton selling local produce.
Are you a farmer, grower, butcher, baker or beekeeper interested in having a stall?
Do you already have a shop in Okehampton and would like to know more?
Or are you just interested in buying fresh local produce direct from the producer?
Okehampton Regeneration Board is starting the conversation about an Okehampton Farmers’ Market and would love to hear from you.
Come and have your say at the Ecohub in Okehampton on Tuesday 24 March between 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Click here to register on Eventbrite here, or turn up on the day.
If you can’t make the date then please email jasmine.jones@devon.gov.uk with your views.
Even though the number of empty homes in West Devon is below the regional and national averages, we continue to do all we can to bring the empty properties we do have back into use. That’s why we are supporting Empty Homes Week 2026.
 Book now!
Want to meet fellow wildlife enthusiasts? Interested in enticing more pollinators and helping buzzing bees and beautiful butterflies get busy? Looking to learn how to record visiting wildlife so the information can be put to good use?
If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these, this is the event for you!
Join the West Devon Wildlife Warden Scheme for our Spring Conference.
- 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Council Chamber, Kilworthy Park
- Saturday 21 March 2026
For more information and to book your FREE ticket via Eventbrite.
Find out more about the West Devon Wildlife Warden Scheme.
We need your views on how to support arts and culture in West Devon.
We’re creating a new Cultural Framework and Strategy to guide how culture, creativity and heritage are supported in the future and we want your help to shape it.
Whether you attend events, volunteer, create, or simply enjoy what West Devon has to offer, your views matter.
Please take a few minutes to let us know your thoughts before Sunday 29 March.
Did you know that household items containing lithium-ion batteries should be recycled separately?
When vapes, laptops, headphones, children’s toys, and mobile phones are thrown out in general waste, they can be crushed in the back of waste collection vehicles, or at waste depots, and cause fires that are extremely hard to battle – putting the lives of everyone involved at risk.
This week, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, and our Lead Member for Waste and Recycling, Cllr Jeff Moody, paid a visit to our Hayedown waste depot to see first-hand the issues these batteries can pose.
Find out how you can prevent battery fires in your community - find out more by clicking here.
Now is your last chance to get fully-funded sustainability consulting for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) and social enterprises in West Devon.
NetShift, Libraries Unlimited, and BIPC Devon have fully-funded consultants in place to give Devon businesses and not for profits a completely free carbon audit & action plan.
They'll work you up a baseline reporting year and a carbon policy template for your website. There are just ten spots left, with funding ending in April - apply now as these spots won't be around for long.
From May, this support is still available - just not free.
Apply online now.
Change is coming to local government, with the government planning to replace district and county councils with new unitary authorities delivering all your council services.
The government is holding a consultation on the possible options for Devon – and we need you to tell the government what services matter most to you, and what you need from a new unitary authority.
West Devon Borough Council, along with six of Devon’s other district councils, is supporting the Reimagining Devon proposal, which would see Devon split into three unitary authorities. One would cover Exeter and northern Devon, one would cover Torbay and southern Devon and the final one covers Plymouth, either on its existing boundaries or on a slightly expanded boundary that would include four parishes currently in the South Hams.
We believe that Reimagining Devon is the most balanced solution for all of Devon, not just those living in West Devon. It is a plan that would deliver efficient and effective services closer to communities, building on the dependable services already being delivered by Devon’s district councils.
The consultation is entering its last weeks, closing on Thursday 26 March.
You can find all the proposals at www.devonlgr.co.uk
Please take a look and give your feedback.
Are you looking for a flexible role in a supportive and open culture? Join the Council! We have a number of exciting roles available for the right person.
Click the button below to see our current vacancies.
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