Reports and Publications

View publications we have written about our work, our sector and the Devon communities we support.

Here you can find our Reports and Learning such as our Thrive With Five Early Years Grant Scheme Report and Community Insights Report.

Further down you can also view our Profiles of Associational Life, PALs which provide a snapshot of what the social fabric in different communities of Devon looks and feels like.

Reports & Learning

Police & Crime Commissioner's Grant Scheme Report 2022

Police & Crime Commissioner’s Grant Scheme Report: Learn how the scheme supported local communities by preventing crime and supporting victims.

Thrive with Five Early Years Grant Scheme Report

The Early Years grant scheme by Devon Community Foundation supported young children, providing parent-led support and safe spaces for families.

Mohn Westlake Learning Report 2021

DCF partnered with four youth mental health support providers, funded by Mohn Westlake Foundation. This report looks at the outcomes.…

The Covid Report October 2020

This report takes a look at this crisis and what it has meant for communities in Devon since it began.…

Food Support Systems, & Potential Role of Food Networks in Devon

Rising food insecurity in Devon due to the pandemic led to DCF’s commissioning of district-level studies on emergency food support.…

Roads to Renewal Part One, Learning & Direction

The Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector in Devon, through COVID and Beyond. This report is based on these conversations.…

Roads to Renewal Part Two, Towards Genuine Partnership

Follow up report to Roads-to-Renewal-Part-1. This report uses pandemic experience to explore how VCSE and public sectors can work together.

Exploring Community Wellbeing in Context: A Place-based scoping study

This report looks at community wellbeing, and how it relates to individual wellbeing. We looked at all types of communities…

Devon: An Overview - May 2021

DCF’s Knowledge Guru Nicola Frost presents this suite of reports carefully exploring some of the issues that are most important…

Education and Life Skills

DCF’s Knowledge Guru Nicola Frost presents this suite of reports that carefully explore some of the issues that are most…

Food Poverty and Fair Access to Food

DCF’s Knowledge Guru Nicola Frost presents this suite of reports that carefully explore some of the issues that are most…

Fuel Poverty

DCF’s Knowledge Guru Nicola Frost presents this suite of reports that carefully explore some of the issues that are most…

Health and Wellbeing

DCF’s Knowledge Guru Nicola Frost presents this suite of reports that carefully explore some of the issues that are most…

Housing and Homelessness

DCF’s Knowledge Guru Nicola Frost presents this suite of reports that carefully explore some of the issues that are most…

Loneliness and Social Isolation

DCF’s Knowledge Guru Nicola Frost presents this suite of reports that carefully explore some of the issues that are most…

Poverty and Deprivation

DCF’s Knowledge Guru Nicola Frost presents this suite of reports that carefully explore some of the issues that are most…

Voluntary and Community Organisations

DCF’s Knowledge Guru Nicola Frost presents this suite of reports that carefully explore some of the issues that are most…

Profiles of Associational Life