Devon County Council Adult Social Care Service - Devon Communities Together was commissioned to carry out an inspection of Adult Social Care core policies to check for unconscious bias in terms of rurality and deprivation. Devon Communities Together submitted a detailed Rural Proofing Review Report with recommendations in June 2024.
As a result of your work, and guided by it, we are now building into the business as usual review schedule of our operational guidance, the lens of ensuring equality of access, experience and outcomes for those people living in rural communities". James Martin, Policy and Executive Support Manager, Office of the Director of Integrated Adult Social Care Devon County Council
Devon & Torbay Combined County Authority– Through the Combined County Authority (CCA) Business Advisory Group, Devon Communities Together conducted a light touch rural proofing review of the Local Growth Delivery Plan 2025 – 2030
ACRE National Rural Proofing Network – Devon Communities Together collaborated on the development of a Rural Proofing Toolkit 2026 which is an available resource to Health & Wellbeing Board partners.