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Community

Community Life in Ivybridge

Ivybridge is now the largest of the 4 South Hams market towns with a population at the 2001 census of over 12,329.

With its transport links, proximity to Plymouth and good local facilities the town has proved particularly attractive to families hence its predominantly young population – at the 2001 census 17% of the town’s population were under 16.

After some years of rapid growth the town has now settled down and efforts are being concentrated on maintaining its unique community spirit and improving local facilities still further.

Community-wide involvement and participation has become increasing important for the town; indeed Ivybridge has entered wholeheartedly into the government’s community regeneration programme for market towns. Under the auspices of the Market & Coastal Towns Initiative a comprehensive Community Action Plan has been developed to provide a “blue print” for Ivybridge’s improvement over the next 20 years.

The following link is an extremely informative site that tells you how to take action to better your community - covering topics such as creating community events, cleaning up your neighbourhood etc.  www.communitygroup.co.uk/home.htm