Individual actions matter - but lasting change needs action at every level.
This Mental Health Awareness Week, we’re being encouraged to take Action for everyone - and to keep calling for the changes needed so everyone can have good mental health.
See how small actions are supporting mental wellbeing across Devon 💚
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💙 Fostering Devon is another of our exhibitors joining us this year at the #DevonCountyShow!
They’ll be raising awareness of the need for more local foster carers in Devon and highlighting the difference a supportive community can make to a child or young person’s life.
If you’d like to find out more, come and speak to the team at the show.
👉 Find out more about the exhibitors joining us on our stand this year on our website by clicking the link in our bio.
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📅 Thursday 21 to Saturday 23
📍 Find us at Road 8, Stand 170
Introducing Devon Flood Resilience, Devon Climate Emergency and West Country Rivers who will be joining our stand at the #DevonCountyShow.
This year, their stand brings together climate and flood resilience, exploring their close connection and what a flood resilient Devon looks like.
Discover simple, practical steps you can take at home to slow the flow of rainwater, reduce flood risk, cut carbon emissions, and support nature and biodiversity.
Chat to the team about innovative climate and flood resilience projects happening across the county. Come along, get inspired, and be part of building a thriving Devon.
👉 For the full rundown of who'll be on our stand, visit our website by clicking the link in our bio.
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📅 Thursday 21 to Saturday 23 May
📍 Find us at Road 8, Stand 170
🌲 🪲 We’ve published a major new strategy designed to help nature and wildlife recover across Devon.
The new Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) sets out priorities for restoring habitats, protecting species and creating a joined-up nature recovery network across the county, including Plymouth and Torbay.
Read more by clicking the link in our bio.
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🙌 Public Health and Trading Standards are another of our exhibitors joining us at the #DevonCountyShow. Visit their stand to take a moment and discover Five Ways to Wellbeing.
Come and chat with officers from Public Health and Trading Standards for practical tips to help you feel well and stay safe in your community.
🧠 Get ideas on boosting your mental wellbeing, find out how we can support you to quit smoking, learn how to stay tick aware while enjoying the outdoors, and test your knowledge with our interactive scams quiz.
You can also find out how to become a Friend Against Scams, helping to protect yourself and others from fraud.
📅 Thursday 21 to Saturday 23 May
📍 Find us at Road 8, Stand 170
👉 Want to know more? Visit our website using the link in our bio.
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🚌 Introducing another one of our exhibitors this year, DevonBus!
They’ll be bringing an electric bus for attendees to explore.
The team are excited to share more about their zero-emission buses in Devon and offer tips to help more people travel by bus.
👉 Find out more by clicking the link in our bio.
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📅 Thursday 21 to Saturday 23 May
📍 Find us at Road 8, Stand 170
💬 Our homes, workplaces, schools and communities all play a role in mental health.
This Mental Health Awareness Week (11–17 May), the focus is on Action - including the actions we take for others.
Small acts of kindness, connection and support can help build kinder, mentally healthy communities across Devon 💚
Find out how small actions can add up 👉
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♻️ Meet one of our #DevonCountyShow exhibitors Recycle Devon!
Ever wondered what happens to your recycling once it’s collected? Come along to our stand and find out through a fun, interactive exhibit with the Recycle Devon team. Discover what your recycling is turned into and chat to the team about reducing, reusing and recycling.
🧠 Take part in a quick quiz at the show for the chance to win a reusable travel mug.
👉 Find out more by clicking the link in our bio.
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📍 Find us at Road 8, Stand 170
Ticks are tiny spider-like parasites which live in grass, bracken and brambles, especially near the edges of woodland and on rough grassland.
Some ticks can pass on very nasty infectious diseases like Lyme disease when they bite you or your pets.
It’s easy to take measures to protect yourself, and reduce the risk of being seriously unwell, by taking these simple steps when out in the countryside;
✅ Wear light-coloured clothing so that ticks can be spotted and regularly check clothing and exposed skin for ticks that might be crawling on you and brush them off immediately
✅ Wear long trousers tucked in to socks/boots and long-sleeved tops, to reduce the chance of ticks getting at your skin to bite
✅ Use an insect repellent (always follow the manufacturer’s guidance, check it is effective for ticks)
✅ Walk on clearly defined paths if possible, to avoid brushing against vegetation where ticks may be present
✅ If bitten, remove the tick as quickly as possible. Try not to squeeze the body of the tick as this increases the risk of infection – so use a tick removal tool or fine tweezers (or fingernails if you don’t have a tool) to get underneath the tick's body and get it off quickly.
🖱️ Find out more about enjoying the great outdoors safely but #betickaware. Search Lyme disease on the NHS website.
Our Cabinet next week (May 20) will consider investing an extra £1 million in Devon’s library service and three proposals for future opening hours.
The proposals are set out in a cabinet report published today and follows a three‑month public consultation that attracted more than 25,000 responses.
Possible changes to staffed opening hours generated the strongest response, with many saying it would affect how often they use their local library.
Next Wednesday Cabinet will be asked to consider three options for statutory opening hours:
1) reducing total staffed hours by 30 per cent
2) reducing hours by ten per cent
3) making no change to current staffed hours
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Introducing one of our exhibitors appearing on our stand at the #DevonCountyShow... Adopt South West!
The Adopt South West team will be joining us to talk to visitors about adoption, including who can adopt and the support available to adopters, children and families throughout the process.
If you can offer a loving, permanent and secure home for a child, Adopt South West would love to hear from you.
👉 Want to know more about the show? Head to our website via the link in our bio. /RLDYY
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📅 Thursday 21 to Saturday 23 May
📍 Find us at Road 8, Stand 170
💚 This Mental Health Awareness Week (11–17 May), try taking one small action for yourself.
The theme is Action - and making time for your mental wellbeing, self‑care and everyday routines can help you feel better and more resilient.
Devon’s Five Ways to Wellbeing show how simple steps - like being active, learning something new, or noticing the world around you - can support your mental health.
Discover simple ways to take action this week 👉
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