TEIGNBRIDGE District Council (TDC) will spend upwards of £400,000 through a government fund in a bid to help boost the local economy.

Last week, councillors approved spending £424,964 through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund 2025-26 to ‘help kickstart economic growth and promote opportunities’.

They also approved spending £195,067 through the Rural England Prosperity Fund 2025-26 to ‘improve productivity and strengthen the rural economy and rural communities’.

The council plan to work with several partners, including the Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority, Devon County Council and the South Devon and Dartmoor Community Safety Partnership, to being forward a range of projects and grant schemes.

The money will help support: Safer Places, Safer Spaces initiatives (violence prevention for women and girls); a Business Support Programme; Town Centre Improvements and a Rural Economy and Communities Grant Schemes; Agri-Tech Support Scheme; Employment and Youth Hub Project and initiatives to support the visitor economy

‘We will share more information about the funding once we've had final sign-off of the Investment Plan from central Government’ TDC said.