The public is being asked to give its views on church life in the area for a report to be presented to authorities.

The Church of England’s Deanery of Ivybridge takes in the area from Dartmoor to the sea, and from the eastern boundary of Plymouth to the Erme estuary. A small team is currently reviewing the life and work of the church in Ivybridge deanery, and will report in due course to the Bishop of Exeter.

The team would like to hear the views of parish residents: whether you attend services regularly, occasionally or not at all; what you think your community needs from your local parish church; what you value in it and hope will continue into the next generation; and anything you think needs to change.

The church has said every communication received will be carefully considered and will help the final report to give as true a picture as possible of church life in your parish. Submissions may be quoted or summarised in the report, but the names of those contributing their views will be confidential to the review team, the members of which all live and work outside Ivybridge deanery.

They are retired chief constable Gillian Parker, the Revd Preb Nick Shutt, who is the team rector of West Dartmoor and the Ven Douglas Dettmer, archdeacon of Totnes.

Please respond by the end of October, preferably by email to [email protected] or by post to: The Archdeacon of Totnes, Blue Hills, Bradley Road, Bovey Tracey, TQ13 9EU.