DULVERTON is preparing to go back to grass roots thanks to a £10,000 grant to help its drive towards localism. The town has been awarded the money under the Department for Communities and Local Government's Our Place! programme, which aims to hand more control to communities. And Dulverton will be using the grant aid to fund a feasibility study and development of a business case for a community woodland project in conjunction with the Exmoor National Park Authority. Having been successful with the submission of the first phase of the Our Place! programme - 'Getting Ready' - the town has now been approved to move to the second stage - 'Getting Going'. Dulverton Town Council is driving the initiative and has already submitted a woodland management plan with the help of the national park, which is aimed at providing training and employment for young people in the community. Dulverton Mayor Cllr Nick Thwaites said the partnership with the national park, together with the support of the Exmoor Society and local businesses, had been a key factor in the success of the proposal. The grant will help develop an operational plan for a self-supporting and sustainable community owned enterprise focusing on local needs, run by local people and driven by local demand. "The Our Place! programme is not a miraculous panacea for all local problems, as it has been portrayed recently," said Cllr Thwaites. "Localism can come at a price - our aim is to get support and services locally managed in a self-sustaining cost effective manner. "This project is just one of many small local community initiatives which demonstrate that localism can be effective in action, helping to make Dulverton a better place to live."