The National Rural Conference 2025

Bookings are now officially open for the National Rural Conference 2025, which will take place online from Monday 15 to Thursday 18 September.
This is the Rural Services Network’s flagship event of the year, bringing together rural decision-makers, practitioners, and advocates for four days of live, interactive sessions focused on the future of rural communities.
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16/06/25 - Member Induction and BT Switchover Event

- To download the Agenda for this seminar click here

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KERRY BOOTH'S PRESENTATION: USEFUL LINKS

RSN Seminar Programme - view all of the events and book your place now!

https://rsnonline.org.uk/images/meetings/online-seminars/2025/programme.pdf

You can register for our next seminar on Rural Affordable Housing Seminar on 9 July here:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclc--gqT4uGtBI0gWlVDV-mGPadq3XMhF3#/registration

RSN Rural Funding Digest

https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/tag/rural-funding-digest

RSN Newsletters

https://rsnonline.org.uk/category/newsletters

RSN Rural Lens on Government Policy

https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/tag/rural-lens

RSN Member Notice Board

https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/tag/members-notice-board

RSN Delivering for Rural Campaign

https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/winning-the-rural-vote

Rural-Urban Classification

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/rural-urban-classification

Rural Economy, a sleeping giant worth £19bn

https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/rural-economy-a-sleeping-giant-worth-19-billion

Rural Digest A-Z

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-to-z-index-statistical-digest-of-rural-england/a-to-z-index-for-the-statistical-digest-of-rural-england

All Party Parliamentary Group on Rural Services

https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/category/appg

National Rural Crime Network

https://nationalruralcrimenetwork.ne

Government's Plan for Change

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6751af4719e0c816d18d1df3/Plan_for_Change.pdf


CHRIS HOCKLEY'S PRESENTATION: USEFUL LINKS

BT Digital Voice Website

https://www.bt.com/about/all-ip

Government Guidance on UK transition from analogue to digital landlines

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-transition-from-analogue-to-digital-landlines

Government Press Release on Digital Landlines for Telecare Users

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/telecare-users-and-their-loved-ones-across-the-uk-urged-to-speak-to-telecoms-providers-ahead-of-switch-to-digital-landlines

Government Policy Paper on Charter of Commitments for telephone switch

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-switched-telephone-network-charter/public-switched-telephone-network-charter

OFCOM moving landline phones to digital technology: what you need to know

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-broadband/landline-phones/future-of-landline-calls

TechUK Digital Switchover explained

https://www.techuk.org/accelerating-innovation/digital-phone-switchover.html

Digital Switchover telecare data sharing

https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/cyber-digital-and-technology/digital-switchover/digital-switchover-telecare-data

BT Connected Together – digital switchover support for customers with additional needs

https://www.bt.com/about/all-ip/connected-together

Helping the nation make the switch – with Moira Stuart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VhfPX7d__M

LGA national telecare partner toolkit on data sharing

https://www.local.gov.uk/national-telecare-campaign-partner-toolkit


To request a BT Digital switch over, online event in your area, contact:

East England, London & South East – Chris Hockley - [email protected]

East Midlands, North West & West midlands – Lydia Beeston – [email protected]

Wales – Kristina Morrison – [email protected]

Northern Ireland, North East, Yorkshire & Humber – Nav Hussain - [email protected]

South West & Scotland – Sodhi Dhillon - [email protected]