26/03/25 - RSN Seminar: Rural Communities

- To download the Agenda for this seminar click here

POST EVENT:

PRESENTATIONS

• Kerry Booth, Chief Executive, Rural Services Network, 'Welcome & Introduction to the topic of Rural Communities'

• Nic Millington, Chief Executive and Grant Black, Creative Director, Rural Media,
  'The Voice of Young Rural Britain'

• Jeremy Leggett MBE, Policy Advisor, ACRE (Action with Communities in Rural England),
  ‘Devolution and local communities’

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  Henry Clifford, Rural Economy Team Leader, DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs),
  ‘Rural England Prosperity Fund’

USEFUL LINKS FROM THE SESSION

RSN Membership
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/page/rsn-membership

Rural Services All Party Parliamentary Group
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/category/appg

Community Business Impact Report 2024
https://plunkett.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Impact-Report-2024.pdf

Rural Shop Report 2025
https://www.acs.org.uk/research/rural-shop-report-2025

Delivering for Rural Campaign
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/winning-the-rural-vote

Rural Media
https://www.ruralmedia.co.uk/

Rural Media StoryPoint
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/storypoint-a-beacon-of-innovation-and-enterprise-where-creativity-meets-technology

Rural Studios
https://www.ruralstudios.co.uk/about-us

Rural Media POV project
https://pointofviewrural.com/

Community Voice Project, Cumbria
https://www.cumbriaaction.org.uk/what-we-do/community-voice

ACRE (Action with Communities in Rural England)
https://acre.org.uk/

ACRE members map
https://acre.org.uk/acre-network-directory-map/

English Devolution White Paper
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/english-devolution-white-paper-power-and-partnership-foundations-for-growth

Local government reorganisation: Policy and programme updates
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-government-reorganisation-policy-and-programme-updates

Notes from the seminar can be downloaded by clicking below: