27/03/24 – RSN Seminar: Rural Fair Funding

– To download the Agenda for this meeting click here

POST EVENT:
PRESENTATIONS

  • Kerry Booth, Chief Executive, Rural Services Network – Impact of unfair funding on wider public sector and voluntary organisations “Rural Market Towns Survey”

  • Footage of Lord Foster of Bath speaking in Parliament on the importance of rural fair funding
  • Interactive map showing how council tax is disproportionately higher in rural areas compared to urban.

USEFUL LINKS FROM THE SESSION

RSN Winning the Rural Vote Campaign
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/winning-the-rural-vote

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

RSN Fair Funding Campaign 
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/page/rural-fair-funding

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations report on delivering services
https://www.ncvo.org.uk/news-and-insights/news-index/the-true-cost-of-delivering-public-services/

Rural Cost of Living Research and Survey Results
https://rsnonline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Rural-Cost-Living.pdf 

RSN Rural Connectivity Seminar
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/28-02-24-rsn-seminar-rural-connectivity

RSN 2024 seminar programme
https://rsnonline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/programme.pdf