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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28/06/23 - RSN Seminar: Rural Affordable Housing

- To download the Agenda for this seminar click here

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SPEAKERS

To find out more about the speakers click on the following links:

Kerry Booth, Chief Executive, Rural Services Network
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/page/our-team/kerry-booth/

Elysa Dale, Cost of Living Coordinator, Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils
https://www.midsuffolk.gov.uk/

Martin Collett, Chief Executive, English Rural
https://englishrural.org.uk/about-us/staff-members/

Greg Hurst, Head of Communications and Public Affairs, Centre for Homelessness Impact
https://www.homelessnessimpact.org/people/greg-hurst

Louise Trenchard, Consultant, Turner & Townsend Advisory
https://www.turnerandtownsend.com/


USEFUL LINKS FROM THE SESSION

RSN Fair Funding Campaign:
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/page/fairer-funding-campaign  

Rural Lens reviews on government policies and strategies:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/tag/rural-lens

RSN Levelling Up Analysis:
Levelling Up Analysis - Rural Services Network (rsnonline.org.uk)

Kovia Consulting Rural Cost of Living research:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/images/publications/rural-cost-of-living.pdf

RSN and Citizens Advice Rural Cost of Living Survey Findings:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/rural-households-left-feeling-isolated-by-the-cost-of-living-crisis

Citizens Advice Sedgemoor – Heating or Eating:
https://citizensadvicesedgemoor.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/COL-Somerset-V3.2-Jan-23-1.pdf.

Citizens Advice Shropshire Cost of Living Access to Support:
https://www.cabshropshire.org.uk/when-the-safety-net-fails-experiences-of-navigating-local-support-services-during-the-cost-of-living-crisis/

Citizens Advice Cost of Living Data Dashboard Event:
https://public.flourish.studio/story/1634399/?mc_cid=37c414fa63&mc_eid=c3b90f3480

RSN article on rural fuel poverty:
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/energy-bills-set-to-stay-high-despite-price-cap-cut

Rural Homelessness Counts:
https://englishrural.org.uk/rural-homelessness-counts/

Campaign calling for an evidence-based end to homelessness:
https://www.homelessnessimpact.org/end-it-with-evidence

Legal Definition of Homelessness:
https://england.shelter.org.uk/professional_resources/legal/homelessness_applications/homelessness_and_threatened_homelessness/legal_definition_of_homelessness_and_threatened_homelessness

BBC Sounds “My Name is Emma” a radio piece on the challenges of housing affordability in a rural
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000zknt

National Rural Housing Week 3-7 July 2023:
https://www.housing.org.uk/our-work/rural-housing/rural-housing-week/

Rural Recovery and revitalisation – the economic case for investing in rural affordable housing:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/images/campaigns/pragmatix/2020_10_08_Report_to_CPRE_Engli.pdf

Housing Retrofit resources:
https://stbauk.org/guidance-wheel/
https://ovesco.co.uk/barcombe-energy-group/
https://homeupgradehub.org.uk/knowledge-hub/toolkits/resident-engagement-toolkit  

RSN article on Rural Net Zero:
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/call-for-rural-to-be-at-the-heart-of-the-journey-to-net-zero