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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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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/
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