Author: <span>Richard</span>
24 Jan 2022
Report highlights the countrysides digital exclusion problem
Citizens Advice help people get their lives back on track through advice This gives them a body of data from which to spot how people’s lives are changing and some...
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24 Jan 2022
Village Halls Week 2022: Innovating for the future
Monday 24 January – Sunday 30th January 2022 Village Halls Week is a national campaign, shining a spotlight on the contribution England’s 10,000+ village halls make to rural communities. It...
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24 Jan 2022
Shropshire-only ambulance service ‘won’t solve problems’
BBC reports that members of Shropshire Council have backed calls for ambulances that serve solely the county as they claim the system currently offered by West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS)...
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24 Jan 2022
Spotlight on Rural Housing – January 2022
A quarterly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network and produced in partnership with the Rural Housing Alliance, highlighting a selection of current rural housing issues and...
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24 Jan 2022
Hinterland – 24 January 2022
In Hinterland this time, some long term political planning on rural, where better to think these issues through than in a community owned rural pub? Tourism businesses in trouble, national...
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18 Jan 2022
January Edition of Casebook from the Rural Health and Care Alliance
January 2022 Edition In Casebook this month, not long now to the launch of our seminal Parliamentary Inquiry Report about Rural Health and Care on 1 February at 11 am...
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18 Jan 2022
January Edition of Casebook – Health Funding Opportunities from the Rural Health and Care Alliance
This month’s featured funding opportunities are: Sport England – Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Activity Fund Funds of between £300-£10k are available to not-for-profit organisations. Funds are aimed at encouraging physical activity,...
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17 Jan 2022
Rural communities risk Catch-22 situation as shift to online gathers pace but poor connectivity still leaves many behind
New research highlights growing rural-urban divide and calls on government to rural proof pandemic rebuild plans Many residents of England’s small towns and villages face being digitally excluded and locked...
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17 Jan 2022
Rural England launches report looking into fuel poverty in rural areas
Southern Water and Farming UK announced that the Countryside and Community Research Institute and Rural England CIC presented a report, sponsored by five utility companies: Cadent, GEUK, Southern Water, Wales...
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17 Jan 2022
Cuts to Rural Youth Services
The BBC programme Countryfile have featured a story focusing on young people in rural areas and the impact of cuts to rural youth services The feature posed the question as...
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