Author: <span>Richard</span>
05 Oct 2020
Academic takes dementia friendly message to 10 Downing Street
Dementia expert Ian Sherriff BEM met Boris Johnson to discuss a new guide for local councils A University expert has met the Prime Minister to ask for his backing to...
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05 Oct 2020
Up to £10,000 grants available for rural community projects from The Prince’s Countryside Fund
Projects from across the UK which are working to create resilient rural communities are invited to apply for grant funding of up to £10,000 from The Prince’s Countryside Fund Supported...
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05 Oct 2020
Rural property expert highlights growing demand for large acreage farms as people make new lifestyle choices
The Yorkshire Post has reported on warnings from a rural property expert that the rising demand for high acreage farms could have ‘significant implications’ for the rural and farming community...
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05 Oct 2020
Gigabit Take-up Advisory Group – Call for Evidence
Which?, the CBI and FSB have been asked by DCMS to convene an Advisory Group to advise on how best to stimulate demand for gigabit-capable broadband connections across the UK...
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05 Oct 2020
Hinterland – 5 October 2020
In Hinterland this week – the perennial challenge arising from new rural development, support for the unemployed, rural crime, city flight, new lockdown preparations and finally bring on the jet...
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02 Oct 2020
Walking & Cycling
The Government has an ambition for increased levels of activity both through cycling and walking. The following analyses take a look at statistics from the Department for Transport, and shows...
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28 Sep 2020
RSN response to the Comprehensive Spending Review
The Government announced earlier in the year its Comprehensive Spending Review which is carried out approximately every three years to allocate funding to departments which provides certainty for government departments...
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28 Sep 2020
Call for Government to level-up rural areas to support England’s economic recovery from COVID-19
Call for Government to level-up rural areas to support England’s economic recovery from COVID-19 Rural Coalition urges Government to unlock untapped potential of rural communities and economies and to address...
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28 Sep 2020
New report to boost affordable housing supply published
The Affordable Housing Commission’s new report ‘A National Housing Conversion Fund: buying properties to boost affordable housing supply’ was published last week The report calls on the government to prepare...
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28 Sep 2020
Rural isolation and mental health
Somerset County Gazette and South West Farmer have reported on YouGov research, commissioned by the Samaritans showing that nearly half (45 per cent) of men aged between 20 and 59...
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