Author: <span>Richard</span>
11 Nov 2019
To identify the challenges and solutions facing individuals with dementia and their family carers living in rural communities, and provide solutions.
It is widely acknowledged that there are groups of people at risk living in the countryside can experience a wide range of issues including: loneliness and isolation; lack of transport; poverty; fuel poverty; broadband...
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11 Nov 2019
Survey shows that moorland bird species on Peak District moors have increased
Press Release – 30th October 2019-Marsden, Yorkshire A survey of breeding birds on moors in the Peak District National Park has shown an increase in the breeding wader populations in...
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11 Nov 2019
TED Ageing Better in East Lindsey
TED Ageing Better in East Lindsey is one of fourteen partnership programmes funded through The National Lottery Community Fund – Fulfilling Lives: Ageing Better Programme. Ageing Better partnerships are based...
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11 Nov 2019
Keeping the Country Moving come rain or shine!
If, like me, you found yourself driving up the M5 one sunny day in late September, perhaps you too were shocked to encounter small convoys of bright yellow gritters and...
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11 Nov 2019
Fighting for rural
The Rural Services Network is the national champion for rural services and aims to provide a strong voice for people in rural areas. With the announcement of the election on...
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11 Nov 2019
Government announces plans to tackle GP crisis in rural areas
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Matt Hancock (Health Secretary) acknowledged rising public concern about GP accessibility – and said he had sometimes struggled to get an appointment himself...
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11 Nov 2019
Councils need billions more for adult care
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has reported that Councils need ‘billions of pounds in additional funding to meet the rising costs of adult social care’, and this is just to...
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11 Nov 2019
Liberal Democrats announce skills wallet plans
The BBC reports that the Liberal Democrat party are proposing a £10,000 grant for every adult in England to put towards education and training. The money would go into a...
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11 Nov 2019
Next PM should spend more to meet needs
inews has reported that ‘Whoever becomes Prime Minister next month will have to increase spending on public services by even more than has been pledged by either Labour or the Conservatives,’...
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11 Nov 2019
Dispensing Doctors issues Rural Practice Manifesto
The Dispensing Doctors organisation, a member of the Rural Services Partnership and the Rural Health and Care Alliance have recently launched their Rural Practice Manifesto: The DDA’s 2019 Rural Practice...
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