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Analysis & Commentary
22.07.2008
FASTER broadband could again leave rural areas behind, says Brian Wilson. A BT plan to invest £1.5billion to invest £1.5 billion in “next generation” broadband infrastructure threatens to leave rural areas behind, writes Brian Wilson. The...
21.07.2008
NIGEL CURRY reflects on damage inflicted by town and country planning. Since World War Two we have had an ethic of ‘no development’ in the countryside, born of a wartime need to tackle food shortages. "Every agricultural acre counts,"...
07.03.2008
The government must help students with transport, says Sue Dutton. It's hard to get an education if your college or school is miles away and you can't afford to take a bus, pay the train fare or...
07.02.2008
PUBLIC services are a critical beneficiary of innovation, says Jonathan Kestenbaum. From NHS Direct to congestion charging, new ideas in the public sector have the potential to create real public value and transform the services landscape. Jonathan Kestenbaum:...
06.02.2008
ECONOMIC development is hurting the countryside, says Nigel Curry. Nigel Curry reflects on the damage that current economic development policies are inflicting on the countryside. Last year’s Treasury Sub-national Review (SNR) put the Department for Business, Enterprise and...
30.01.2008
The secret to achieving rural sustainability is on our doorstep, argues Nick Woolley. Rural areas account for nearly four-fifths of England’s land area but only one fifth of its population. Yet they have attracted half the country’s total population...
10.07.2007
Without a unified voice, rural communities will continue to lose on funding for arts and culture, says Ian Hunter Not long ago, the Millennium Commission uncovered an underspend in the process of winding up its main funding programmes. After discussions...
10.12.2006
Measuring the success of rural social enterprise must change if its true value is to be realised, says Hannah Bowden. Definitions can be slippery subjects. Ask 10 people to define social enterprise and you’ll probably get 10 different answers. The...
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HOT TOPICS
Public Sector Funding
The RSN demands fairer funding from Central Government who have historically and systematically underfunded rural areas.
Barriers to Access
The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
Future of Rural Areas
The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.
Health and Wellbeing
The RSN wants to ensure rural communities have the same access to health care as is currently received in urban areas.
Vulnerability
Tackling a collection of circumstances which leaves many rural residents vulnerable is a key issue for the RSN.
Housing
The affordability of rural housing to people from a range of ages and backgrounds is key concern for RSN.
Economy
The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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