The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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Book your place at the National Rural Conference 2022
If your organisation is a member of the RSN through the SPARSE, Rural Assembly, RSP or RHCA you can book your free place at the National Rural Conference now and join rural specialists to debate key issues. We have over 600 bookings already so book your place now!
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01.08.2022
The Rural Services Network is part of The Rural Coalition, an alliance of 13 national rural organisations who subscribe to a vision for a living and working countryside. The Coalition have written to the two Conservative Candidates inviting them to...
01.08.2022
We are delighted to have received over 500 bookings for our National Rural Conference, taking place over the week of 19th September-23rd September online. The conference is free for members of the Rural Services Network and you can ...
01.08.2022
The Telegraph reports how strict planning could force households to buy heat pumps even if they do not want them They were intended to be the silver bullet that meant British households would meet the Government’s ambitious “net zero”...
01.08.2022
The Telegraph reports that the leadership candidates have pledged to ‘champion the rural way of life’ in a written plea to rural campaigners Writing in the magazine of the Countryside Alliance, Liz Truss pledged to scrap Whitehall planning targets...
01.08.2022
BBC Shropshire reports that the rising cost of fuel is contributing to a lack of staff in rural areas, according to Shropshire carer Ash Turner Compensation for mileage no longer cover costs for running a vehicle for staff such...
01.08.2022
Writing in Conservative Home, Conservative MP for North Devon, Selaine Saxbyn outlines her mission has always been to level up the pockets of deprivation in her ‘remote, rural and coastal’ constituency Saxbyn highlights that levelling up for her has...
01.08.2022
Remote & Rural Medicine, MSc - UCLan Are you a clinician working or aspiring to work in Remote and/or Rural settings? Our Remote and Rural Medicine programme, designed with the needs of busy working clinicians in mind, will...
25.07.2022
The Rural Services Network is pleased to announce the line-up for the National Rural Conference 2022 Focusing on the overall theme of Reducing Rural Inequalities and Improving Opportunities , the conference aims to bring together Senior Officers and...
25.07.2022
The Government has launched a public consultation on what social and environmental causes should benefit from more than £700 million of dormant assets funding in England Currently, dormant assets funding in England is required to be spent on three...
25.07.2022
Farmers Weekly has reported that, in light of the cashflow crisis facing many agricultural business, the Rural Payments Agency has announced that farmers in England will receive a 50% advance on their basic payment scheme Farmers have been under...
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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.
Rural Health and Wellbeing
The RSN wants to ensure rural communities have the same access to health care as is currently received in urban areas.
Rural Vulnerability
Rural residents can suffer from Rural Vulnerability, due to a combination of issues such as poor transport, lack of broadband low wages and higher than average house prices.
Rural Housing
The affordability of rural housing to people from a range of ages and backgrounds is key concern for RSN.
Rural Economy
The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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