The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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The slow uptake of small-scale renewables has created energy ‘forests’ and ‘deserts’ across the UK, a new report has revealed in Euronews and Heating, Venting and Plumbing magazine The study highlights the disparity in adoption of domestic green technology...
The Government has announced a number of funds designed to target support where it is needed most The Rural Services Network has considered these funds as part of it’s RURAL LENS series of work where we consider Government Publications...
The Rural Services Network has put together a first review of the new Bus Back Better: National Bus Strategy for England, launched by the Government last week The paucity of rural transport options is an issue which strikes at...
The Government announced last week ‘Project Gigabit’ which will be launching in April, bringing together everything the government is doing to enable and deliver digital connectivity for the entire country It says ‘More than one million hard to reach...
The Home Secretary in a Statement on 16th March entitled “Concluding Part One of the Police and Crime Commissioner Review” states that a consultative White Paper on fire services reform will be published later this year The Statement says...
The Government has announced a ‘Welcome Back Fund’ for English tourism and seaside resorts, to support under funding Housing and Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick MP announced a £56m package to help coastal towns and high streets to reopen as...
Country Living reports that rural property prices are at ‘an all-time high’, as Britons moved out of city apartments to escape to the country in lockdown this year House prices in rural areas have risen by 20.8 percent in...
The Government has yesterday announced it’s plans for the National Bus Strategy, Bus Back Better, and a ‘£3 Billion bus revolution’. View the press release here The Prime Minister has announced the “most ambitious shake-up of the...
The Rural Services Network has been considering key government documents and publications ‘Through a Rural Lens’ to see how rural communities and their services are considered. In the latest of our ‘Through a Rural Lens’ analyses, we have reviewed...
The BBC reports on complaints around social care services in rural areas due to a lack of staff and high mileage costs. More than 80 eligible people in Cornwall currently have no council-funded care, according to Cornwall Council, which...
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The RSN demands fairer funding from Central Government who have historically and systematically underfunded rural areas.
The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.
The RSN wants to ensure rural communities have the same access to health care as is currently received in urban areas.
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.
The affordability of rural housing to people from a range of ages and backgrounds is key concern for RSN.
The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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