The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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Newsletters
19.01.2018
This week in Hinterland: a structured approach to tackling loneliness, the shameful decline of life expectancy in some rural places, Carillion and procurement (my view), fox hunting and reconciliation, modern slavery and finally the Bayeux Tapestry! Plus, it...
17.01.2018
Welcome to the latest fuel poverty newsletter from the Rural Vulnerability Service - brought to you by the Rural Services Network and the Rural England CIC in association with Calor . Limited options for fuel in rural localities – many...
12.01.2018
This week: something of a focus on rural homelessness, the threat of library reductions to the work of John Clare, cauliflower “steak”, mea cupla and rural energy costs and the relative merits of a tourism tax. ...
10.01.2018
A monthly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network highlighting a selection of current funding, consultation and other opportunities Reaching Communities England – Big Lottery Fund Reaching Communities funding is...
05.01.2018
Happy New Year to one and all – and a warm welcome to the first Hinterland of 2018. This week, we look at the myth of a concrete Britain, discuss the silent unemployed and examine adult...
03.01.2018
Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Rural Vulnerability Service - brought to you by the Rural Services Network and the Rural England CIC in association with Calor . The vulnerability service aims to disseminate information about three key...
27.12.2017
Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Rural Vulnerability Service - brought to you by the Rural Services Network and the Rural England CIC in association with Calor . The vulnerability service aims to disseminate information about three key...
22.12.2017
Merry Christmas to one and all! Jessica and I have really enjoyed our RSN year – from seminars, to conferences, to your kind responses to rural words to our regular Hinterland correspondents. Thank you all. Hinterland,...
20.12.2017
Welcome to the latest fuel poverty newsletter from the Rural Vulnerability Service - brought to you by the Rural Services Network and the Rural England CIC in association with Calor . Limited options for fuel in rural localities – many...
15.12.2017
This week, Hinterland brings you: fishing news, interesting reflections on the housing shortage, the challenge of NHS recruitment, rising energy prices, pensioner carers and plants that glow in the dark – just another routine seven days in rural England! ...
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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
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.
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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