Cambridgeshire ACRE
Nidderdale Plus Community Hub
No 65 High Street - Digital Health Hub
Rural Business Network
Rural Design Centre
National Centre for Remote and Rural Medicine
Mobile UK
The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE)
Devon Churches Rural Forum
A Different Approach
North Yorks Moors National Park
BT
Rural West Sussex Partnership
The Community Council for Somerset
Northumbria University
Reed in Partnership
Community Impact Bucks
Anglian Water
Devon Communities Together
Godolphin Cross Community Association
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores)
airband
The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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Rural Services Partnership Members
This membership is for non local authority organisations wishing to join the RSN. There is a different pricing structure depending on the type of organisation, for example a small charity would pay a different level to a national organisation
The Rural Services partnership members are listed below (210)
New Members:
Established Members:
 Abingdon Risk Consulting |
 ACRE (Action with Communities in Rural England) |
 Age UK |
 Alzheimer's Society |
 APSE(Assn Public Service Excellence) |
 Arts Council England |
 BASC (British Assn for Shooting & Conservation) |
 Bipolar UK |
 Birmingham Business School |
 Blackdown Support Group |
 Bus Users UK |
 CAfS (Cumbria Action for Sustainability) |
 Calor Ltd |
 Cirencester Town Council |
 Citizens Advice |
 Community Catalysts |
 Cornwall Rural Community Charity |
 Countryside Alliance |
 CPRE (The Countryside Charity) |
 Dartmoor National Park |
 Dispensing Doctors' Association |
 Exmoor National Park |
 Farming Community Network |
 Federation of Women's Institute |
 FirstGroup plc |
 Forum of Private Business |
 Arthur Rank Centre |
 Greater Lincolnshire LEP |
 iED (Institute of Economic Development) |
 Landex (x 52 colleges) |
 Lincolnshire Co-op |
 Lincolnshire Refugee Doctor Project CIC |
 Linkage Community Trust |
 Living Memories C.I.C |
 Midlands Connect |
 National Association of Local Councils (NALC) |
 National Rural Touring Forum (NRTF) |
 National Youth Agency |
 NFU (National Farmers Union) |
 Northamptonshire ACRE |
 Note Machine UK Ltd |
 OALC (Oxfordshire Association of Local Councils) |
 Outside the Box |
 Peak District National Park |
 Pentabus |
 Plunkett Foundation |
 Post Office |
 Prince's Countryside Fund |
 Pub is the Hub |
 Pym's Consultancy Ltd |
 Raising Aspirations Empowering Change Ltd |
 Rural Business Awards |
 Rural Cultural Forum |
 Rural Media |
 Agricultural Chaplains Association |
 South Downs National Park Authority |
 South Holland Rural Action Zone |
 South West Academic Health Science Network |
 Support in Mind Scotland |
 Tees Valley Rural Action |
 The Community Heartbeat Trust |
 The National Federation of Sub-Postmasters |
 TRL Insight |
 UK Pellet Council |
 UK Youth |
 University of Lincoln |
 Vectos (South) Ltd |
 YMCA Lincolnshire |
 Young Somerset |
 Youth Employment UK |
Fire and Rescue Members:
 Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue |
 Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service |
 Cumbria Fire and Rescue |
 Essex Fire & Rescue |
 Gloucester Fire & Rescue |
 Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue |
 Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue |
 Oxfordshire Fire & Rescue |
 Shropshire and Wrekin Fire & Rescue |
 Suffolk Fire and Rescue |
Health Members:
 Airedale NHS Foundation Trust |
 Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust |
 Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
 East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust |
 Health Education England |
 Hereford & Worcester STP |
 Isle of Wight NHS Trust |
 Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust |
 Lincolnshire CCGs |
 Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT) |
 LIVES |
 Norfolk & Waveney STP |
 North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust |
 Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
 Plymouth University (Medicine & Dentistry Faculty) |
 Royal College of General Practitioners, Rural Forum |
 Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust |
 Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital NHS Trust |
 Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust |
 United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust |
 West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust |
 Wye Valley NHS Trust |
We also have many members all with an interest in Health who form the Rural Health Care Alliance. Click here to find out more
Housing Members:
 Action Hampshire Homes Hub |
 Aster Group |
 Broadacre Housing Association |
 Cirencester Housing |
 Connexus |
 Cornwall Rural Housing Association Limited |
 Eden Housing Association |
 English Rural Housing Association |
 Hastoe Housing Association Ltd |
 Housing Plus Group |
 LACE Housing Association |
 Lincs Rural Housing Association |
 Longhurst Group (Housing Association) |
 Midlands Rural Housing |
 National Housing Federation |
 Shropshire Rural Housing Association |
 South Devon Rural Housing |
 Stafford and Rural Homes (Housing Plus Group) |
 Trent & Dove Housing |
 White Horse Housing Association |
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Willow Tree Housing Partnership |
 Wrekin Housing Trust
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Utilities Members:
 Cadent Gas |
 Green Energy |
 Northern Powergrid (North East) |
 Scottish Power |
 SES Water |
 South East Water |
 Southern Water |
 United Utilities |
 Wales and West Utilities Ltd |
 Western Power Distribution |
 Wessex Water |
OTHER MEMBERSHIP GROUPINGS:
Click on the logos to view our members across all the grouping that form the Rural Services Network
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07.01.2022
Founded in 2009, Airband is an independent internet service provider bringing high speed broadband to homes, business and industry in rural and hard-to-reach areas. Our mission is to provide the best rural broadband. We don’t think you should wait...
30.11.2021
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) is the voice of over 17,000 rural shops, supporting our members through effective lobbying, comprehensive advice and innovative networking opportunities. Rural shops contribute £3.7bn in GVA and 126,500 jobs in rural communities. ACS’...
29.11.2021
CCS is a leading local charity that works in the heart of Somerset’s communities to inspire and enable positive change. Through our wide network of passionate local experts and our diverse projects, consultancy and funding, we bring the right...
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A decade ago, the residents of Godolphin Cross in west Cornwall faced a bleak future. Although to the many visitors and tourists passing by it was a picture postcard rural village, in reality local people had lost their shops (and...
25.10.2021
Devon Communities Together is an independent charity and an Asset Based Community Development organisation, engaged in a wide range of projects and services that support our vision of dynamic Devon communities shaping their own futures. Our team is focused...
07.10.2021
Anglian Water supplies drinking water to 4.3 million customers across the East of England and collects and treats used water from over 6 million people. We operate within the largest geographical region of England and Wales. Water is...
13.09.2021
Northumbria University is a research-rich, business-focused, professional university with a global reputation for academic excellence. The University, which has its origins in the Rutherford College founded in 1880, is based in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne and operates...
10.09.2021
Reed in Partnership’s mission is to positively transform people and their communities. We provide services to help people find a job, improve their health, develop their skills and fulfil their potential. Hundreds of thousands of people across the UK...
21.07.2021
The North York Moors National Park was designated in 1952 and is one of a family of 15 National Parks in the UK. The North York Moors comprises 1,436 sq.km of a rich variety of landscapes, habitats and buildings ranging...
05.07.2021
A Different Approach – community led housing ‘A Different Approach’ represents the outcomes of the collective work carried out by a team of housing professionals in response to the difficulties around the delivery of community led rural housing....
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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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