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Chance to have your say on rural life
03.04.2018

Chance to have your say on rural life

The Prince’s Countryside Fund is encouraging people to have their say on the challenges faced by rural residents. Fund representatives are working with Sarah Skerratt from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) on their latest research, Recharging Rural. Professor Skerratt...

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BBC investigates rural hospital transport
03.04.2018

BBC investigates rural hospital transport

The Rural Services Network has featured in a BBC radio programme looking at difficulties faced by rural people accessing healthcare. Broadcast on Friday (30 March), the whole episode of  BBC Radio 4's Farming Today programme  on Friday...

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Rural Vulnerabilty Service - Transport (March 2018)
28.03.2018

Rural Vulnerabilty Service - Transport (March 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...

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Rural Vulnerabilty Service - Fuel Poverty (February 2018)
28.02.2018

Rural Vulnerabilty Service - Fuel Poverty (February 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...

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Spotlight on rural health & social care - Februray 2018
21.02.2018

Spotlight on rural health & social care - Februray 2018

This newsletter is provided by the Rural Health Network, part of the Rural Services Network. It includes a roundup of rural health & social care news, research, learning and best practice. Parliamentary Rural Vulnerability Day...

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Rural bus network under pressure
20.02.2018

Rural bus network under pressure

Public funding cuts are contributing to a dramatic shrinking of Britain's bus network, suggests a study. Britain's bus routes have lost 134 million miles of coverage over the past decade alone, according to the BBC Local News...

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Rural Vulnerabilty Service - Broadband (February 2018)
14.02.2018

Rural Vulnerabilty Service - Broadband (February 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...

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Initiative to safeguard vulnerable people
13.02.2018

Initiative to safeguard vulnerable people

An important initiative to help safeguard vulnerable people is taking place in north-west England. Electricity North West – the company distributing electricity across Cumbria and Lancashire; and United Utilities, the water company for the region, are working together...

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Rural Vulnerabilty Service - Transport (January 2018)
31.01.2018

Rural Vulnerabilty Service - Transport (January 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...

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Rural vulnerability: Debate by MPs?
30.01.2018

Rural vulnerability: Debate by MPs?

PRESS RELEASE For immediate release Tuesday,  30 January 17 ‘Rural Vulnerability Matters’ was the theme of the Rural Vulnerability Day hosted last week in Westminster by Rebecca Pow MP (Taunton Deane) and Phillip Dunne MP (Ludlow). In...

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