The Northumberland Gazette reports that on 6th of October, rural businesses and community groups will attend the Rural Catalyst Conference at Charlton Hall near Alnwick, which will showcase national-leading innovation in rural enterprise and debate the future of the rural North East

The conference is part of the Rural Catalyst initiative, a collaboration between Rural Design Centre (RDC), which delivers RDCIP, and NICRE to tackle the challenges facing rural areas through research, innovation, design and community engagement.

Simon Green, CEO at the RDC said:

“Our region has a large rural population but it’s spread across an enormous area. Sometimes this means that the contribution of this population is missed or assumed to be all about farming, which is actually only a small part of the truth. Rural areas like Northumberland present different opportunities for economic, environmental and social development to urban areas but it’s vital we don’t lose sight of the differences from one village to another, from coast to countryside and from ex-mining villages to affluent commuter towns”.

You can register for this event here

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The Northumberland Gazette - Future of the rural economy to be discussed at conference in north Northumberland