The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
The Guardian reports on new data revealing that more than a third of shoppers have been blocked from paying with cash since the start of the pandemic, prompting calls for urgent action to protect those who rely on the UK’s...
Sparse Rural represents rural local authorities and is campaigning for Fairer Funding for Rural Areas. Did you know that in the Local Government Finance Settlement for 2021-22 → Urban areas in...
News outlets including Farming UK and the Wiltshire Times report on widespread calls for better internet coverage across rural areas Danny Kruger MP (Con) spoke in a digital infrastructure, connectivity and accessibility debate this week in Parliament on how...
The Times has reported on warning from telecommunications firms that the Government risks missing its target of delivering gigabit broadband speeds to all parts of the UK by 2025, as rural consumers are at risk of being left behind by...
Outlets including the Northern Echo and the Helensburgh Advertiser cover news that Damian Collins MP (Con) and 22 other MPs have written to Ofcom about cuts the BBC is making in regional news and journalism Collins wrote to the...
Minister for Digital Infrastructure Matt Warman MP (Con) writes in The Telegraph that 500,000 homes and businesses now have access to gigabit-capable broadband as part of the Government’s £1 billion commitment to fund its rollout since 2018 He revealed...
Advanced Television reports that a scientist at Liverpool Hope University has called for High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) to form part of all future pandemic strategic planning, to ensure that rural areas with no internet access gain connectivity A...
The Rural Services Network is to host it’s first online seminar on 19th May for members of it’s organisation The ‘usual’ seminar programme of 7 events, one in each region around the country, each focusing on different topics relevant...
Forecourt Trader report on news that the Chancellor has been urged to ensure all ATMs operate as 'free to use' during the COVID-19 lockdown, in a collaborative letter involving the Rural Services Network ‘Never has the widespread availability of...
The final article in Rural Services Network (RSN) chief executive Graham Biggs and Young Somerset chief executive Nik Harwood’s mini-series for Further Education News reported this week on how the coronavirus crisis has thrown rural connectivity into the spotlight -...
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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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