The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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Barriers to Access
25.07.2017
Calor is offering a free liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tank and pipework installation to rural, off-grid agricultural businesses. The offer is available immediately, with rural farming businesses currently using oil, solid fuel or electricity eligible to receive a free,...
24.07.2017
Rural businesses are still struggling to get reliable mobile phone coverage and access to internet services, a survey reveals. Some 85% of farmers asked have unreliable mobile signals – despite more smartphone users having access to 4G coverage. ...
23.07.2017
Business owners are being asked to help "unlock" the digital potential of rural Britain. The request comes at the start of a consultation launched by independent think tank Rural England and Scotland’s Rural College. It aims to help...
21.07.2017
Energy company Calor has announced the winners of its Rural Community Fund to help improve local life. In total some 126 community projects applied for funding and 30 went through to the judging stage after receiving the highest number...
11.07.2017
The price of gas for small to medium sized businesses is set to soar by 2020 as government climate and decarbonisation policies bite, warns rural energy firm Calor. In 2016, government reformed the business energy efficiency system. It...
06.07.2017
OLDER rural people suffer from poor public services – as well as a lack of affordable housing, MPs have warned. It comes as the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Housing and Care for Older People launches an inquiry into housing...
04.07.2017
A government fund to 'unlock' £1bn for fibre broadband will do little for rural areas seeking faster connections, say campaigners. The new Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund aims to make internet internet buffering and painfully slow download times a thing...
29.06.2017
RURAL communities will benefit from a share of £170m invested by Arts Council England outside London between 2018 and 2022. Over the next four years, the council will invest on average an annual £50.1m in 142 organisations based in...
21.06.2017
Almost 3,000 remote households and businesses will get access to high-speed broadband thanks to a £4m boost for Oxfordshire The funding has come from cost savings made earlier in the roll-out of the Better Broadband for Oxfordshire programme and...
19.06.2017
How we can involve rural communities in the meaningful design, planning and delivery of rural services? Jessica Sellick investigates. Many rural communities feel “stuck in the middle” - schools, health centres, social care, leisure and so on aren’t quite...
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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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