The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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Casebook is a monthtly service for members of the Rural Health and Care Alliance. It summarises 5 current news stories, along with other relevant content.
December 2020 Edition In Casebook this month some great exposure for our campaigning on rural health inequalities. Vaccine, Brexit, AI, test and trace…. Then some great news about the launch of our Rural Proofing Toolkit and the evolution...
This month’s featured funding opportunities are: Thriving Communities Fund Provided by the National Academy for Social, the Arts Council, NHS England, Sport England, Natural England, the Office for Civil Society,...
November 2020 Edition In Casebook this month: a bevy of stories about the coronavirus and its multifaceted impact on many aspects (if not all aspects!) of our lives. I also reveal some really interesting happenings in connection with...
This month’s featured funding opportunities are: Gamesys Foundation The main focus of the Gamesys Foundation is to “preserve and protect the wellbeing of individuals suffering from mental health issues”. They...
October 2020 Edition Welcome to your October edition of Casebook, a dedicated, monthly e-newsletter for Rural Health Care Alliance members. The long dark tunnel of the pandemic continues with stories about: punitive fines applied to hospitals; mental health...
This month’s featured funding opportunities are: Consortium for Stronger LGBT+ Communities https://www.consortium.lgbt/NETFund/ Thanks to the National Emergencies Trust, a total funding pot of £350,000 is available to LGBT+...
September 2020 Editio n Welcome to your September edition of Casebook, a dedicated, monthly e-newsletter for Rural Health Care Alliance members. This month, as the second wave begins to bite there is no real escape from Coronavirus stories!...
This month’s featured funding opportunities are: This month’s featured funding opportunities are: ISCF Healthy Ageing Challenge Social, Behavioural & Design Research Programme https://www.ukri.org/funding/funding-opportunities/iscf-healthy-ageing-challenge-social-behavioural-design-research-programme-outline-stage/ UK Research and Innovation (UKRI),...
August 2020 Edition Welcome to your August edition of Casebook, a dedicated, monthly e-newsletter for Rural Health Care Alliance members. This month, contact tracing, schools, healthy food, the grim challenge of a consistent way of counting the dead...
This month’s featured funding opportunities are: This month’s featured funding opportunities are: All Churches Trust http://www.allchurches.co.uk/what-we-fund/ Grants are available to communities under a number of themes, including “Hope...
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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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