The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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09.05.2022
Community Catalysts have launched a new marketing guide especially for people who are running small enterprises offering care or support to others – otherwise known as community enterprises. ...
25.04.2022
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) has launched a new campaign that gives an insight into life in the extraordinary role of an on-call firefighter The Find Your Reason campaign is inspired by the amazing people who currently serve...
19.04.2022
The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise is holding a session titled 'Community visioning in rural areas: Sharing best practice' at the Cheviot Centre later this month, after a successful session last month in Hexham NICRE is based at...
07.03.2022
Shropshire Star reports that a recent report by Rural England has highlighted the contributions that village halls make to rural communities and warns about the impact of the pandemic on the health of village halls, which many consider vital or...
21.02.2022
Plunkett Foundation has re-launched Keep It in the Community (KIITC), with support from Locality and Power to Change. It is an online register of all Assets of Community Value (ACVs) in England, which have been nominated, registered or...
08.02.2022
Keep It in the Community (KIITC) is an online database of all community assets in England, such as pubs, shops and land, that have been nominated or registered as an Asset of Community Value (ACV). First set up by mySociety,...
03.02.2022
Pub is The Hub, the not-for-profit organisation that helps pubs to diversify and provide essential local services, is continuing to support publicans and their local communities. Despite the challenges faced by the industry over the latest difficult few months...
03.02.2022
In the latter months of the 2021, The Prince’s Countryside Fund was busy launching our new three-year strategy across the UK, which we are so pleased to be able to share with you here . We would also...
13.12.2021
The English Rural Community Councils (RCCs) have had a remarkable impact on our countryside over the past 100 years They have had a pivotal role in nurturing rural industry and education, and their work in social service, social organisation...
08.11.2021
The Government announced last week around 500 locally led projects to benefit from the Community Renewal Fund that will help ‘breathe new life into towns, villages and coastal communities across the UK as the government delivers on its mission to...
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HOT TOPICS
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.
Rural Health and Wellbeing
The RSN wants to ensure rural communities have the same access to health care as is currently received in urban areas.
Rural 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.
Rural Housing
The affordability of rural housing to people from a range of ages and backgrounds is key concern for RSN.
Rural Economy
The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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