funding
18 Sep 2023
RSN Chief Executive, Kerry Booth, explains how we can connect rural places
“Last week, I was invited to speak at the Westminster Energy, Environment and Transport Forum policy conference which was exploring the topic of Beyond ‘smart cities’ – next steps for...
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12 Sep 2023
Rural Funding Digest – September 2023
A monthly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network highlighting a selection of current funding opportunities – Download a printable version of the Funding Digest here Community...
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11 Sep 2023
Government promises £25m for new zero emission buses to connect ‘rural communities’
The Government has promised to prioritise rural communities in its £129m roll out of hundreds of new zero-emission buses. The Transport Secretary, Mark Harper MP (Con, Forest of Dean) has...
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29 Aug 2023
Local Authorities called on to dramatically increase the number of EV public charging points to meet growing demand
A new study by Transport England and England’s Economic Heartland has found that there needs to be an almost six-fold increase in public electric vehicle charging points by 2025, in...
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14 Aug 2023
Government responds to criticism over levelling up funds
The Government last week published its response to a report by the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee on its Inquiry on Funding for Levelling Up. The Inquiry looked...
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01 Aug 2023
Rural Funding Digest – August 2023
A monthly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network highlighting a selection of current funding opportunities – Download a printable version of the Funding Digest here Community...
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31 Jul 2023
£50m funding available to find better ways of working
The Government’s Evaluation Task Force has announced it is extending its deadline to apply for funding totalling more than £50 million. The ETF supports projects which are led by a...
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10 Jul 2023
RSN cautiously welcomes Michael Gove’s comment on fairer funding: “There desperately needs to be a fairer, more rational allocation of resources across authorities
At his speech at the LGA conference, Michael Gove MP (Con, Surrey Heath) acknowledged that the current funding system is “out of date” and that there “desperately needs to be...
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04 Jul 2023
Rural Funding Digest – July 2023
A monthly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network highlighting a selection of current funding opportunities – Download a printable version of the Funding Digest here Species...
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13 Jun 2023
RSN briefs Gove on Rural Unfair Funding
Yesterday afternoon Kerry Booth, RSN Chief Executive, was alongside a group of Council Leaders who met with Rt Hon Michael Gove MP to talk about the Local Government Funding Formula and...
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