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28 Jul 2023
Helping homeless rough sleepers
The Homeless Rough Sleepers Nursing Service for Somerset are a team of 13 who provide outreach healthcare to some of the county’s most vulnerable people. We were runners up for...
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10 Jul 2023
Round up from #RuralHousingWeek
Last week, the RSN and many of its members proudly supported Rural Housing Week. Led by the National Housing Federation, the week aimed to shine a spotlight on the housing challenges...
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03 Jul 2023
RSN backs calls for better affordable housing in rural areas as part of Rural Housing Week 2023
This week the National Housing Federation (NFH) is running its annual campaign which highlights the challenges facing rural areas when it comes to housing. There have been some truly dreadful...
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03 Jul 2023
RSN joins major Coalition to combat escalating rural homelessness crisis
In the face of a rapidly escalating rural homelessness crisis, a powerful new coalition is launching today. The ‘Rural Homelessness Counts Coalition’ is a collective of more than 20 leading...
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26 Apr 2023
Shocking report reveal a growing, invisible homelessness crisis on our countryside
A shocking new report has uncovered a devastating, yet hidden, wave of homelessness sweeping through our rural areas. This alarming surge in countryside rough sleeping, intensified by the cost-of-living crisis, is tearing...
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24 Apr 2023
Minister for Homelessness meeting
Last week, the Rural Services Network was delighted to be invited to a roundtable discussion with the Minister for Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Felicity Buchan MP following the release of...
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11 Apr 2023
Planners approve modular homes for homeless in Cornwall
The BBC report Cornwall Council’s plans to install more one-bedroom modular units for homeless people on a site in Long Rock have been approved The application was unanimously approved by the...
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27 Mar 2023
Rural Homelessness Getting Worse
Sky News has featured the recently published research into rural homelessness which was commissioned by a group of key rural organisations including the Rural Services Network. The research found that...
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20 Mar 2023
Chronic increase of ‘hidden’ homelessness in the countryside fuelled by cost-of-living crisis, ground-breaking report shows
A year-long study exposes a surge in rural rough sleeping since the pandemic has been worsened by the cost-of-living crisis According to analysis of official statistics, rough sleeping in rural...
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