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27 Jul 2023

It’s definitely time to ‘Save Our Surgeries’

BMA Cymru Wales finds that over the past 10 years: The number of patients registered at GP practices in Wales has increased by 93,317 (2.9 per cent) The number of...

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27 Jul 2023

Launching Plunkett’s Annual Rural Community Business Awards

The Plunkett Foundation, a national charity that supports rural community-owned businesses around the UK, are excited to announce that the Rural Community Business Awards are returning for another year with...

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27 Jul 2023

Patient Participation Groups

At the Patients Association we want to ensure patients, their families and carers are represented and heard from at all stages of their treatment. We are focussed on patient partnership....

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27 Jul 2023

High demand for benefits

Benefits are top of the list of queries people bring to us at Citizens Advice Torridge, North, Mid & West Devon but the cost-of-living crisis has seen increasing numbers of...

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27 Jul 2023

Rural Housing Week 2023 Round Up

National Rural Housing week was held from the 3-7 July,  the week kicked off with the launch of the Rural Homelessness Counts Coalition, a pioneering initiative aimed at tackling the hidden...

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27 Jul 2023

National and Regional Dementia Conference 2023 Review

The Plymouth University International, National and Regional Dementia Conference 2023 organised by Ian Sherriff B.E.M, Academic Partnership Lead for Dementia at the University of Plymouth’s Faculty of Health was held...

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27 Jul 2023

Resources to help rural businesses adapt in a changing workplace

Following the step-change in employers’ and employees’ expectations post-pandemic, the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise’s (NICRE) ‘Future of Work’ module puts rural businesses on the front foot, giving them...

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27 Jul 2023

Impact of the Cost of Living crisis on those with a disability or long-term health condition

For those people who are living with a disability or long- term health condition, both our local and national figures show that they are being impacted by the cost of...

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27 Jul 2023

Coalition grows to press the case for broadcast services

As you may have seen in our previous newsletters, the Rural Services Network (RSN) is part of a campaign called Broadcast 2040+. This campaign aims to make sure that the...

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27 Jul 2023

Welsh pubs to benefit from grants to diversify services

Pubs across Wales could still benefit from grants to help them diversify their services. Pub is The Hub is supporting pub diversification projects with advice and small grants to help...

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