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Latest news and best practice from our broad range of RSN members:
28 Apr 2022
Learning Report: Reflections on Volunteering
Talk, Eat, Drink (TED) Ageing Better in East Lindsey is part of Ageing Better, a programme set up by The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity...
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28 Apr 2022
Support in paying bills
As the cost-of-living crisis is affecting many of our communities, it’s more important than ever that people who need help paying their bills are being supported… Our specially-trained Extra Care...
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25 Apr 2022
New NALC event on fighting climate change
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) has a new online event on fighting climate change, taking place on 25 May 2022 37% of local (parish and town) councils have...
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25 Apr 2022
UK Shared Prosperity Fund to benefit rural areas
Farmers Guardian reports that rural communities in England are set to benefit from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), following industry pressure The UKSPF, which was designed to replace the...
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25 Apr 2022
Find your reason with fire service new campaign
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...
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19 Apr 2022
Newcastle University set to host event to help develop rural communities
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...
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19 Apr 2022
Fears raised about Cumbria’s ‘creaking’ infrastructure amid housing boom
The News and Star reports that the Campaign to Protect Rural England has warned new planning reforms, designed to support a 340,000 new homes per year target, could cost the...
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11 Apr 2022
Pub is The Hub to support Welsh pubs to offer new essential services after being awarded new £25K grant
Pub is The Hub will be supporting diversification projects for Welsh pubs after receiving a grant of £25,000 from The Prince’s Countryside Fund. Pub is The Hub is a not-for-profit...
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04 Apr 2022
Is Government support for rural post offices enough to save them?
The below article (published by Anne Pardoe at Citizens Advice) discusses whether recently announced Government funding for rural post offices is enough to keep them operating The government has announced...
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04 Apr 2022
More people than ever before are interested in setting up a community business
The Plunkett Foundation’s 2021 Impact Report reveals that the number of community businesses has continued to rise, in spite of the disruption of the pandemic The report also shows that...
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