Members Notice Board
Latest news and best practice from our broad range of RSN members:
28 Oct 2021
Association elects tenant as a new Member to its Board
Author, journalist, associate editor, travel writer and photographer, Midge Todhunter has been elected as a Board Member of Penrith-based Eden Housing Association (EHA) The Association owns and manages approximately 2,000...
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28 Oct 2021
Addressing rural health inequalities as an anchor institution
Dorset County Hospital is the main provider of acute hospital services, and the largest employer, in West Dorset. As well as providing health services to our local community, we employ...
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28 Oct 2021
HRH Prince of Wales welcomes ‘Rural Catalyst’ initiative
HRH the Prince of Wales has highlighted the importance of work underway to tackle rural issues and foster rural innovation by welcoming the ‘Rural Catalyst’ collaboration between the National Innovation...
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28 Oct 2021
Summer, a time of rest… or not!!
The last six months does seem to have flown by and been a time of increasing workload. Summer has brought with it what seems to be an interest in the...
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25 Oct 2021
UK bioenergy industry responds to Heat and Buildings Strategy’s exclusion of rural communities
Sustainable publication Bioenergy Insight reports that the UK’s biomass heat industry has urged the government to stop ignoring and excluding rural off-grid communities in heat decarbonisation plans The UK Pellet...
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18 Oct 2021
A joint letter to the Chancellor – Securing the Future of Rural Post Offices
A joint letter has been signed by Citizens Advice, the Consumer Council for Northern Ireland, Age UK, and Action with Communities in Rural England calling on the Chancellor to continue...
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18 Oct 2021
Herefordshire Media Company, Rural Media, receives six Royal Television Society Nominations
The Willows – Dawn’s Story A film about one woman’s escape from rural domestic abuse Herefordshire media charity and production house Rural Media has received six nominations for the 2021...
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04 Oct 2021
The Rural Start-Up Fund
Forest Holidays, partners of The Prince’s Countryside Fund, are passionate about sustainable rural tourism Ensuring resilient communities and a prosperous local economy means supporting the people living and working at...
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27 Sep 2021
Dame Prue Leith DBE Joins the Plunkett Foundation in Celebrating the UK’s Best Rural Community Businesses
To celebrate the UK’s finest examples of community-owned businesses and their amazing contribution to the communities they serve Plunkett Foundation, supported by Dame Prue Leith DBE, has launched its annual...
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15 Sep 2021
Norfolk pub opens community café to help local residents
The Locks Inn in Geldeston, Norfolk has opened a new community café area to help create a social hub for local residents A warm welcome will be given at the...
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