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11 Nov 2019

Government needs to be closer to business

It’s a claim that many MP’s and Ministers make when giving business related statements, “I understand business because my family own a small business”, “I’m an business person myself and...

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11 Nov 2019

To identify the challenges and solutions facing individuals with dementia and their family carers living in rural communities, and provide solutions.

It is widely acknowledged that there are groups of people at risk living in the countryside can experience a wide range of issues including: loneliness and isolation; lack of transport; poverty; fuel poverty; broadband...

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11 Nov 2019

Survey shows that moorland bird species on Peak District moors have increased

Press Release – 30th October 2019-Marsden, Yorkshire A survey of breeding birds on moors in the Peak District National Park has shown an increase in the breeding wader populations in...

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11 Nov 2019

TED Ageing Better in East Lindsey

TED Ageing Better in East Lindsey is one of fourteen partnership programmes funded through The National Lottery Community Fund – Fulfilling Lives: Ageing Better Programme. Ageing Better partnerships are based...

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11 Nov 2019

Keeping the Country Moving come rain or shine!

If, like me, you found yourself driving up the M5 one sunny day in late September, perhaps you too were shocked to encounter small convoys of bright yellow gritters and...

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11 Nov 2019

Dispensing Doctors issues Rural Practice Manifesto

The Dispensing Doctors organisation, a member of the Rural Services Partnership and the Rural Health and Care Alliance have recently launched their Rural Practice Manifesto: The DDA’s 2019 Rural Practice...

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17 Oct 2019

Hop on board the Hope Valley Explorer

Against the trend of reducing rural bus services, a new seasonal bus tour service in the Hope Valley was launched by the Peak District National Park Authority in July 2019....

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09 Sep 2019

Transforming bus services: new report from Campaign for Better Transport

Following the announcement by the Chancellor in his Spending Round of £200 million to “put the wheels back on the Great British Bus”, Campaign for Better Transport sets out the...

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27 Aug 2019

East Cleveland Villages Big Local Needs Your Help

Tees Valley Rural Action are looking for a specialist who can work with East Cleveland Villages Big Local to support and identify their next steps that will drive them forward...

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24 Jun 2019

“Some said we were mad. We said, ‘remember our purpose’.”

“Some said we were mad. We said, ‘remember our purpose’.” These are the words spoken by our Chief Executive, Martin Collett, after English Rural took on a project in the...

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