Rural Older People
02 Feb 2024
Latest News from the Broadcast 2040+ Campaign
The campaign has had an exciting start to 2024. We’ve mainly focused on engagement with the government’s Media Bill, which saw its Report Stage occur on the 30th January. We...
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18 Dec 2023
BT pauses some switches to Digital Voice for telecare customers
BT have announced that they are temporarily pausing all non-voluntary, managed migrations to a digital landline where there is any risk that the customer’s telecare service will not continue to...
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11 Dec 2023
Rural Loneliness raised in Parliament
The Chair of the APPG for Rural Services, Derek Thomas MP, sponsored a Westminster Hall Debate on 5th December focusing on loneliness and isolation in elderly and vulnerable people. A...
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20 Nov 2023
RSN joins calls to protect broadcast services ahead of second reading of government’s Media Bill
The government’s proposed Media Bill will receive its Second reading in the House of Commons today (Tuesday 21 November 2023). The Bill represents the biggest update to media regulation in...
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13 Nov 2023
RSN Chief Exec: “Lack of government funding has created a rural ticking time bomb.”
The Rural Services Network Chief Executive, Kerry Booth, considers Professor Whitty’s new report which urges the government to address failings for older people in rural communities. Today the government’s Chief...
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25 Oct 2023
Two Generations’ Latest Homeshare Webinar
Chaired by Luciana Berger, CEO of iNHouse Communications, and a former Managing Director at Edelman, where she specialised in health policy, Luciana was previously the Member of Parliament for Liverpool...
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23 Oct 2023
New report set to reveal the depth of support for traditional broadcast services
RSN is lending its support this week to the Silver Voices campaign which aims to highlight the importance of broadcast TV and Radio to elderly communities. Tomorrow, the organisation will...
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02 Oct 2023
New research from Age UK reveals almost 6m older people can’t access the internet safely
New analysis carried out by the charity Age UK reveals that almost half (46%) of over-65s in the UK are unable to complete all eight of the most fundamental tasks required...
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02 Oct 2023
RSN speaks out for rural landline customers as switch to digital phones continues roll out
BT has announced the next phase in the rollout of its new home phone service, Digital Voice. The programme is a move from analogue to digital landlines, which will see...
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02 Oct 2023
MPs listen to RSN calls to protect traditional TV viewers in rural areas
Following last week’s speech by the Culture Secretary in which she promised to protect traditional TV (see the RSN article here), the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select...
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