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05 Dec 2022
Three quarters of adults want their MP to protect traditional TV and radio
New survey in key constituencies finds 75% of voters want their MP to actively support the continued provision of digital terrestrial TV (Freeview) and broadcast radio As the cost of...
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10 Oct 2022
Councils call for delay to flagship social care reforms, warning services face a ‘perfect storm’ of financial and workforce pressures over the next 12 months
With a year to go until the introduction of flagship reforms in adult social care, England’s largest councils call for a delay – warning that the system is under so...
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20 Sep 2022
Rural Services Network responds to consultation on Adult Social Care Charging Reform
The Rural Services Network is the national champion for rural services and aims to give rural a strong voice. The RSN often responds to Government Consultation with a rural response. ...
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30 Aug 2022
Campaign to Protect Terrestrial TV & Radio for Rural Areas
Press Release from Arqiva about 2040+ campaign: Broadcast TV and radio – content delivered through an aerial into people’s homes – is part of the fabric of our national life....
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30 Aug 2022
Connected Care: How Mobile Connectivity Offers Huge Potential to Aid the Delivery of Social Care
Mobile UK, the voice of the UK’s main mobile network operators, has published a report entitled Connected Care: How mobile connectivity can help councils overcome the challenges of delivering adult...
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29 Aug 2022
Broadcast is an enormously valued national asset for rural communities – National Rural Conference 2022 Feature Article
Broadcast TV and radio – content delivered through an aerial into people’s homes – is part of the fabric of our national life. Watching and listening to our favourite shows...
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27 Jul 2022
New campaign launched to support long-term free-to-air broadcast connectivity for rural audiences
A new campaign, ‘Broadcast 2040+’, has been launched to protect broadcast TV and radio through to 2040 and beyond by Arqiva – a communications infrastructure and media services company –...
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27 Jul 2022
Age-friendly Awareness Training
YMCA Lincolnshire has launched a range of support programmes for businesses and companies to help them become more ‘Age-friendly’. The charity runs Age-friendly Awareness Training and the Age-friendly Business Award....
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18 Jul 2022
Boom in elderly in rural areas ‘increasing pressure on social care services’
The Evening Standard reports analysis by the County Council Network (CCN) revealed that the number of over-65s living in county and rural areas has increased by a million over the...
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