The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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Younger People
06.07.2020
TES reports that the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has called for the countryside code to be taught in schools to help people enjoy the outdoors safely The organisation, which represents 30,000 rural businesses, warns that a lack...
22.06.2020
The RSN, ACRE and Rural Housing Alliance have written to Robert Jenrick – Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government expressing concerns about the negative impacts of COVID-19 on the delivery of rural affordable Housing....
22.06.2020
University College London reports that children locked down at home in the UK are spending an average of two and a half hours each day doing schoolwork Furthermore, the variability in the amount of schoolwork being done at home...
22.06.2020
Advanced Television reports that a scientist at Liverpool Hope University has called for High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) to form part of all future pandemic strategic planning, to ensure that rural areas with no internet access gain connectivity A...
11.05.2020
ITV reports on fears that in some rural areas, pupils are missing out on home-schooling during lockdown due to poor internet access The data, which was part of a study by the Children's Commissioner for England, examined vulnerabilities faced...
04.05.2020
Outlets, including the Surrey Comet, report on an open letter published to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson MP from 55 northern MPs and peers calling for action to prevent disadvantaged children from falling behind when schools reopen The Northern Powerhouse...
28.04.2020
Back in February, the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government published a consultation paper setting out proposals to help local people, especially young first-time buyers, into home ownership RSN has formally responded to this consultation and believes that...
20.04.2020
The Government announced plans on 19th April to support online learning by providing disadvantaged children across England with laptops and tablets as part of a push to make remote education accessible for pupils staying at home during the coronavirus outbreak...
14.04.2020
Four weeks ago Young Somerset were supporting 350 young people a week through face-to-face youth work and interventions. Their digital infrastructure could best be described as ‘fledgling’ Then, like it did for so many of us, everything changed with...
23.03.2020
This week, the Rural Services Network’s chief executive Graham Biggs published a second article in FE News with Young Somerset chief executive Nik Harwood They focused on the issue of accessibility of accessing further education from rural areas. In...
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HOT TOPICS
Public Sector Funding
The RSN demands fairer funding from Central Government who have historically and systematically underfunded rural areas.
Barriers to Access
The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
Future of Rural Areas
The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.
Health and Wellbeing
The RSN wants to ensure rural communities have the same access to health care as is currently received in urban areas.
Vulnerability
Rural residents can suffer from Rural Vulnerability, due to a combination of factors relating to living in a rural community. Significantly rural areas have a higher percentage of the elderly population residing within them (which is increasing over time). Rural areas also suffer from poor access to public transport, further education and skills training, health and care services, poor connectivity and broadband access, low wages and higher than average house prices. Whilst these can individually affect everyone, the combination of factors in rural areas can create a particular Rural Vulnerability putting those residents at a disadvantage.
The lockdown of communities all over England during Spring of 2020 has exacerbated this situation which continues to worsen.
In 2019 The RSN began the development of an Annual Rural Vulnerability Statement which are available below with further information on the topic.
→ Download the RSN Rural Vulnerability and Disadvantage Statement 2020 here
→ Download the RSN Rural Vulnerability and Disadvantage Statement 2019 here
Housing
The affordability of rural housing to people from a range of ages and backgrounds is key concern for RSN.
Economy
The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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