Rural Younger People
28 Sep 2020
New report to boost affordable housing supply published
The Affordable Housing Commission’s new report ‘A National Housing Conversion Fund: buying properties to boost affordable housing supply’ was published last week The report calls on the government to prepare...
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28 Sep 2020
Councils warn that a quarter of childcare providers could close in rural areas
Nursery World has reported on warnings from English councils that up to one in 10 childcare providers could close this winter, and that as many as one in four are...
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14 Sep 2020
Lack of infrastructure locks young out of rural areas
Farmers Guardian reports that an ’ecosystem of disadvantage’ is severely affecting young peoples’ ability to live and work rurally, according to a report from the Rural Youth Project (RYP) The...
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01 Sep 2020
New rules will worsen the rural housing crisis
A letter, co-signed by the Rural Services Network, the Rural Housing Alliance, Plunkett Foundation and Acre has been featured in the Telegraph on 29th August 2020, highlighting the rural housing...
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01 Sep 2020
Poor transport and internet services ‘damage rural children’s mental health’
The Planner has reported on research that has found a lack of access to public transport and the internet is leaving children in remote rural communities suffering ‘prolonged isolation, exclusion...
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24 Aug 2020
Affordable Homes at Risk under new Planning Consultation
The Rural Services Network, along with Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE), The Rural Housing Alliance, The Plunkett Foundation and Rural England Stakeholder Group, has written to the Secretary...
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24 Aug 2020
Supply of affordable homes in the countryside threatened
As detailed in the Rural Bulletin this week, The Rural Services Network (RSN), along with ACRE, the Rural Housing Alliance, Rural Services Network (RSN) and Plunkett Foundation have written to...
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17 Aug 2020
A Level algorithm warned will entrench regional disparities and widen North-South divide
The Independent and the Halifax Courier report that the north-south divide could be exacerbated by the controversial changes to A-level grading, after it emerged pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds had been...
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17 Aug 2020
Interactive map provides mental health care in Lancashire and South Cumbria
Health organisations in Lancashire and South Cumbria have worked in partnership to develop an interactive map of mental health services for people living in the area The Google Maps based...
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03 Aug 2020
Princess Royal calls for more affordable housing in rural areas
The Princess Royal has guest edited a special edition of Country Life, in which she talks about the need to increase affordable housing in rural areas Taking on the role...
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