The National Rural Conference 2024 – Community Services Discussion

18 Sep 2024

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Community Services Discussion


The Speaker Presentations can be downloaded below:
Kerry Booth, Chief Execuitve, The Rural Services Network

“An Introduction to Community Services”
(Download presentation here)

– View Kerry Booth’s biography here

Jonathan Owen, Chief Executive,  The National Association of Local Councils (NALC)

“Local councils delivering national growth and community pride”
(Download presentations here)

– View Jonathan Owen’s biography here

Stephen Hall, Rural Statistics Team Leader, joined by the Rural Digest Team, DEFRA

“Rural Digest”
(Download presentation here)

– View Stephen Hall’s biography here


Nadine Trout, Assistant Chief Executive, The Rural Services Network

“RSN Funding Digest”
(Download presentation here)

– View Nadine Trout’s biography here


An AI generated summary of this session can be downloaded below:

Useful links from the session:

RSN Membership:
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/page/rsn-membership

Rural Services Network Fair Funding Campaign:
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/page/rural-fair-funding

RSN Delivering for Rural Campaign:
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/winning-the-rural-vote

Rural Services APPG:
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/inaugural-meeting-of-the-appg-for-rural-services-a-promising-start-for-rural-communities

NALC Our Work:
https://www.nalc.gov.uk/our-work

ONWARD 2023 Social Fabric Index:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2023-Social-Fabric-Index.pdf

Local service delivery and place-shaping: A framework to support parish and town councils:
https://www.local.gov.uk/publications/local-service-delivery-and-place-shaping-framework-support-parish-and-town-councils

NALC Call of Action on Local Government Finance:
https://www.nalc.gov.uk/library/committees/national-assembly-2/2024-1/4074-briefing-on-the-state-of-local-government-finance-building-the-sector-s-financial-resilience/file

NALC Climate Change:
https://www.nalc.gov.uk/our-work/climate-change

English Rural Housing Design Guide:
https://englishrural.org.uk/rural-housing-design-guide/

NALC Health & Wellbeing:
https://www.nalc.gov.uk/our-work/health-and-wellbeing

Plunkett’s Good Councillor’s Guide to Community Business:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/The-good-councillors-guide-to-community-business.pdf

NALC Star Council Awards:
https://www.nalc.gov.uk/our-work/star-council-awards

Statistical Digest of Rural England:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistical-digest-of-rural-england

Rural-Urban Classification:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/rural-urban-classification

Rural Digest A-Z:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-to-z-index-statistical-digest-of-rural-england/a-to-z-index-for-the-statistical-digest-of-rural-england

RSN Rural Funding Digest:
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/tag/rural-funding-digest

RSN Rural Market Town Group Area Profiles:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/rural-market-towns-group-area-profiles

RSN Member Insight and Analysis:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/category/member-insight-and-analysis

Rural Market Town Group Membership:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/page/rural-market-town-group

Rural Village Service Group Membership:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/page/rural-village-services-group

RSN NPPF meeting notes:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/05-09-24-national-planning-policy-framework-session

Rural Cost of Living produced by Kovia Consulting:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/rural-cost-of-living.pdf

Rural Cost of Living Survey 2023 by Rural Services Network and Citizens Advice  Rural Issues Group:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Rural-Cost-Living.pdf

Unclaimed pension credit by local authority:
https://policyinpractice.co.uk/unclaimed-pension-credit-by-local-authority/

Rural as a region: the hidden challenge for Levelling Up produced by Pragmatix Advisory:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/rural-as-a-region-the-hidden-challenge-for-levelling-up.pdf


Rural Facts and Figures