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18.04.2019
Time for a rural strategy
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The RSN believes that the Government should take the lead and work with interested organisations to produce a comprehensive long term and funded Rural Strategy.
We have developed a Template Rural Strategy which sets out the rational for calling for such a strategy. We believe that it should include the following component parts and the Template Rural Strategy sets out evidence to support their inclusion:
- A Thriving Rural Economy
- A Digitally connected countryside
- A Place everyone can get around
- An Affordable Place to live
- A fair deal on health and social care
- A Place to learn and grow
- A settlement (including fair funding for rural services) to support local action
- A rural proofed policy framework
→ Download the RSN template 'Time for a Rural Strategy' Report here
We call on Government to produce a Rural Strategy to set out their priorities for Englands Rural Communities and the Rural Economy for the future and we ask you to support this call.
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→ The campaign has featured heavily in press across the country. Details can be found here
→ A summary of the 'Rural England – A different place demands a different strategy' event held in Taunton can be found here
The following individuals and organisations also support this call:
(Last update 09.05.19)
Organisations:
| Access4Riders | Henley in Arden Parish Council |
| ACRE | Hitcham Parish Council |
| Airton Parish Meeting | Holsworthy Town Council |
| Aislaby Parish Council | Horton cum Studley Parish Council |
| Aldwark Area Parish Council | Husthwaite Newsletter |
| Alveley and Romsley Parish Council | In Education |
| Alzheimer's Society | Ingleton in Bloom |
| Anglia Rural Consultants | Ingleton Parish Council |
| Ashbury Parish Council | Institute of Economic Development |
| Ash-cum-Ridley Parish Council | J C & Associates Limited |
| Ashill Parish Council | Joe’s Cafe South Beach |
| Ashley Farm | Keele University |
| Ashley Parish Meeting | Kenninghall Parish Council |
| Ashton Parish Council | Kirkgate Arts |
| Barchester Court ltd | Lamberhurst Parish Council |
| Barnwell Parish Council | Lamplugh Village Hall |
| Barrowden Parish Council | Launceston Town Council |
| Baxby Microlights ltd | Lezant Parish Council |
| Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity | Lidgate Parish Council |
| Betchworth Parish Council | Lincolnshire County Council |
| BH Trees & Woodland Consultancy Ltd | Lincolnshire Rural Housing Association |
| BHS | Lindsey and Coastal Action Zone LEADER Programme |
| Bickerstaffe Parish Council | LiNKWELL good neighbour scheme |
| Bicknoller parish council | Litton Cheney Parish Council |
| Bidborough Parish Council | Maldon District Council |
| Bishop Burton College | Malvern Hills District Council |
| Blackdown Support Group | Maresfield Parish Council |
| Bolton Parish Council | Mawnan Parish Council |
| Boxgrove Parish Council | Melchet Park & Plaitford Parish C |
| Bradninch Town Council | Membury Parish Council |
| Branxton Parish Council | Mendham Parish Council |
| Breage Parish Council | Meriden Parish Council |
| Bridestowe Parish Council | Midlands Rural Housing |
| Bridport Environment Group | Moorsbus Community Interest Company |
| Bridport Local Area Partnership | Myerscough College |
| Bright Estates | Nailsea Town council |
| Briston Parish Council | National Association of Local Councils |
| Brixton Parish Council | National Centre for Rural Health and Care |
| Broadmayne Parish Council | National Housing Federation |
| Burythorpe Parish Council | National Rural Touring Forum |
| BV & SM Johnson | NDVS (North Devon Voluntary Services) |
| Caldy Nature Park | Netherseal Parish Council |
| Cam Parish Council | Newtown Linford Parish Council |
| Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) | Northamptonshire ACRE |
| Chair Waveney Valley Local Action group (RDPE-LEADER) | Nowton Parish Council |
| Cheshire East Council | Okehampton Hamlets Parish Council |
| Cheshire West and Chester Council | Okehampton Town Council |
| Chetwynd Aston and Woodcote Parish Council | Old Hunstanton Parish Council |
| Church of England | Orton Parish Meeting |
| Church of England (Parish of the Upper Wreake, Leicester Diocese) | Ousden Parish Council |
| Clackclose100 | Owstan Ltd |
| Cockermouth Town Council | Parkinsons UK |
| Communities Can Limited | Partners in Health (Midland) Ltd. |
| Community Action Northumberland | Pentabus Theatre |
| Community Council for Somerset (CCS) | Peter Tavy Parish Council |
| Community First in Herefordshire and Worcestershire | Plunkett Foundation |
| Community Lincs | Powlett & associates Ltd |
| Compton Dando Parish Council | Pulborough Parish Council |
| Compton Dando Parish Hall | Pym's Consultancy Ltd |
| Constantine Enterprise Company | pyrometallurgical consultancy |
| Corfe Castle Parish Council | Quainton Parish Council |
| Cornwall Council | Ribble Valley Borough Council |
| Cornwall Rural Community Charity | Risby Parish Council |
| Country Land and Business Association (CLA) | RKK Ltd |
| Countryside Alliance | Rowlands Castle Parish Council |
| Cowlinge Parish Council | Rural Action Derbyshire |
| CPRE Northumberland | Rural Services Network |
| Crick Parish Council | Rural West Sussex Partnership |
| Crowan Parish Council | Sacriston Parish Council |
| CSW Group | Sampford Arundel Parish Council |
| Cusgarne Organic Farm | Sherborne Deanery Rural Chaplaincy |
| DALC | Smallburgh Parish Council |
| Dalham Parish Council | Smith and Tucker Farms Ltd |
| Daventry District Council | Snettisham Parish Council |
| Devon County Council | South Hams District Council |
| Dorset Community Transport | South Huish Parish Council |
| Dorset CPRE | Spilsby Good Neighbour Scheme |
| Dowsby Parish Council | St Catherine Parish Meeting |
| Dyke | St Day Parish Council |
| Eagle PC | St Edmundsbury Borough Council |
| East Markham Parish Council | St Gluvias Parish Council |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Council | St Marks Church Scarisbrick |
| Eastham Parish Council | Stansfield Parish Council |
| Easton and Otley College | Stanway Parish Council |
| Eden Housing Association | Staverton Parish Council |
| EGOB | Stelling Minnis Parish Council |
| Elstead PC | Sticklepath Parish Council |
| English Rural Housing Association | Sunniside Community Association |
| Eskdaleside cum Ugglebarnby PC | Sutton Bridge & Wingland Parish Council |
| Essex Police | Tees Valley Rural Action |
| Etchingham Parish Council | Teignbridge District Council |
| Everybody "Get On Board" | The Clacklose Hundred CBS |
| Exmoor National Park Authority | The Flower Export Co Ltd |
| Exstream Networks Ltd | The Forum of Private Business |
| Farlington Parish Meeting | The Methodist and United Reformed Churches |
| Farming & Rural Issues Group South East | The National Centre for Rural Health & Care |
| Farthinghoe Parish Council | The Rural Services Partnership |
| Feltwell Parish Council | The Trails Trust |
| Fenstanton Parish Council | Tiffield Parish Council |
| FirstGroup UK Bus Division | Tredington Parish Council |
| FoCS &Constantine Enterprise Co | Trent and Dove Housing |
| Forest Heath District Council | Upper Beeding Parish Council |
| Friends of Constantine Surgery | W.A.T.A.G. |
| Friends of the Lake District | Warwickshire Older People’s Forum |
| GRCC | West Devon Borough Council |
| Great & Little Carlton Parish Council | West Lakes Adventure |
| Great Addington Parish Council | West Lindsey District Council |
| Great Gransden Parish Council | West Somerset Council |
| Gweek Parish Council | What's On In Landbeach |
| Gwennap Parish Council | Whorlton & Swainby Parish Council |
| Hampshire County Council | Willey Parish Council |
| Hamsey Parish Council | Wiltshire College - Lackham |
| Harrington Parish Council | Wiltshire College & University Centre |
| Harston Parish Council | Winford Parish Council |
| Hastoe Group | Winteringham Parish Council |
| Hastoe Housing Association | Wittersham Parish Council |
| Haughton Parish Council | Woodchester Parish Council |
| Hayton Parish Council | World Organisation of Family Doctors Rural Group (RuralWonca) |
| HB Villages Ltd | Yarnton Parish Council |
| Hebden Parish Council | Yelvertoft Parish Council |
| Hebden Royd Town Council | Young Somerset |
Individuals:
| A. Crouchman | John Hall |
| Abby Navarre | John Hatto |
| Adam Paynter - Leader of Cornwall Council | John Hawkins |
| Adrian Louis | John Howes |
| Alan Parker | John Milne |
| Alastair Sheehan | John Otley |
| Alison Abraham | John Shorter |
| Alison Cruse | Jon Moss |
| Alison Robinson | Jon Turner |
| Alistair Banks | Josephine Parish |
| Allan Redfern | Joyce Hutchinson |
| Allan Scott | Judith Pressley |
| Amanda Brown | Judy Bell |
| Amber Nuttall | Julia Ford |
| Andrew Dyke | Julia Plinston |
| Andrew Fitter | Julia Tingle |
| Andrew Lanham | Julie Hardy |
| Andrew McDonald | Juliet Williams |
| Andrew Shaw | Karl Love |
| Andrew Simkins | Katharine Harrod |
| Andrew Talliss | Kathleen Pym |
| Angela Barnes | Kathy Cuthbert |
| Anica Alvarez Nishio | Keeley Rudd |
| Ann Day | Keith Riste |
| Ann Hindley | Keith Townson |
| Anne Kemp | Ken Christy |
| Anne Lawson | Ken Clifford |
| Anne-Marie Spalding | Ken Johnson |
| Anthony Trollope-Bellew - Leader of West Somerset Council | Kenneth Bray |
| Anthony W Penn | Kevin Forbes Mitchell |
| Antoinette Wisbey | Kevin Furnish |
| Avis Thomas | Kevin Hynes |
| B Fludgate | Kevin Kendall |
| Barbara Fisher | Kevin Wood |
| Barbara Le Gallez | Kim Atkinson |
| Barbara Stanway | Kirsty McDowell |
| Ben Hogben | Lesley Everett |
| Beryl Janet James | Lesley Woledge |
| Beth Martin | Leslie Hann |
| Bev Iles | Lisa Clements |
| Beverley Parker | Liz Berry |
| Bishop John Stroyan | Lois Rowlands |
| Bishop of Ely | Louisa Lockwood |
| Bob Welch | Louise Haywood |
| Brenda Weston | Louise Tucker |
| Brian Foley | M F Holmes |
| Bruce Heywood | M. Brombley |
| Carol Mew | Malcolm Baldwin |
| Carol Perry | Malcolm Rigler |
| Caroline Ashall | Mark Haworth-Booth |
| Carolyn Peck | Mark Herriott |
| Catrin John | Mark Nash-Williams (Revd) |
| Charles Wild | Mark Turner |
| Charlotte Squire | Marshal Scott - Chief Executive of Bibble Valley Borough Council |
| Cherry Ekins | Martin Craddock |
| Chris Bell | Martin Rowell |
| Chris Bridgman | Martin Weston |
| Chris Cowcher | Melanie Thew |
| Chris Everidge | Melissa Whittaker |
| Chris Higgins | Merietta Raymond |
| Chris Lambert | Mervyn Benford |
| Christine Patty | Michael David John Price |
| Christine Rust | Michael Lyons |
| Christopher Matijasevic | Mike Gant |
| Claire Brooks | Mike Willmott |
| Claire Way | Mrs B. Uren |
| Clare Mahaddie | Mrs Emma Dunn |
| Clive Neal-Sturgess | Mrs Gesella J Tidy |
| Cllr Bill Lane | Mrs Jean S Sangster |
| Cllr Jan Goffey | Mrs Santa Checkley |
| Cllr Julie Yelland | Myles Thomas |
| Cllr Mike Lovell | Nathan Harmer-Taylor |
| Cllr Norma Raynes | Neil Watson |
| Cllr Tamsyn d'Arienzo | Nick Boothroyd |
| Cllr. Nigel Shaw | Nick Edmonds |
| Colin Adsley | Nick Morton |
| Colin Parnell | Nicky Bishop |
| Colin Smith | Nicola Kingman |
| Colin Stroud | Nicola Salter |
| Colin Tindill | Nik Harwood |
| Councillor Gary cowan | Owen Bierley |
| Dave Lewis | Patricia Holtom |
| David Ansbro | Patrick Kimber |
| David Cohen | Patrick Spink |
| David Darlow | Paul Booton |
| David Evans | Paul Cranstone |
| David Gluck | Paul French |
| David Harknett | Paul Graham |
| David Rawlinson | Paul Rogers |
| David Roe | Paul Simpson |
| David Simpson | Paulette Barton |
| David Webb | Peter Carrell |
| Dawn Beeby | Peter Clarke |
| Debbie Reyland | Peter Cowx |
| Deborah Sellis | Peter Daniels |
| Denis Pye | Peter Fane |
| Derek Nicholls | Peter Griffiths |
| Diana Garrod | Peter Hodge |
| Diane Elphinstone | Peter Holmes |
| Donald MacIntyre | Peter Jones |
| Dr Alan Rogers | Peter Sleet |
| Dr Clive Waddington | Phil Galpin |
| Dr Gordon Morris | Philip Cupit |
| Dr Kreseda Smith | Philippa Paget |
| Dr Malcolm Rigler | Phyllis Power |
| E Mather | Pip Hayes |
| E Young | Polly Foster |
| Ebbie Hulland | Professor Carolyn Chew-Graham |
| Eileen Heaney | Rachael Troughton |
| Elaine O'Leary | Rachel Thompson MBE |
| Elaine simpson | Ray Kay |
| Elaine Smith | Raymond Brookfield |
| Elizabeth Clark | Rev John L Evans |
| Elizabeth McNabb | Revd Richard Kirlew |
| Emily Brailsford | Richard Dorman |
| Emma Bould | Richard Parkinson |
| Emma James | Richard Sherras |
| Emma Powlett | Rita Lawson |
| Emma Williams | Robert A Hatt |
| Enid Smith | Robert Hodgson |
| Eric Buckley | Robert Lemmon |
| Faye Mitchell | Robert Marshall |
| Fran Mason | Robert Sloan |
| Frances Beatty | Robert Wallace |
| Frank Cottee | Robin Walls |
| G S Dowding | Robin Wilkinson |
| Gail Jackson | Roger Daniels |
| Gary Moss | Rosie Weaver |
| Gemma Finnegan | Ross Durkin |
| Georgina Clark | Rowena Salter |
| Geraldine Hartshorne | Ruth Coe |
| Gillian White | Ruth Conley |
| Grace Everett | Ruth Foster |
| Guy Browes | Ruth West |
| Guy Tucker | Sally Lewis |
| H Moss | Sally Samuels |
| Harriette Dottridge | Sam Jones |
| Harry St John | Sam Ross |
| Hawes (Mike) | Samantha Haywood |
| Hazel Smith | Samantha Hine |
| Heather Crispin | Sandra Morrison |
| Helen Gundry | Sandra Smith |
| Helen Richards | Sarah Foxcroft |
| Hilary Edwards | Sarah Utting |
| Hilary Joyce | Saskia Syms |
| Hilary Nelson | Scott Mann MP |
| Holly Lombardo | Sharon Jarvis |
| Howard Maxted | Sharon Oatley |
| Hugh Dixon | Shaun Beattie |
| Hywel Lloyd | Sheila Buckfield |
| Ian Cass | Sheila Summerscales |
| Ian Collingwood | Stephen Guy Dru Drury |
| Ian Cruise-Taylor | Stephen Macdonald |
| Ian Gennery | Stephen Real |
| Ian Jenkins | Steve Cowley |
| Ian Studd | Steve Critten |
| Ian Wilson | Steve Diamond |
| Iona Parker | Steven Alden |
| Jackie Smith | Stuart Watts |
| Jacky Creswick | Sue Barker |
| Jacqueline Rogerson | Sue Burrows |
| James Agnew | Sue Gott |
| James Alcock | Sue Green |
| James Catmur | Sue Johnson |
| James Weddell | Sue Osborne |
| Jan Coulthard | Sue Rogers |
| Jane Blackmore | Sune Nightingale |
| Jane Townsend | Susan Ellen Smith |
| Jane Westbrook | Susan L. Scotter |
| Jane Wright | Susan Ragbourne |
| Janet Carr | Susan Roberts |
| Janet Clark | Suzanne Rudge |
| Janice Banks | Teresa Crabb |
| Janice Bridger | Teresa Pascoe |
| Jasmine Black | Terry Grocutt |
| Jayne Gale | Tim Christian |
| Jayne Pease | Timothy Everett |
| jean nicholls | Timothy Roberts |
| Jean Sangster | Tom Holway |
| Jeffrey Summers | Tom Kingstone |
| Jenny English | Tom Lindsay |
| Jeremy Cooper | Tom Lowry |
| Jeremy Groome | Tony Price |
| Jill White | Trevor B Gill |
| Jim Beard | Trevor Russel |
| Jo Cottee | Valerie Marriott |
| Jo Roundell Greene | Vanessa Saunders |
| Jo Wood | Veronica Sadowsky |
| Joan Sanger | Vivien Margaret Twort |
| Joanne Ainscough | Wendy Amis |
| Joanne Alderton | Wes Hinckes |
| John Barnett | William Gray |
| John Beer | William Warburg |
| John Firrell | Yaar Dagan Peretz |
| John Griffiths - Leader of Foret Heath DC & St Edmundsbury BC |
Documents:→ Download our 'Time for a Rural Strategy' Report here (463KB)
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