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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 18.04.19)
Organisations:
| ACRE | HB Villages Ltd |
| Airton Parish Meeting | Hebden Parish Council |
| Aislaby Parish Council | Hebden Royd Town Council |
| Aldwark Area Parish Council | Henley in Arden Parish Council |
| Anglia Rural Consultants | Holsworthy Town Council |
| Ashbury Parish Council | Horton cum Studley Parish Council |
| Ashill Parish Council | Husthwaite Newsletter |
| Ashley Farm | In Education |
| Ashley Parish Meeting | Ingleton Parish Council |
| Ashton Parish Council | Institute of Economic Development |
| Barchester Court Ltd | J C & Associates Limited |
| Barnwell Parish Council | Joe’s Cafe South Beach |
| Barrowden Parish Council | Kenninghall Parish Council |
| Baxby Microlights Ltd | Lamberhurst Parish Council |
| Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity | Lamplugh Village Hall |
| Betchworth Parish Council | Launceston Town Council |
| BH Trees & Woodland Consultancy Ltd | Lidgate Parish Council |
| Bicknoller Parish Council | Litton Cheney Parish Council |
| Bidborough Parish Council | Maldon District Council |
| Bishop Burton College | Mawnan Parish Council |
| Blackdown Support Group | Melchet Park & Plaitford Parish C |
| Bolton Parish Council | Membury Parish Council |
| Boxgrove Parish Council | Meriden Parish Council |
| Bradninch Town Council | Midlands Rural Housing |
| Bridestowe Parish Council | Moorsbus Community Interest Company |
| Bridport Environment Group | National Centre for Rural Health and Care |
| Bridport Local Area Partnership | NDVS (North Devon Voluntary Services) |
| Bright Estates | Netherseal Parish Council |
| Briston Parish Council | Newtown Linford Parish Council |
| Brixton Parish Council | Northamptonshire Acre |
| Broadmayne Parish Council | Nowton Parish Council |
| Burythorpe Parish Council | Okehampton Hamlets Parish Council |
| BV & SM Johnson | Old Hunstanton Parish Council |
| Caldy Nature Park | Orton Parish Meeting |
| Cam Parish Council | Ousden Parish Council |
| Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) | Owstan Ltd |
| Chair Waveney Valley Local Action Group (RDPE-Leader) | Parkinson’s UK |
| Cheshire East Council | Partners in Health (Midland) Ltd. |
| Chetwynd Aston and Woodcote Parish Council | Peter Tavy Parish Council |
| Church of England | Plunkett Foundation |
| Clackclose100 | Powlett & Associates Ltd |
| Community Action Northumberland | Pulborough Parish Council |
| Community Council for Somerset (CCS) | Pym's Consultancy Ltd |
| Community First In Herefordshire and Worcestershire | Quainton Parish Council |
| Compton Dando Parish Council | Ribble Valley Borough Council |
| Compton Dando Parish Hall | Risby Parish Council |
| Constantine Enterprise Company | RKK Ltd |
| Corfe Castle Parish Council | Rowlands Castle Parish Council |
| Cornwall Council | Rural Action Derbyshire |
| Cornwall Rural Community Charity | Rural Services Network |
| Country Land and Business Association (CLA) | Rural West Sussex Partnership |
| Cowlinge Parish Council | Sacriston Parish Council |
| CPRE Northumberland | Sampford Arundel Parish Council |
| Crick Parish Council | Sherborne Deanery Rural Chaplaincy |
| Crowan Parish Council | Smallburgh Parish Council |
| CSW Group | Smith and Tucker Farms Ltd |
| Cusgarne Organic Farm | Snettisham Parish Council |
| Dalham Parish Council | South Hams District Council |
| Daventry District Council | South Huish Parish Council |
| Devon County Council | St Catherine Parish Meeting |
| Dorset Community Transport | St Day Parish Council |
| Dowsby Parish Council | St Edmundsbury Borough Council |
| Dyke | St Gluvias Parish Council |
| Eagle Pc | St Marks Church Scarisbrick |
| East Markham Parish Council | Stansfield Parish Council |
| East Riding Of Yorkshire Council | Stanway Parish Council |
| Eastham Parish Council | Staverton Parish Council |
| Easton and Otley College | Sticklepath Parish Council |
| Eden Housing Association | Sunniside Community Association |
| EGOB | Sutton Bridge & Wingland Parish Council |
| Elstead PC | Teignbridge District Council |
| English Rural Housing Association | The Clacklose Hundred CBS |
| Eskdaleside Cum Ugglebarnby Pc | The Flower Export Co Ltd |
| Essex Police | The Methodist and United Reformed Churches |
| Etchingham Parish Council | The Rural Services Partnership |
| Everybody "Get On Board" | Tiffield Parish Council |
| Farlington Parish Meeting | Tredington Parish Council |
| Farthinghoe Parish Council | Upper Beeding Parish Council |
| Feltwell Parish Council | W.A.T.A.G. |
| Firstgroup UK Bus Division | Warwickshire Older People’s Forum |
| Focs & Constantine Enterprise Co | West Devon Borough Council |
| Forest Heath District Council | West Lakes Adventure |
| Friends of Constantine Surgery | West Lindsey District Council |
| GRCC | West Somerset Council |
| Great & Little Carlton Parish Council | West Somerset Council |
| Great Addington Parish Council | West-Lindsey Dc |
| Great Gransden Parish Council | What's on in Landbeach (Village Newsletter) |
| Gweek Parish Council | Whorlton & Swainby Parish Council |
| Gwennap Parish Council | Willey Parish Council |
| Hampshire County Council | Wiltshire College - Lackham |
| Hamsey Parish Council | Wiltshire College & University Centre |
| Harrington Parish Council | Winford Parish Council |
| Harston Parish Council | Wittersham Parish Council |
| Hastoe Group | Woodchester Parish Council |
| Hastoe Housing Association | Yarnton Parish Council |
| Haughton Parish Council | Yelvertoft Parish Council |
| Hayton Parish Council | Young Somerset |
Individuals:
| A. Crouchman | John Beer |
| Abby Navarre | John Firrell |
| Adam Paynter - Leader of Cornwall Council | John Griffiths - Leader Of Forest Heath DC & St Edmundsbury BC |
| Adrian Louis | John Hawkins |
| Alan Parker | John Milne |
| Alastair Sheehan | John Otley |
| Alison Abraham | John Shorter |
| Alison Cruse | Jon Moss |
| Alistair Banks | Jon Turner |
| Amanda Brown | Josephine Parish |
| Amber Nuttall | Judith Pressley |
| Andrew Dyke | Julia Ford |
| Andrew Fitter | Julia Plinston |
| Andrew Lanham | Julia Tingle |
| Andrew Mcdonald | Julie Hardy |
| Andrew Shaw | Juliet Williams |
| Andrew Simkins | Karl Love |
| Andrew Talliss | Katharine Harrod |
| Angela Barnes | Kathleen Pym |
| Anica Alvarez Nishio | Kathy Cuthbert |
| Ann Hindley | Keeley Rudd |
| Anne Kemp | Keith Riste |
| Anne Lawson | Keith Townson |
| Anne-Marie Spalding | Ken Christy |
| Anthony Trollope-Bellew - Leader of West Somerset Council | Ken Johnson |
| Antoinette Wisbey | Kenneth Bray |
| Avis Thomas | Kevin Furnish |
| B Fludgate | Kevin Hynes |
| Barbara Fisher | Kevin Kendall |
| Barbara Le Gallez | Kevin Wood |
| Barbara Stanway | Kim Atkinson |
| Ben Hogben | Kirsty Mcdowell |
| Beryl Janet James | Lisa Clements |
| Bev Iles | Liz Berry |
| Beverley Parker | Lois Rowlands |
| Bishop of Ely | Louisa Lockwood |
| Bob Welch | Louise Haywood |
| Brenda Weston | Louise Tucker |
| Brian Foley | M F Holmes |
| Bruce Heywood | Malcolm Baldwin |
| Carol Perry | Mark Herriott |
| Caroline Ashall | Mark Nash-Williams (Revd) |
| Carolyn Peck | Marshal Scott - Chief Executive of Bibble Valley Borough Council |
| Charles Wild | Martin Weston |
| Charlotte Squire | Melissa Whittaker |
| Chris Bell | Merietta Raymond |
| Chris Cowcher | Mervyn Benford |
| Chris Everidge | Michael Lyons |
| Chris Higgins | Mike Gant |
| Christine Patty | Mike Hawes |
| Christine Rust | Mike Willmott |
| Christopher Matijasevic | Mrs B. Uren |
| Claire Way | Mrs Gesella J Tidy |
| Clare Mahaddie | Mrs Jean S Sangster |
| Clive Neal-Sturgess | Mrs Santa Checkley |
| Cllr Bill Lane | Myles Thomas |
| Cllr Julie Yelland | Nathan Harmer-Taylor |
| Cllr Mike Lovell | Neil Watson |
| Cllr Norma Raynes | Nick Boothroyd |
| Cllr Tamsyn D'arienzo | Nick Edmonds |
| Cllr. Nigel Shaw | Nick Morton |
| Colin Adsley | Nicola Salter |
| Colin Parnell | Nik Harwood |
| Colin Smith | Owen Bierley |
| Colin Stroud | Patricia Holtom |
| Colin Tindill | Patrick Kimber |
| Councillor Gary Cowan | Patrick Spink |
| Dave Lewis | Paul Cranstone |
| David Ansbro | Paul French |
| David Cohen | Paul Graham |
| David Darlow | Paul Rogers |
| David Evans | Paul Simpson |
| David Gluck | Paulette Barton |
| David Roe | Peter Clarke |
| David Simpson | Peter Daniels |
| David Webb | Peter Griffiths |
| Dawn Beeby | Peter Hodge |
| Debbie Reyland | Peter Holmes |
| Deborah Sellis | Peter Jones |
| Derek Nicholls | Peter Sleet |
| Diane Elphinstone | Phil Galpin |
| Donald Macintyre | Philip Cupit |
| Dr Alan Rogers | Philippa Paget |
| Dr Gordon Morris | Phyllis Power |
| Dr Malcolm Rigler | Pip Hayes |
| E Mather | Rachael Troughton |
| E Young | Ray Kay |
| Ebbie Hulland | Raymond Brookfield |
| Eileen Heaney | Rev John L Evans |
| Elaine O'leary | Revd Richard Kirlew |
| Elaine Simpson | Richard Dorman |
| Elaine Smith | Richard Parkinson |
| Elizabeth Clark | Richard Sherras |
| Elizabeth Mcnabb | Robert A Hatt |
| Emily Brailsford | Robert Hodgson |
| Emma Powlett | Robert Lemmon |
| Emma Williams | Robert Marshall |
| Enid Smith | Robert Sloan |
| Eric Buckley | Robert Wallace |
| Faye Mitchell | Robin Walls |
| Frances Beatty | Robin Wilkinson |
| Frank Cottee | Roger Daniels |
| G S Dowding | Rosie Weaver |
| Gary Moss | Ross Durkin |
| Gemma Finnegan | Rowena Salter |
| Gillian White | Ruth Coe |
| Grace Everett | Ruth Conley |
| Guy Browes | Ruth Foster |
| Guy Tucker | Sally Lewis |
| H Moss | Sally Samuels |
| Harriette Dottridge | Sam Jones |
| Hazel Smith | Sam Ross |
| Heather Crispin | Samantha Haywood |
| Helen Gundry | Sandra Morrison |
| Helen Richards | Sandra Smith |
| Hilary Edwards | Sarah Foxcroft |
| Hilary Joyce | Sarah Utting |
| Hilary Nelson | Saskia Syms |
| Howard Maxted | Scott Mann MP |
| Hugh Dixon | Sharon Jarvis |
| Hywel Lloyd | Sharon Oatley |
| Ian Collingwood | Shaun Beattie |
| Ian Cruise-Taylor | Sheila Buckfield |
| Ian Gennery | Sheila Summerscales |
| Ian Jenkins | Stephen Guy Dru Drury |
| Ian Studd | Stephen Macdonald |
| Ian Wilson | Stephen Real |
| Jacky Creswick | Steve Cowley |
| Jacqueline Rogerson | Steve Critten |
| James Agnew | Steve Diamond |
| James Alcock | Stuart Watts |
| James Catmur | Sue Burrows |
| James Weddell | Sue Gott |
| Jan Coulthard | Sue Green |
| Jane Blackmore | Sue Johnson |
| Jane Townsend | Sue Osborne |
| Jane Westbrook | Sune Nightingale |
| Jane Wright | Susan Ellen Smith |
| Janet Carr | Susan L. Scotter |
| Janice Banks | Susan Ragbourne |
| Jasmine Black | Susan Roberts |
| Jayne Gale | Teresa Pascoe |
| Jayne Pease | Terry Grocutt |
| Jean Nicholls | Tim Christian |
| Jeffrey Summers | Timothy Everett |
| Jenny English | Timothy Roberts |
| Jeremy Cooper | Tom Holway |
| Jeremy Groome | Tom Lindsay |
| Jill White | Tom Lowry |
| Jim Beard | Trevor B Gill |
| Jo Cottee | Trevor Russel |
| Jo Roundell Greene | Valerie Marriott |
| Jo Wood | Vanessa Saunders |
| Joan Sanger | Veronica Sadowsky |
| Joanne Ainscough | Vivien Margaret Twort |
| Joanne Alderton | Wes Hinckes |
| John Barnett | William Warburg |
Documents:→ Download our 'Time for a Rural Strategy' Report here (463KB)
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