The Rural Services Network put together at the start of the campaign, a document entitled, Time for a Rural Strategy. This document set out the reasons we believe that Government should develop a comprehensive rural strategy and documents the areas we believe should be included.  It is not a Rural Strategy, instead it sets out key rural issues for consideration by government.

Click below to read the template rural strategy:

The template strategy introduces 8 key priority areas

Click on each of the elements below to find out more about our priority areas and what we believe Government and other bodies can do to help!

As part of our consultation and roadshow events, we have been exploring these areas with representatives of rural communities to determine whether there are other areas that should be included.  Information about the consultation events can be found below: