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Calor Gas Rural Community Fund - £85k available to support rural communities

Rural property prices have risen by 20.8% in the last five years

Social Mobility Barometer 2021

Government confirms financial support for Shared Rural Network programme

Home care issues for people in rural areas

Budget's case for leveling up rural areas

Through A Rural Lens - Sustainable Warmth

Bus Back Better

Rural Related Politics - An RSN weekly review

Book your place at our upcoming seminar on Digital Connectivity on 31st March from 11-1pm which features Ofcom, along with speakers from the Lancaster University Management School and the National Farmers Union. Places are open to members of the RSN only and can be booked here.

If you are a member of the RSN, you are welcome to join our event on 29th March where we will set out all of the information about our campaign Revitalising Rural, and share with you videos and information from the Launch event with Parliamentarians which took place on 1st March. Book your place here.

The RSN Executive Board met this week, the Board oversee the direction of the RSN and it's work programme. Yesterday key topics of interest were the Budget, Revitalising Rural Campaign, and the recent funding programmes announced by Government, the Levelling Up Fund and the Community Renewal Fund.

In Hinterland this week: CPRE campaigning for towns; extra care housing and town viability; infrastructure controversy linked on the one hand to it and the other to coal mining; paltry rural health pay and the challenges facing the humble hedgehog!!! Read on...

The March Rural Economy Spotlight
Read the latest edition of the Rural Economy Spotlight here

Are rural areas falling through the net?
What impact has the digital divide had on rural residents during the pandemic, and what more needs to be done to get everyone connected?
Jessica Sellick investigates

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Government urged to "give people in villages the same opportunity as those living in bigger towns and cities"

• MPs call for rural-urban parity at conference aimed at revitalising rural
• Warnings of cost of lack of transport and broadband... Read More »

Launch of Revitalising Rural: Realising the Vision

The Rural Services Networks was delighted to launch yesterday it's campaign Revitalising Rural: Realising the Vision
The campaign calls on Government to fairly fund rural areas and to ensure that Government policies are developed and implemented in ways which take into account the particular needs of rural communities.
Read more...

Budget's case for levelling... Read More »

Chancellor must do more to tackle rampant rural disadvantage, campaigners urge
There is a long way to go until rural communities see their fair share of investment as new economic research reveals government spending per person on public infrastructure is 44% higher for urban areas than it is for rural areas that include no major cities. The report, Towards a greener Green Book process, produced by... Read More »