Rural homelessness – an invisible issue?

What can be done to prevent and relieve homelessness in rural areas? Jessica Sellick investigates. Not having a home can affect a person’s ability to live, work, enjoy and get on in life. Finding yourself with little money, where every day is a struggle, can be seen as something that happens to someone else. Yet […]
Villagers take over rural petrol station

A group of rural residents have taken over their local petrol station in a bid to save it from closure. The Upper Dales Community Partnership has been granted a three-year lease on the Dale Head Garage in Hawes, Yorkshire. It will take on the lease from 1 November. The partnership is already an important rural […]