Campaign combats winter loneliness
A NEW campaign is helping to combat rural loneliness this winter. The campaign highlighting ways rural community co-operatives help people overcome loneliness and isolation. Funded by the English Rural housing association and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, the initiative is being run by the Plunkett Foundation. See also: ‘More help needed for rural shops’ Rural residents are being encouraged to […]
‘Travel hubs’ to connect rural villages
Three villages could become “rural travel hubs” to improve rural transport in Cambridgeshire. The pilot hubs, to be funded by the Greater Cambridge Partnership, will be travel interchanges tailored for individual areas. They could include new sheltered bus stops, secure cycle parking and extra car parking – located close to existing railway stations, bus stops, […]
