Chance to have your say on rural life

The Prince’s Countryside Fund is encouraging people to have their say on the challenges faced by rural residents. Fund representatives are working with Sarah Skerratt from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) on their latest research, Recharging Rural. Professor Skerratt and the Fund want to find out the different ways in which the challenges of ‘remote rural’ […]
BBC investigates rural hospital transport

The Rural Services Network has featured in a BBC radio programme looking at difficulties faced by rural people accessing healthcare. Broadcast on Friday (30 March), the whole episode of BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today programme on Friday (30 March) examined the issue of hospital transport. The programme details the impact of large-scale cuts on bus services since […]