Using Archive Film to Bring a Smile to the Face of People Living with Dementia
by Brian Norris of Living Memories C.I.C. Background When I had started delving into the film archive of Greenpark Productions Ltd at the end of the 20th century, I had never expected to learn how making clotted cream is closely linked with washing laundry, but more on that later. Although it started trading in London in 1939 […]
RSP Member – Dartmoor National Park Authority
Dartmoor National Park Authority Who we are Dartmoor National Park Authority works to conserve and enhance Dartmoor as a vibrant, living, working landscape, supporting Dartmoor’s businesses and communities in partnership with local and national stakeholders. Dartmoor National Park Authority was created by the Environment Act 1995 to: conserve and enhance Dartmoor National Park’s natural beauty, […]
Rural Initiatives – Passivhaus
Hastoe is specialist rural housing association and we recognise the serious challenge of fuel poverty in Rural England. To tackle this problem, Hastoe has pioneered building Passivhaus homes. Passivhaus is a simple technique in theory – a highly energy-efficient method of building, based on exceptional air-tightness and mechanical ventilation. Passivhaus can achieve a 90% reduction […]
Derbyshire pub deli delights foodies
Posted on: May 18, 2018 at 3:44 pm A multi-award-winning pub in Derbyshire has opened a farm shop and delicatessen with support from rural pub champions, Pub is The Hub. The Saracen’s Head in Shirley near Ashbourne opened the Church Lane Deli at the pub as an essential new service for the village and surrounding […]
Halfway House, Polbathic #2
November 27, 2017 at 4:32 pm Jessica Stanton and Russ Matterson are not new to Pub is The Hub and this is their second community-focused project: They took over the Halfway House pub in 2015 and have turned the business around with a new menu, a brand new restaurant area, accommodation and home-grown fruit and […]
Carleton pub creates a community hub
September 14, 2017 at 9:22 am Paul Selwood and his father Philip who run The Swan Inn at Carleton in Craven, have opened a community hub and coffee shop in the heart of the village that provides a warm and welcoming space from 8.30am to 12 noon, seven days a week. Here, users can access the […]
School Boy Inn, Norton, Doncaster
July 31, 2017 at 10:50 am Norton has its roots in agriculture and was first recorded as a settlement in the Domesday Book. The village expanded after the Industrial Revolution as houses were built for miners working in nearby collieries. It is now a thriving village of over 4,500 residents of all ages and boasts two […]
RSP Member – Broadacres Housing Association
Based in the market town of Northallerton in North Yorkshire, Broadacres owns and manages more than 6,000 homes, with stock in Hambleton, Darlington, Richmondshire, Harrogate, Redcar and Cleveland, Ryedale, Scarborough, Selby, the East Riding of Yorkshire, York and Leeds. Our homes include housing for social rent, low cost home ownership, women’s refuge, sheltered housing, extra […]
RSP Member – Landex
Landex is a subscriber organisation which represents the interests of Land based Colleges, Universities, and the industries they serve. Landex provides quality enhancement services and continuing professional development to continually support and enhance Land based education and training across the UK. Land Based Learning is a wholly owned subsidiary of Landex. The lbl.global website and […]
