Rural school funding pledge
Boris Johnson was in Devon last week as part of the campaign trail, with several visits covered by local newspaper Devon Live He visited Chulmleigh Academy in North Devon and was quizzed on ‘years of underfunding that rural schools…have received when compared to schools in urban areas’. The website, Stop School Cuts, has predicted a […]
Post Office transaction payments to increase
The Post Office have agreed, following a six-month review, to increase transaction payments made to Post Office managers by around 10% from next year. They have also agreed to introduce a flat rate element to the payment made to (mainly rural) Post Office Locals, to help sustain them The Post Office says this move forms […]
Winter pressures increasing for care services
The MJ reports that more than 90 per cent of adult care directors are concerned at their ability to cope with winter pressures or provider failure The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) autumn survey, released last week, found that 90 per cent of 151 directors surveyed have ‘some concerns, or insufficient capacity […]
‘Politicians should get the bus,’ say passengers
Politicians should be getting the bus to see the kind of issues people are facing, passengers have said in the midst of a general election campaign, according to the BBC Dawn Winward, a carer from Middlesbrough, has said that she would like to see politicians travelling by bus as ‘services are just a nightmare now’. […]
Rural domestic abuse in the spotlight
The National Rural Crime Network (NRCN) has published a report noting that, on average, abuse lasts 25 per cent longer in rural locations, with victims half as likely to report abuse Avon and Somerset Police believe that those living in rural areas are at high risk of under-reporting for a number of reasons such as: […]
Provision made for rural communities in 2019 General Election manifestos “woefully inadequate”
Article by Martin Collett, Chief Executive, English Rural Woefully inadequate. That best describes the provision made for rural communities in the 2019 General Election manifestos. Taking the blue, red, and yellow versions, the word ‘rural’ appears a total of 20 times across the collective 269 pages. Considering that 9.5 million people, 17% of the UK population, […]
02/12/2019 – Rural Social Care and Health Group
Venue: The LGA, 18 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HZDate: Monday, 2nd of December 2019Time: 11.00 am – 12.30 pm To download the agenda and papers associated for this meeting, click here To download these minutes for this meeting, click here 1. Attendance & Apologies Attendance: Cecilia Motley RSN Cllr Daniel Cribbin Daventry District Council Cllr […]
Spotlight on a rural proofed policy framework
The RSN is calling on government to produce a fully funded, comprehensive rural strategy. In this strategy there are a number of areas which we believe are linked, and need to be addressed to produce a vibrant rural community. One of these is a rural proofed policy framework. Mainstream policies, such as those on housing, […]
02/12/2019 – RSN AGM & Rural Assembly Meeting
– To download the agenda and papers associated with this meeting click here – To download the minutes for this meeting, click here – The Attendance and Apologies for this meeting can be found at the bottom of this page PART 1: RSN AGM SPECIFIC ISSUES 1. Attendance & Apologies for absence. The group noted apologies for the […]
