RSN Launch National Rural Conference
The RSN is launching it’s Annual National Rural Conference and is open for bookings! We are unable to hold our usual conference in Cheltenham and so are moving events online for a week of activity focused around Revitalising Rural. This year, the events are only open to members of the Rural Services Network so if […]
The National Rural Conference 2020 – Speaker Biographies
WELCOME TO THE NATIONAL RURAL CONFERENCE 2020: Philip Dunne MP Philip Dunne MP was first elected MP for Ludlow in 2005, having been a Councillor on South Shropshire District Council (2002-07). Ludlow is the sixth largest constituency in England comprising some 600 square miles of sparsely populated rural country stretching from the Welsh border to […]
The National Rural Conference 2020 Conference Sponsor – Green Energy UK
A little bit about Green Energy UK Green Energy UK are the UK’s only supplier of 100% green electricity AND gas to both domestic and commercial customers. They have been championing sustainability and an ethical approach to doing good business since 2001. Their EKO Energy Tariff demonstrates their desire to provide choice for customers who […]
The National Rural Conference 2020 Conference Sponsor – NALC
The National Association of Local Council (NALC) represents England’s 10,000 local (parish and town) councils and their 100,000 local community leaders and councillors. Their role has changed dramatically in the last few years reflected in a doubling of their yearly council tax share to £600m and they now contribute around £2billion in community investment. They […]
The National Rural Conference 2020 Conference Sponsor – English Rural
Established in 1991 and registered and regulated by the Regulator of Social Housing, English Rural is a specialist non-profit rural housing association with an active development programme – only building and managing homes in village locations, principally across the south of England. All the homes they build are community-led and designed to benefit local people. […]
Keep planning local – The LGA’s open statement on planning
The Rural Services Network is part of the Keep Planning Local Statement from the LGA: COVID-19 has demonstrated the incredible spirit of communities as they united to support each other and fight this deadly virus As we move forward, it should be they who drive the national recovery with the power and voice to shape […]
More Affordable Housing needed says Commission
The Affordable Housing Commission has issued a report “Making Housing Affordable After Covid-19” Whilst not specifically about rural housing the report’s analysis and recommended 12 point housing recovery plan are as relevant – indeed in many ways more relevant – to rural areas as they are in urban settings. The RSN agrees with the Commission […]
Rise in wild camping hits beauty spots in rural areas
The Guardian reports that rural beauty spots and conservation areas are being put at risk by increasing numbers of wild campers leaving behind piles of rubbish and lighting fires – with fears growing that the problem could spread as conventional campsites fill up over the summer The National Trust, which manages over 780 miles of […]
Reopening of rural schools ‘unrealistic’
The North Devon Gazette reports that headteachers in North Devon have welcomed the news that all children and young people will return to full-time education at the start of the next academic year in September Schools and colleges will deliver a full curriculum, with limits on group sizes to be lifted. Schools are being asked […]
Rural schools benefit from upgraded internet
The Northern Echo reports that rural primary schools across the North Yorkshire are set to receive a boost to their internet speeds High-speed connectivity provider NYnet is working to deliver gigabit-capable broadband connections to more than 20 schools as part of the Government’s commitment to improve internet infrastructure in rural and remote areas across England. […]
