April 2021 Rural Services Partnership Spotlight
In this edition we showcase the diverse work undertaken by member organisations, in rural areas across the country featuring articles on rural buses, community led housing, services for vulnerable customers, pubs tacking loneliness, rural enterprise and rural health and more. We also welcome new members and remind you about free online events coming up. Happy reading!
New Report into the Impacts of a Reduction in Bus Services Published by The Women’s Institute
On 20 April, the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) launched its new report: A New Route for Local Bus Services
Thames Valley Community-Led Housing Festival
Thames Valley Community-Led Housing Festival10-14 May 2021 The festival will be an opportunity for different groups to meet, learn from one another and enhance community-led housing as a way to deliver more affordable housing and stronger neighbourhoods. Collaborative Housing Hub is holding a conference from the 10th – 14th May 2021. In this week we […]
South East Water
Times are tough at the moment, and many people may find themselves struggling financially or feeling vulnerable in some way
Pub is The Hub continues to engage publicans around societal loneliness
Pub is The Hub, the not-for-profit organisation that helps pubs to diversify and provide essential local services, continues to drive its ‘Join Inn – Last Orders for Loneliness’ campaign forward
Reflecting on the first few months of NICRE
It has been a productive first eight months at the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) since our official ‘start’ in September last year and we wanted to update you on what has been happening
Mountain Medicine Phd Opportunity
Applicants are invited for a PhD studentship in the National Centre for Remote and Rural Medicine within the Faculty of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences. The studentship is tenable for 3 years full time (subject to satisfactory progress). Both Ho
Lincolnshire Refugee Doctors Project
The numbers of Doctors has increased from 12 to 23, with the project having also been expanded to Lincoln as well as the original location of Grimsby
NHS services celebrate partnership with Hovertravel for the benefit of the Isle of Wight residents
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust and a local Island Company Hovertravel have celebrated a partnership which has contributed significantly to the local community
First Bus: Innovating to instil confidence in everyone
As the UK starts to emerge from staggered lockdowns and more people return to commuting, it’s perhaps more important than ever that everyone has the confidence and choice to consider bus travel and thus play their own part in reducing emissions by leaving the car at home
