Rural communities risk Catch-22 situation as shift to online gathers pace but poor connectivity still leaves many behind
New research highlights growing rural-urban divide and calls on government to rural proof pandemic rebuild plans
Rural England launches report looking into fuel poverty in rural areas
Countryside and Community Research Institute and Rural England CIC presented a report, sponsored by five utility companies: Cadent, GEUK, Southern Water, Wales & West Utilities, and Western Power Distribution, along with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; to explore the rural dimension to vulnerability, as experienced by customers
Cuts to Rural Youth Services
The BBC programme Countryfile have featured a story focusing on young people in rural areas and the impact of cuts to rural youth services
Millions of rural homes forced into expensive eco upgrades
Rural areas will be disproportionately affected by the heating crisis over the next decade amid plans to ban fossil fuel systems in off-grid homes
Report Warns of Underinvestment in Rural Connectivity and Skills
A new Rural England CIC report that shows many people in the country’s small towns and villages still face being “digitally excluded and locked out of key services” due to an “underinvestment in rural connectivity” such as broadband and mobile infrastructure, as well as skills
Holiday lets ‘are strangling rural communities’ in Cornwall
New data reveals how rural families are being deprived of housing by a 1,000% surge in the number of short-term lets and holiday properties
Deal to bring rural areas up to speed on broadband
Rural fibre broadband provider, Borderlink, which trades as GoFibre, has received £164 million of new funding from Gresham House, the asset manager
Webinar series – Delivering Rural Economic Growth
This CPD module is intended to allow delegates to explore the key characteristics of rural economies and consider the most appropriate strategy they might follow in stimulating rural economic growth
Join the Community Enterprise Catalyst (Devon) Team!
Community Catalysts CIC is a busy, buzzy social enterprise that tries hard to live up to its name. They are starting a new piece of work in partnership with Devon County Council and need an energetic, and imaginative person to coordinate things for us.
