New Chair of Rural Services All Party Parliamentary Group
The All Party Parliamentary Group for Rural Services held it’s AGM last week and elected a new Chair for 2023-2024
Bishop of St Albans calls for strategy to improve conditions in countryside
The Church Times reports that people in England who dream of “retreating to the rural idyll” do not always understand that those who live in the countryside face many social and economic challenges, according to the Bishop of St Albans, Dr Alan Smith
Yorkshire to gain further electric buses through funding scheme
The BBC report York will have one of the first bus depots in the UK outside of London to run a fully electric fleet, the government has announced
Mental health hubs being set up in rural England to combat high rates of farmer suicide
The Express reports that nine in ten farmers rank poor mental health as their biggest concern, with experts calling for more focus amid high suicide rates
Remote and Rural Medicine Conference Announced
An exciting line up of speakers has been announced for this year’s remote and rural medicine conference
Exciting new community micro-enterprise project in Cheshire West and Chester
Community Catalysts has launched a new 2-year project in partnership with Cheshire West and Chester Council to build on local people’s strengths, supporting them to start up their own community micro-enterprises offering care and support to other local people. The project is being led by Sonia, the local Community Enterprise Catalyst, who has already supported […]
New Forest District Council given additional £540,000 government funding to support rural communities
The Advertiser and Times reports that funding totalling £540,000 has been awarded to New Forest District Council to support rural businesses and communities
Rural Economy Spotlight – March 2023
A quarterly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network highlighting a selection of current rural economic development news, issues and opportunities Cross-government plan to speed up delivery of major infrastructure projects Government has announced that major infrastructure projects such as new transport links, offshore wind farms and wastewater management facilities will be […]
Hinterland – 6 March 2023
In this edition of Hinterland a bevvy of food stories, horses, trains and finally an update on our former Queen’s corgis…
