Legal Services for local communities
It’s been ten years since The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 came into effect on 1 April 2013 and it had a huge impact on legal aid services, meaning people were cut off from accessing justice in many cases, effectively overnight. This caused legal aid and advice deserts, where advice and […]
Campaign to protect Freeview and radio beyond 2040
As you may have seen in previous editions of the RSN Spotlight, the Rural Services Network (RSN) is a founding coalition member of the Broadcast 2040+ campaign. The campaign was established to ensure the Government’s media policy protects vital broadcast TV and radio services for decades to come. As it stands, these services are only […]
‘New Life brought to an Old Industrial Site’ Peak District National Park Affordable Housing Scheme Wins National Award
A newly-completed housing scheme, providing affordable rental homes in the heart of the Peak District National Park, has won national recognition for its contribution to local housing needs and land regeneration in a National Park community. Bradwell Springs, in Bradwell (Derbyshire), beat off competition from housing developments in London, Hastings and Bridport. The ‘Beautiful Community-Led […]
Gwynedd pub diversifies with community garden to support local residents
The Tafarn y Plu, which is also known at the Feathers Inn, in Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd in North Wales, has diversified its pub’s offer by extending its community garden and allotment to help local residents get together and to help combat loneliness and isolation. Expert help and a Community Services Fund grant from Pub is The […]
Decarbonising Farming
Cumbria Action for Sustainability (CAfS) is working with partners, The Farmer Network and the Fellfoot Forward Landscape Partnership Scheme (led by the North Pennines AONB), to ensure we have sustainable, long-term solutions that support the farming sector and its determination to decarbonise. To gather anecdotal evidence and research data CAfS will be partner in a […]
The digital business world
One of the key learnings we here at the Forum have taken from the Pandemic is that it was a tipping point for many businesses in terms of their interaction with the digital world and government also seems to have increased their use and reliance on it. This means that many businesses who didn’t have […]
Heating, health and village halls help
Heat Your Home for Less – Our county-wide oil buying scheme continues to deliver competitive oil prices for its members The aim of the scheme is to make the most of collective buying power by reducing the price of heating oil and then passing those savings on to the members. The scheme is open to […]
At the leading edge with Duchy College
Did you know that Duchy College hosts a team of specialists working on challenges and opportunity facing our sectors? The Rural Business School (RBS) is a specialist unit, spanning Duchy and Bicton Colleges, that undertakes research, consultancy and knowledge exchange activities. It has a pedigree of projects working with industry, academia, communities and government. Projects […]
New MBA Agri Business Course
Writtle University College is a small, supportive institution that creates big futures. We’ve been helping students become leaders in land-based industries for 130 years. Our beautiful countryside campus offers career-focused learning, just two miles from the city of Chelmsford. Courses span animal management and science, sport, health and wellbeing, conservation, canine therapy, equine, floristry, and veterinary […]
Changing Practice, Changing Outcomes – National Centre for Remote and Rural Medicine Conference – 7 – 8 June 2023, Lake District, UK
New speaker announced: Dr Pete Hodkinson, first UK specialty registrar and now Consultant in Aviation and Space Medicine and member of the European Space Agency Medical Board. Dr Hodkinson will be presenting: “An overview of space medicine”, medical considerations to get in to space and what if things go wrong in space. Join us to […]
