Summer 2024 Rural Services Partnership Spotlight
Welcome to the Summer 2024 Rural Services Partnership Spotlight We are thrilled to present the Summer 2024 edition of the RSN Rural Services Partnership Spotlight. This quarterly publication offers a vibrant platform for exchanging insights and best practices that tackle the distinctive challenges and opportunities facing rural communities throughout the UK. In this issue, we […]
NALC makes historic appearance at Corby Pride
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC), the national body that represents 10,000 parish and town councils in England, made a historic appearance at Corby Pride on 22 June 2024, marking its first-ever involvement at a Pride event. This milestone event underscores NALC’s unwavering commitment to diversity, inclusion, and support for the LGBT+ community, setting […]
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Priority Services – extra help when you need it most
We can all benefit from a bit of extra support at some stage in our lives. This could be due to age, ill health, disability, mental health problems, financial worries or language barriers. Our FREE Priority Services scheme provides extra services for free to support people in times of need. Our scheme is designed to […]
The UK’s only face-to-face conference for community business comes to London this October, organised by the charity, Plunkett UK
The National Community Business Conference 2024 takes place on Thursday 23 October 2024 from 9.30am – 4pm at Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre, a community-owned venue on London’s South Bank. The day promises to deliver the very best insights and practical advice for community businesses, no matter their stage of trading. It includes key industry figures […]
Youth Employment UK Creates New Interactive Opportunity Finder For Young Job Seekers
At the beginning of 2024, Youth Employment UK unveiled a new interactive Opportunity Finder designed to help young people and jobs, training and events in the UK. The 2023 Youth Voice Census report saw an decrease in young people finding jobs locally, with 42.5% of respondents stating they weren’t confident they could and quality opportunities […]
New Courses Announced the University of Central Lancashire National Centre for Remote and Rural Medicine
Announcing two new CPD courses designed with the Remote and Rural practitioner in mind – STAT Rural and STAT Remote & Austere that will commence delivery early in 2025. Each STAT (Stabilisation and Treatment Awaiting Transfer) course focuses on the different timescales relevant to practice in Rural, Remote and Austere settings. STAT Rural will help […]
How could offering workspaces help rural pubs survive and thrive?
A study funded by the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) has researched the potential for pubs to diversify into providing workspace to broaden their income. Led by the University of Lincoln in partnership with the Plunkett Foundation, the project gathered the views of pub managers, trade bodies and homeworkers to explore whether offering […]
Pub is The Hub helps pubs get behind Thank You Day 2024
Pub is The Hub partnered with the organisers of Thank You Day 2024, which took place on Sunday 7 July, to help encourage pubs across the UK to help recognise and give thanks for the significant contribution volunteers make to local communities. Thank You Day, now in its fourth year, saw pubs getting involved by […]
Time for celebration as TV expert opens White Horse’s sustainable housing development
TV presenter and environmental campaign Charlie Luxton told of how impressed he was with White Horse Housing Association’s £2.8 million passive homes as he officially opened the ten-home development in Seend Cleeve. White Horse Housing Association (WHHA) staff, contractors and members of Seend Community Land Trust (SCLT) joined residents and villagers as the homes, which […]
