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20 Oct 2025
Helping Residents Make Homes Healthier And More Efficient
Stoke Climsland Parish Council has announced the release of a Retrofit Guide intended to help residents make home improvements for a healthier and more energy efficient living environment. The free...
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13 Oct 2025
RSN Joins Sector Call To Unfreeze Local Housing Allowance
The Rural Services Network (RSN) has joined more than 40 leading housing, homelessness, and anti-poverty organisations in signing a joint letter to the UK Government urging action to unfreeze Local...
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13 Oct 2025
More Than A Minibus: The Reality Of Rural Transport
This week is Community Transport Week, a nationwide celebration of the extraordinary role that community transport plays in helping people stay connected. Across rural England, community transport schemes are a...
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13 Oct 2025
£84 Million Injection to Tackle Homelessness
The Government has announced an £84 million package to help councils prevent homelessness and support families this winter. Unveiled on World Homeless Day (10 October), the funding aims to provide...
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13 Oct 2025
Community At The Heart Of New Plunkett UK Partnership
Community business charity Plunkett UK is delighted to announce a new three-year strategic partnership with the country’s largest homebuilder, Barratt Redrow. The partnership between the two organisations is founded on...
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13 Oct 2025
Understanding How Rural Communities Experience Flooding
New doctoral research is shedding light on how rural communities experience and respond to flooding and why their needs often differ from those of larger towns and cities. Dr Dan...
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13 Oct 2025
Mobile Connectivity Transforming Culture and Heritage
A new Mobile UK mini-report, Transforming Culture and Heritage in the Digital Age, explores how mobile connectivity, particularly 4G and 5G, is reshaping the UK’s culture and heritage sector. The...
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13 Oct 2025
Rural Transport Best Practice
Transport East, are gathering together a database of rural transport case studies aimed at strengthening the evidence base for future mobility solutions. It aims to share best practices from rural...
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06 Oct 2025
Labour Party Conference – The View from Rural
7 hours… that’s how long it took our Chief Executive Kerry Booth to get to the Labour Party Conference last week on the train, from rural Devon to bustling Liverpool,...
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06 Oct 2025
Rural Futures, Exploring the Potential of the Countryside
A new pamphlet, Rural Futures: The British Countryside and its Potential, has been published by the Fabian Society and The Countryside Charity (CPRE). Launched during the recent Labour Party Conference,...
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