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29 Nov 2021

UK and Ireland Fuel Distributors Association launches winter campaign

The News and Star reports that The UK and Ireland Fuel Distributors Association (UKIFDA) has launched its 2021 Get Winter Ready campaign to encourage rural…

29 Nov 2021

Campaigners call for better mental health services for rural communities

ITV reports that campaigners are calling for more mental health support for people living in rural communities amid higher-than-average rates of depression and suicide remote…

22 Nov 2021

Rural Homelessness Focus of new Study

Rural homelessness is an unseen crisis in the countryside, driven by limited access to services and an absence of affordable homes The extent of the…

22 Nov 2021

Government changes rules on social care cap

The BBC have reported that the government have said the financial help poorer people get to cover their care will not count towards a new…

22 Nov 2021

Rural Britain transitioning from fossil fuels to clean power

The Business Standard reports how the British countryside is accelerating the transition from fossil fuels to clean power As solar and wind power is now…

22 Nov 2021

CPRE launch Recycling our Land Brownfields report

The CPRE last week held an event launching their latest report Recycling our land – State of Brownfield 2021 The event was chaired by Emma…

22 Nov 2021

Help to Grow: Digital – Stakeholder Toolkit

What is Help to Grow? In the March 2021 Budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the new, UK-wide ‘Help to Grow’ scheme, to help…

15 Nov 2021

Countryside COP recommendations

The first ever Countryside COP was convened to showcase and inspire net zero activity in rural communities in response to climate change Scheduled just a…

15 Nov 2021

Rural businesses miss out on £300m funding pot

Farming Weekly reports that farming and rural areas could lose government funding worth hundreds of millions of pounds a year, according to research from the…

15 Nov 2021

3,835 UK Schools are in Postcodes with No Access to Full Fibre

ISPreview reports that new data from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and Schools Minister, Robin Walker MP (Con), has revealed that 3,835…