Barriers to Access

The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.

RSN RESPONSE – Provisional Settlement

RSN response to Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement The Rural Services Network has long campaigned for fairer funding for rural areas and it today welcomed the additional £16million allocation to the

Read More

Worst broadband blackspots revealed

Greenmeadows Park in Gloucestershire has been revealed as the UK’s slowest residential street for broadband, according to a survey by USwitch. The road, in the village of Bamfurlong, has an

Read More

Lessons for rural transport provision

Rural bus services have suffered as funding pressures have grown, but there is good practice and evidence of what works out there, finds Brian Wilson. The Campaign for Better Transport

Read More

Access to cash in rural areas

MP’s have recently debated the issue of access to cash machines in rural areas.   The full debate can be viewed in Hansard here  The RSN is concerned about the

Read More

Social care complaints trebled since 2010

Complaints over adult social care in England have nearly trebled since 2010, according to the Guardian. The local government and social care ombudsman reported 3,106 complaints or inquiries about private

Read More

Barriers to Access

The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.

RSN RESPONSE – Provisional Settlement

RSN response to Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement The Rural Services Network has long campaigned for fairer funding for rural areas and it today welcomed the additional £16million allocation to the

Read More

Worst broadband blackspots revealed

Greenmeadows Park in Gloucestershire has been revealed as the UK’s slowest residential street for broadband, according to a survey by USwitch. The road, in the village of Bamfurlong, has an

Read More

Lessons for rural transport provision

Rural bus services have suffered as funding pressures have grown, but there is good practice and evidence of what works out there, finds Brian Wilson. The Campaign for Better Transport

Read More

Access to cash in rural areas

MP’s have recently debated the issue of access to cash machines in rural areas.   The full debate can be viewed in Hansard here  The RSN is concerned about the

Read More

Social care complaints trebled since 2010

Complaints over adult social care in England have nearly trebled since 2010, according to the Guardian. The local government and social care ombudsman reported 3,106 complaints or inquiries about private

Read More