Barriers to Access
The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
22 Aug 2018
Research grants to improve rural life
A new opportunity is available for those with good ideas for rural communities to be awarded research travel grants. Applicants with new ideas on how to improve rural life in...
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22 Aug 2018
Rural residents have say on transport
Somerset residents are being asked to have their say on a new strategy to shape the future of public transport in the county. Somerset County Council’s draft Passenger Transport Strategy strives to...
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17 Aug 2018
Councils warn against cutting back services
Plans to strip back public services and offer only a basic ‘core offer’ of services to local residents could be become the norm, county councils have warned. Local authorities face...
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16 Aug 2018
MPs seek evidence for bus services inquiry
MPs are asking for help to shape an inquiry into the decline of the bus market in England outside London. Bus service use is in decline in England, according to...
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15 Aug 2018
Charity uses drone to locate rural homeless
An outreach team is pioneering the use of live-streamed video from a drone to help support workers to find people sleeping rough in remote rural and coastal locations. Live footage from...
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14 Aug 2018
Loneliness is ‘problem for all young people’
Loneliness is a ‘common experience’ that could affect all young people, suggests a report. Young people seem to face barriers when talking about feeling lonely with 73% of youth workers...
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10 Aug 2018
Community secures faster rural broadband
One of the most rural parts of the UK now has the fastest broadband following a long-running community campaign. Following a campaign begun over four years ago, almost 400 homes...
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09 Aug 2018
Rural community awards now open
The Plunkett Foundation is welcoming applications for this year’s annual awards celebrating achievements of rural community businesses in tackling rural issues. The 2018 Rural Community Ownership Awards, which are being...
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09 Aug 2018
Leaders join forces against rural crime
Rural leaders and police have come together to help combat crime in the countryside. The National Farmers Union hosted a roundtable meeting where government officials, police and farmers discussed solutions...
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08 Aug 2018
Support for improving mobile coverage
Rural businesses have welcomed a joint pledge to improve mobile phone coverage in the countryside. It follows negotiations linked to the new Electronics Communications Code which aims to facilitate the...
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