Bus service combats rural isolation
Friday, 31 March 2017
An award-winning rural bus services is helping more residents access healthcare, training and employment and leisure services.
The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
An award-winning rural bus services is helping more residents access healthcare, training and employment and leisure services.
Ofcom has announced measures it says will promote investment in new fibre broadband networks. The telecoms watchdog says it wants to protect broadband customers and promote competition, by cutting the
The Buses Bill must deliver for rural communities, says Claire Walters. Set for royal assent in May this year, the Buses Bill is being widely heralded as an opportunity to
Rural businesses are twice as likely to have inadequate internet connections as those in cities, says a study.
Representatives from England’s 10,000 parish and town aim to raise their profile by marching on parliament.
GRANTS of up to £5000 are on offer to communities who want to set up their own rural transport scheme in Dorset.
Bus services have been hit hard by funding cuts with over 500 routes completely withdrawn or reduced in 2016/17. Nearly £30m has been cut from local authority supported bus funding
ONE of England’s biggest rural counties says 90% of premises will have access to superfast broadband by this summer.
Further action is neeeded to ensure that the government’s Housing White Paper delivers for rural areas, an expert has warned.
Further cuts are likely to local services – despite forthcoming rises in council tax.
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The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
An award-winning rural bus services is helping more residents access healthcare, training and employment and leisure services.
Ofcom has announced measures it says will promote investment in new fibre broadband networks. The telecoms watchdog says it wants to protect broadband customers and promote competition, by cutting the
The Buses Bill must deliver for rural communities, says Claire Walters. Set for royal assent in May this year, the Buses Bill is being widely heralded as an opportunity to
Rural businesses are twice as likely to have inadequate internet connections as those in cities, says a study.
Representatives from England’s 10,000 parish and town aim to raise their profile by marching on parliament.
GRANTS of up to £5000 are on offer to communities who want to set up their own rural transport scheme in Dorset.
Bus services have been hit hard by funding cuts with over 500 routes completely withdrawn or reduced in 2016/17. Nearly £30m has been cut from local authority supported bus funding
ONE of England’s biggest rural counties says 90% of premises will have access to superfast broadband by this summer.
Further action is neeeded to ensure that the government’s Housing White Paper delivers for rural areas, an expert has warned.
Further cuts are likely to local services – despite forthcoming rises in council tax.
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