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20 Oct 2025

Funding Boost To Help Village Pubs Serve Communities

Rural pubs to receive funding to help broaden their services  As part of the Plan for Change, projects include community cafes, village stores and play areas  For every £1 invested...

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09 Sep 2024

LRSN Emotional Wellbeing Worker(s) Opportunity

LRSN are looking for energetic, flexible, and outgoing individuals with experience of working with young people to deliver our exciting new project Fit for the Future. No two days are...

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10 Jun 2024

Addressing Rural Loneliness: The Importance of Connectivity and Community Initiatives

As we support The Marmalade Trust and mark Loneliness Awareness Week, it is crucial to shed light on the unique challenges faced by rural communities in combating isolation and loneliness....

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01 May 2024

Pub is The Hub works in partnerships to support pubs and rural areas

Pub is The Hub has been working in collaboration and partnership with a range of organisations to support rural pubs, publicans and their communities with different activities. A new gardening...

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02 Feb 2024

Combating Rural Loneliness: How Homeshare Can Make a Difference

Rural loneliness is a significant issue that affects many people living in our countryside. According to Age UK, more than 2 million people in England over the age of 75...

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30 Jan 2024

Rural Shops More Important Than Ever to Isolated Communities

ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) is celebrating the crucial role that rural shops play in thousands of communities across the UK as part of the launch of the 2024...

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11 Dec 2023

Rural Loneliness raised in Parliament

The Chair of the APPG for Rural Services, Derek Thomas MP, sponsored a Westminster Hall Debate on 5th December focusing on loneliness and isolation in elderly and vulnerable people. A...

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09 Oct 2023

Transport, health provision, loneliness and a lack of affordable housing top list of concerns identified by rural charities

New research by Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) paints a picture of how organisations supporting rural communities have adapted post pandemic, and in response to the cost-of-living crisis....

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26 Jun 2023

MP calls for new post-pandemic approach to tackling loneliness

Following on Loneliness Awareness Week, Tracey Crouch MP (Chatham and Aylesford, Con) this week called on the Government to refresh the Loneliness Strategy she launched in 2018: “We started the...

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20 Jun 2023

RSN Members help combat loneliness

Last week our members joined the leading UK loneliness charity, The Marmalade Trust, to mark Loneliness Awareness Week 2023. Braintree District Council held a ‘Stop and Chat’ pop up in...

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