Promoting Rural Best practice

The RSP provides a unique opportunity for its members to promote and highlight topical examples of rural best practice, case studies and pilot projects.
The RSP also raises awareness of the excellent work currently being delivered by rural practitioners in England.
24 Oct 2023
Discover ‘MedTech For Beginners’: The Essential Podcast for Health Tech Innovators
The transformation of the healthcare sector through technology is nothing short of revolutionary. Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, a health professional, or simply someone curious about the evolving landscape of...
Read more24 Oct 2023
New research shows how community-owned businesses are committed to social and environmental action
Plunkett Foundation’s annual state of the sector report ‘Community Ownership: A Better Form of Business’ shows that despite facing significant challenges because of the cost-of-living and energy price crises, the...
Read more24 Oct 2023
21st Century Community Halls – Rural Halls for the future
Connecting Communities in Berkshire has completed the first year of a 5-year project undertaking research into the condition of rural community halls in Berkshire and offering hall management committees support...
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Hereford production company Rural Studios premieres Shakespeare Sonnets: A Modern Lovestory on BBC Four as part of BBC’s Shakespeare celebration season
Hereford’s Rural Studios has produced Shakespeare Sonnets: A Modern Lovestory to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the publication of William Shakespeare’s First Folio. Commissioned by BBC Arts and BBC Four, the...
Read more24 Oct 2023
Exciting opportunity to create a community farm
There is an opportunity to purchase a 230 acre property in Herstmonceux. There is no house included, and most of the buildings are rented out to someone who bought 100...
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Exciting times in Rural Devon as we review the first half of this financial year
In almost all areas we are seeing the numbers of problems people bring to us increase enormously and becoming more complex therefore taking longer to advise on and resolve. The...
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The Cost-of-Living Crisis and the Rising Need for Crisis Support
Since 2020 the number of clients in the East Riding of Yorkshire who we have been supporting – both new clients and returning clients has been on the increase. We...
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Invaluable role of Pub is The Hub in helping pubs to diversify their services and support people in rural communities highlighted in new report
Pub is The Hub has been featured in a new Localis report calling for more pub diversification support. In the report, commissioned by the British Beer & Pub Association and...
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SWS Broadband part of successful merger
Shrewsbury based SWS Broadband is set to see the acceleration of plans to deliver fibre to the premises across rural Shropshire following a successful merger. Macquarie Capital, Israel Infrastructure Fund and Tiger Infrastructure...
Read more24 Oct 2023
Broadcast 2040+ Campaign Gains Momentum with New Silver Voices Report
As you may have seen in previous editions of the RSN Spotlight, the Rural Services Network (RSN) is a founding coalition member of the Broadcast 2040+ campaign which now has...
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