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.
22 Jul 2020
Lincolnshire Refugee Doctor Project CIC
The Lincolnshire Refugee Doctor Project supports Refugee Doctors to be able to work in NHS, by relocating them to this area and providing them with the language and clinical training...
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Landmark scholarship is awarded for PhD research project at Hartpury
Hartpury University PhD student Ellen Gibson has been awarded the institution’s first-ever John Oldacre Research Scholarship to support her groundbreaking research into the dairy industry. The John Oldacre Foundation provides...
Read more22 Jul 2020
The Business which were ignored are now paying the price
Background For all the time that I have been involved with the Forum of Private Business there have been three business sectors that have been a concern, for our members...
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9 in 10 anticipate increased need for farming charities over the next five years
More than 90 per cent of respondents anticipate a spike in demand for farming support organisations over the next five years, a new survey by the Farming Community Network (FCN) has revealed....
Read more22 Jul 2020
My Home Is Kinder To Me, My Wallet And The Planet
“My Home Is Kinder To Me, My Wallet And The Planet”: Perspectives On A Retrofit ProgrammeChristine Saunders, An English Rural Resident from the village of Clavering, Essex “It was the...
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Dispensing Doctors’ Association – The digital divide exposed by COVID-19
COVID-19 has exposed many shortcomings in the health and social care system, and for dispensing patients in England, large among these is the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service. For...
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Cirencester Town Centre – Resilient and Robust
Cirencester Town Council pre-empted the changing face of the high street in 2007/08, when the community plan ‘Our Future Cirencester’ was published; whilst we didn’t pre-empt the radical change in...
Read more22 Jul 2020
Blackdown Support Group wins £1,000 Movement for Good award
Local charity Blackdown Support Group has won a £1,000 Movement for Good award thanks to nominations from the public Blackdown Support Group is one of 500 winners in specialist insurer...
Read more21 May 2020
About Meadow Arts
Meadow Arts is an inspirational contemporary art charity delivering ambitious and accessible projects in unexpected rural places. Meadow Arts believes that excellent contemporary art has the power to encourage new...
Read more21 May 2020
England’s rural Village and Community Halls are survivors!
The history of village halls goes back over 100 years. Deborah Clarke, Action with Communities in Rural England’s (ACRE) Rural Evidence and Village Halls Manager considers what the future holds...
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