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.
02 Aug 2018
Calor Community Fund
Calor Community Fund – Here at Calor, we wanted to give something back – by offering rural off-gas grid communities the chance to win funding for projects that will improve...
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01 Aug 2018
Plunkett Foundation – Case Studies
We have put together a number of Co-operative Pub case studies which provide details on what they are: Community Pub Case Study: The Gardeners Rest (PDF) Community Pub Case Study:...
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26 Jul 2018
Farm Business Survey
The Rural Business Research Unit at Askham Bryan College is part of Rural Business Research; a national consortium of six Universities and Colleges delivering projects for government, levy-funded research bodies,...
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24 Jul 2018
‘Outreach’ Post Office Services to Remote Rural Communities
Where it is difficult to deliver services to customers Post Office have come up with innovative solutions so that we operate in even the remotest parts of the UK. The Post...
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24 Jul 2018
Dementia-friendly rural communities guide
The new rural communities guide is designed to help all types of rural communities increase awareness of dementia and become more dementia-friendly. Rural communities have an important part to play...
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20 Jul 2018
Using Archive Film to Bring a Smile to the Face of People Living with Dementia
by Brian Norris of Living Memories C.I.C. Background When I had started delving into the film archive of Greenpark Productions Ltd at the end of the 20th century, I had never expected...
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20 Jul 2018
Rural Initiatives – Passivhaus
Hastoe is specialist rural housing association and we recognise the serious challenge of fuel poverty in Rural England. To tackle this problem, Hastoe has pioneered building Passivhaus homes. Passivhaus is...
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20 Jul 2018
Derbyshire pub deli delights foodies
Posted on: May 18, 2018 at 3:44 pm A multi-award-winning pub in Derbyshire has opened a farm shop and delicatessen with support from rural pub champions, Pub is The Hub....
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20 Jul 2018
Halfway House, Polbathic #2
November 27, 2017 at 4:32 pm Jessica Stanton and Russ Matterson are not new to Pub is The Hub and this is their second community-focused project: They took over the...
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20 Jul 2018
Carleton pub creates a community hub
September 14, 2017 at 9:22 am Paul Selwood and his father Philip who run The Swan Inn at Carleton in Craven, have opened a community hub and coffee shop in the...
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