Sounding Board Surveys
The Rural Sounding Board will gather views and opinions of rural Local Authority Councillors and Parish Councillors across England and will use the results and analysis to help inform wider debates about rural issues, and where appropriate, work to influence decision makers.
To date we have over 50 Local Authority members and 450 parish members who contribute to this evidence base.
05 Dec 2016
Older Peoples Services
A recent sounding board survey asked for information on the location and accessibility of various key services; sought opinions about changes in elderly people’s accessibility to services over the last...
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09 Dec 2015
Impacts of austerity on local services (2015) – Summary
The Rural Services Network have repeated a survey first carried out last year using their Sounding Board, established of Councillors from their Local Authority membership and also Parish Councillors from...
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09 Dec 2015
Impacts of austerity on local services (2015) – Local Authority Responses
The Rural Services Network have repeated a survey first carried out last year using their Sounding Board, established of Councillors from their Local Authority membership and also Parish Councillors from...
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09 Dec 2015
Impacts of austerity on local services (2015) – Parish Council Responses
The Rural Services Network have repeated a survey first carried out last year using their Sounding Board, established of Councillors from their Local Authority membership and also Parish Councillors from...
Read more
19 Nov 2014
Impacts of austerity on local services (2014) – Summary
The Rural Services Network have carried out their first survey using the Sounding Board established this year of Councillors from their Local Authority membership and also Parish Councillors from the...
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18 Nov 2014
Impacts of austerity on local services (2014) – Local Authority Responses
The Rural Services Network have carried out their first survey using the Sounding Board established this year of Councillors from their Local Authority membership and also Parish Councillors from the...
Read more
18 Nov 2014
Impacts of austerity on local services (2014) – Parish Council Responses
The Rural Services Network have carried out their first survey using the Sounding Board established this year of Councillors from their Local Authority membership and also Parish Councillors from the...
Read more
18 Nov 2013
Public Service Cuts – did we notice? The Voice of Rural Parishes
The BBC surveyed over 1000 people in a poll asking them about public service cuts The Headline from the results state: “Many people in the UK think the quality of...
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