Our list of Rural Services Network events and other notable dates is as follows:
21 November 2011
Rural Services Network and SPARSE Rural main meeting* (London)
10 January 2012
Housing (Cheltenham)
Held with support from Knight Frank, this event will cover best practice and latest trends around rural housing and fuel poverty.
Speakers include:
* Host James Derounian
* Matt Dodd, Homes and Community Agency (HCA) – Latest challenges in rural affordable housing delivery
* Holly Simms - (Calor) – The Fuel Poverty Project Jo Lavis – Rural Housing Solutions
The full events brochure can be downloaded here.
Places are limited so make sure you reserve your place, contact Wendy
Cooper at
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or by calling 01822 813693.
22 February 2012
Uplands (Ambleside)
Held with support from Knight Frank, this event will provide an opportunity to discuss and network around the unique challenges and issues facing upland communities.
Speakers include:
* Key Note Dr Lois Mansfield - Whole valley planning: the next 50 years
* Will Rawling and Dorothy Wilkinson (Cumbria Farmer Network) – Supporting rural farming communities
* Final speaker to be announced
The full events brochure can be downloaded here.
Places are limited so make sure you reserve your place, contact Wendy
Cooper at
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or by calling 01822 813693.
6 March 2012
Broadband (Beverley)
Held with support from Knight Frank, this event will look at challenges and opportunities faced by rural communities in the context of the broadband agenda since our hugely popular broadband seminar in 2010.
Speakers include:
* Malcolm Corbett – Independent Networks Cooperative Association (INCA)
* Guy Jarvis – NextGenus
* Daniel Heery – Alston Cybermoor
The full events brochure can be downloaded here.
Places are limited so make sure you reserve your place, contact Wendy
Cooper at
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or by calling 01822 813693.
19 March 2012
Rural Services Network and SPARSE Rural main meeting* (London)
8 May 2012
Environment (Exeter)
There have been major organisational and policy changes within the environmental agenda for local authorities and public bodies. Held with support from Knight Frank, this event will provide an opportunity to explore their different guises.
Speakers include:
* Host Professor Michael Winter
* Rob Fish - Eco systems services and the Environment White Paper
* Stuart Barr - Transition Towns and Sustainable Development
* Mike Kelly - Localism and Planning
The full events brochure can be downloaded here.
Places are limited so make sure you reserve your place, contact Wendy
Cooper at
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or by calling 01822 813693.
12 June May 2012
Localism (Newcastle)
At the point of going to press the Localism Bill is still working its way through Parliament, the Big Society, Localism and some of its more detailed key features such as the Right to Build and the Right to Run have stimulated huge debate within the public sector, this event provides an opportunity to get to the heart of the issues
Speakers include:
* Professor Mark Shucksmith – Localism
* Robin Wiles (Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council) – the Newcastle Partnership and Big Society
* Lorraine O'Donnell – Assistant Chief Executive – Durham Council
The full events brochure can be downloaded here.
Places are limited so make sure you reserve your place, contact Wendy
Cooper at
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or by calling 01822 813693.
9 July 2012
Rural Services Network and SPARSE Rural main meeting* (London)
19 November 2012
Rural Services Network and SPARSE Rural main meeting* (London)
* Rural Services Network meetings take place at Local Government House,
Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HZ. Executive meetings take place at Weber
Shandwick, Fox Court, 14 Grays Inn Road, Holborn, London, WC1X 8WS.
Further details, including agendas, will be distributed in due course.