THE Rural Services Network is an umbrella body with four main membership categories:
The first category is SPARSE Rural, a grouping of 80% of the most rural county, district and unitary councils in England (as identified by Government through its Predominately Rural Council Classification). To access the SPARSE Rural homepage, click here.
The Rural Services Partnership consists of more than 120 of service providers, customer bodies and national rural organisations. It includes Police, Fire, Health, Housing, Educational, Business and Transport organisations. To access the Rural Services Partnership homepage, click here.
The Rural Services Community comprises locality organisations who have agreed to be local community members and work with the main network. To access the Rural Services Community homepage, click here.
The Significant-Rural Associate Group comprises local authorities identified as significantly rural by the official government classification. To access the Significant-Rural Associate Group homepage, click here.