The National Rural Conference 2025

Bookings are now officially open for the National Rural Conference 2025, which will take place online from Monday 15 to Thursday 18 September.
This is the Rural Services Network’s flagship event of the year, bringing together rural decision-makers, practitioners, and advocates for four days of live, interactive sessions focused on the future of rural communities.
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Retrofit bootcamps are back!

Following the successful spring bootcamps, the Social Housing Retrofit Accelerator (SHRA) has launched further in-person sessions this summer.

The free events deliver a CPD-accredited Retrofit Essentials course over one day, equipping delegates with the key building blocks to create and deliver a successful retrofit project. 

Aimed at housing associations, local authorities, combined authorities, and any other registered providers, bootcamps are open to all - whether you've never engaged with retrofit before, or if you've submitted an SHDF bid in previous waves. 

If you are interested, you can find out more and register to attend via the SHRA’s latest newsletter.

The SHRA is a fully-funded support service to help social housing providers across England bid into the Government’s Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF), with £800m committed between 2022-2025.

They offer a range of proven support which has been developed with and for the social housing sector by housing retrofit and grant application experts.