The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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12.07.2021
The Oxford Mail reports that 12 rural bus services have been given funding to stay in operation until April 2022, despite country-wide cuts to rural transport services Oxfordshire County Council will use £275,000 of its existing Local Authority Bus...
05.07.2021
The Government has launched at consultation on 1st July 2021 on Access to Cash. It is the next step in legislating to protect access to cash and ensuring that the UK’s cash infrastructure is sustainable for the long term....
01.06.2021
NationalWorld (a company who cover the whole of the UK) have undertaken data analysis on Early Years Education providers during the first six months of the pandemic They have found a larger decline of providers in predominantly rural areas...
17.05.2021
Rural households are reportedly paying 76 percent more for broadband compared to urban households, according to research published in Telecompaper this week, with homes in towns and city fringes paying 22 percent more on average than those in urban centres...
04.05.2021
Ahead of the local elections, the BBC interviews young people across the country who have struggled with dwindling bus services The article outlines how across England both local and central government support for buses has fallen by £800m a...
19.04.2021
Trade publication Autocar has reported on news that around 100 petrol stations were forced to pause sales last year due to the pandemic In 2019, 70 per cent of independent filling stations that were operating in 2000 shut their...
06.04.2021
Poor access to public transport and fewer numbers of car owners are isolating people living in ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods from urban centres and essential services That’s according to a new report by the Campaign for Better Transport and the...
08.03.2021
Great Armouth Mercury reports that people in rural Norfolk face longer journeys than almost anyone in the country to pick up prescriptions at a pharmacy, attend a GP appointment or use leisure facilities England’s first official national health index,...
08.03.2021
The digital divide is the gap between people who have full access to digital technologies and those who do not. COVID-19 has underlined the importance of access to and comfort with technology. Throughout the pandemic the internet and digital devices...
01.03.2021
ACS (Association of Convenience Stores) has urged the Government to recognise the importance of rural shops and ensure that they are not left playing catch up when it comes to being able to provide services to their customers ...
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HOT TOPICS
Public Sector Funding
The RSN demands fairer funding from Central Government who have historically and systematically underfunded rural areas.
Barriers to Access
The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
Future of Rural Areas
The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.
Rural Health and Wellbeing
The RSN wants to ensure rural communities have the same access to health care as is currently received in urban areas.
Rural Vulnerability
Rural residents can suffer from Rural Vulnerability, due to a combination of issues such as poor transport, lack of broadband low wages and higher than average house prices.
Rural Housing
The affordability of rural housing to people from a range of ages and backgrounds is key concern for RSN.
Rural Economy
The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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