The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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Hinterland
16.03.2020
Hinterland this week - a sideways acknowledgement of coronavirus but life goes on, with: rural residents paying more for simple living costs, housing, privatisation, buses and inspirational farming women. Read on… * * * Rural Residents Pay £3,300...
09.03.2020
Hinterland this week - unexpected negative consequences of one size fits all national policies, a vision of life without farming, the challenges of de-crabonisation through a rural lens and finally – “Were you born in a grain store?!!” ...
02.03.2020
Hinterland this week - a smattering of IT stories, farmers nervously holding their breath and the fall out over the floods. Read on. * * * How Boris Johnson can keep his promise to ‘level up’ rural...
24.02.2020
Hinterland this week - housing challenges, new train stations, flooding, wood burners, fishing and the Black Death.. Read on!! * * * Housing shortage: Scale of UK's housing gap revealed The lack of affordable housing across...
17.02.2020
Hinterland this week - a duo of bus stories, the importance of village shops, the technical challenges of 5G in rural areas (never mind Hauwei), public opinion confirms rural neglect and the growth of the north. Read on!! ...
10.02.2020
In Hinterland this week : * * * ‘Enough is enough – we need our cash’: meet the rural town fighting back against bank closures This is a heart warming story from the Yorkshire Dales based on...
03.02.2020
Hinterland this week - bank closes, broadband openings, the ongoing challenge of funding children’s services, a rural commission in North Yorkshire and a heart warming story featuring a wonderful piece of charismatic mega-fauna... * * * Lloyds...
27.01.2020
Hinterland this week - innovation in IT, some sour grapes over funding formulae, fruit and veg, rural cashback, electric cars and Kilvert’s diary… * * * Sleaford MP calls for more British fruit and veg to be...
20.01.2020
Hinterland this week - the new agriculture bill, please for better broadband connectivity, Cornwall banging the rural drum, East Anglian trains, coastal erosion in East Riding and people making a meal of McDonalds. * * * Agriculture...
13.01.2020
Hinterland this week some hard hitting stories about children in care and domestic abuse. A trio of “gentler” stories about rural economy and the environment and finally – the therapeutic value of shared GP appointments... * * *...
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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.
Health and Wellbeing
The RSN wants to ensure rural communities have the same access to health care as is currently received in urban areas.
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.
Housing
The affordability of rural housing to people from a range of ages and backgrounds is key concern for RSN.
Economy
The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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