The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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Rural Services Network
Hinterland
10.06.2019
In Hinterland this week - a reluctantly growing rural workforce, Cornish town seeks GP, food prices on the brink of an October revolution (in a bad way), should libraries “stick to their knitting”? an exciting devolved adventure in Banking and the...
03.06.2019
In Hinterland this week - declining numbers of GP surgeries, spatial inequality, reducing budgets, twee views of the countryside, rural labour market challenges and a scary crow. Read on.... * * * GP surgery closures in...
28.05.2019
In Hinterland this week - Ihe challenges of supporting the elderly and vulnerable young people in the context of two stories about personal care and special needs, nurses, migrants and on the lighter side potatoes and mushy peas! Read on... ...
20.05.2019
In Hinterland this week - In Hinterland this week, rural areas at the cutting of edge of climate change impacts, the NHS in its short staffed and variable service standards manifestations, not enough care provision and the challenges of waiting for...
13.05.2019
In Hinterland this week - rural places as settings for post modern crime, pensions – both in terms of GPs and an unjustified attack on public sector pensioners, direct action on recycling, the economic scorecard for farming in 2018/19 and finally...
07.05.2019
In Hinterland this week - controversy in the countryside revealing some interest insights about the balance between the work of “Executive Agencies” and Government Departments, frustration around the failure of national policy in aspects of Education and the NHS to really...
29.04.2019
In Hinterland this week - The Lords Report on Rural Economies, fracking, housing, trees and a dark 'And Finally' about rural crime. Read on... * * * Rural communities being ignored and underrated, say peers...
23.04.2019
In your Easter Hinterland : - Lies, damned lies and statistics, agency profits at the cost of the local tax payer, time to get down to the pub, the damage casued by wildfires, drink deeply at the well of...
15.04.2019
In Hinterland this week - In Hinterland this week – the huge public sector resource absorbed by Brexit, Modern Slavery, the rise of the “Pensioner Town”, help for farm tenants, the challenges of accessing mental health services in the countryside and...
08.04.2019
In Hinterland this week - O ur own report on health and well-being in rural settings, what’s happening on the High Street in rural England, Big Data, Facebook, the return of “UKIP”? and the rise of the short story…. Read on......
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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
Tackling a collection of circumstances which leaves many rural residents vulnerable is a key issue for the RSN.
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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