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UK Rural Policy & Practitioners Meeting

22 February 2013



UK Policy and Prac Group


Meeting Agenda


Meeting of the UK Policy & Practitioners Group – September 2012


Research and Policy Priorities: Update, January 2013
An update note for the 2012 Meeting on the Research and Policy priorities


Older people and poverty in rural places: material hardships, cultural denials and social inclusions


A presentation by Paul Milbourne (Cardiff University)


Rural micro businesses: what makes some thrive in a challenging economic climate?


A presentation by Jon Carling (Chief Executive - Commission for Rural Communities)


Minutes from the Meeting


Notes from the meeting of the UK Rural Policy & Practitioners Group - 22nd February 2013