The importance of rural volunteers

From providing services in your local community to doing whatever is required to help out, understanding the social value of volunteering is now finding its way onto the policy agenda. What traditional and newer measurement approaches are emerging and what do they mean for rural communities? Jessica Sellick investigates. Back in October 2014, Bank of England […]

What next for rural careers education?

Careers guidance should be at the heart of schooling, for it plays a vital part in helping young people navigate from education to work. So what is the Government’s approach to careers guidance and will small rural schools be there to deliver it? Jessica Sellick investigates. Pre-2009 there was a national careers service that worked […]

Can we save rural churches from closure?

In recent weeks, media coverage has described rural clergy as ‘close to drowning’ under the pressure of maintaining medieval buildings with dwindling congregations. With the Church of England carrying out a series of reviews and consultations as part of its ‘reform and renewal’ programme – will we see rural churches closing or are rural communities […]

Mind the [rural] funding gap

Many community groups, parish and town councils, charities and social enterprises have relied upon grants programmes at one time of another to help them do something to improve their local community and the lives of residents most in need. This funding may have been from a Local Authority, Government, a non-departmental public body or charitable […]

Just how much is nature worth?

Back in 2011, the government published the UK’s first National Ecosystem Assessment. Intended as a ground breaking report, it put a cash price on the environmental services provided by nature. While this concept of pricing ecosystem services and allowing them to be bought and sold has gained recognition, are we obscuring nature’s true value and […]

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