Making rural funding work better

‘Leader’ aims to provide an “integrated bottom up, community-led delivery of RDPE funding”. In England it is implemented by Local Action Groups (LAGs) and is targeted on rural areas with particular needs or priorities. In existence since 1991, and with negotiations around the 2014-2020 programme now intensifying, is Leader boosting the rural economy or is […]

Perspectives on the Localism Act

For some it was seen as a Government response to rural parishes and shire counties opposing urban sprawl and top-down housing targets. For others it’s opened up new initiatives and experimentation such as neighbourhood planning. Nineteen months on; what’s happened and where next for Localism? Jessica Sellick investigates. In The Planners, a recent BBC documentary series, […]

Does every rural child REALLY matter?

If you had a choice where would you prefer to bring up your children, in the countryside or in a city? Does your answer change as children get older and need different things? What can be done to support young people in rural areas and champion their needs? Jessica Sellick investigates. The Good Childhood Report […]

Rural poverty – forgotten, not gone

It’s hard to imagine a time when it’s been tougher to live in the countryside. With charities and helplines busier than ever as farmers struggle to cope with the weather, disease and financial woes and the number of people using food banks tripling, there’s acute poverty in rural areas. The reality is many rural residents […]

Can we make rural transport work?

TRANSPORT is essential in providing people with access to work, learning, health care, food shops and leisure activities. Amid falling budgets in public services and investment in key infrastructure projects – from HS2 to growth schemes on motorways – how can we balance the demand for economic growth with tight budgets to make strides in […]

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