Posted on Tuesday, 30th September 2008 at 3:21pm

We've been asking "Is the 'Credit Crunch’ impacting on your economy?" to find out how rural communities are being affected. Thanks to everyone who's shared their thoughts and experiences on the impacts of the 'Credit Crunch' on their rural communitie...

Posted on Thursday, 18th September 2008 at 10:07am

Participatory Budgeting is a way of letting local people, rather than officials, decide directly how some local public expenditure is spent within their communities. We've launched a pilot project to promote and test Participatory Budgeting in rural ...

Posted on Tuesday, 16th September 2008 at 4:50pm

Stuart Burgess, our chair and the Government's Rural Advocate, has written to Cllr Margaret Eaton OBE with our congratulations on her recent election to Chairman of the LGA. ...

Posted on Sunday, 14th September 2008 at 11:46pm

We're launching the first five in a series of transport think-pieces to raise the profile of rural transport issues and place transport at the heart of the debate on climate change and our work on sustainable rural communities....

Posted on Sunday, 14th September 2008 at 5:29pm

The Observer has used our research to show how villages in rural England are changing....

Posted on Thursday, 11th September 2008 at 9:41am

The information is needed to feed into a We're asking "Is the 'Credit Crunch’ impacting on your economy?" to find out how rural communities are being affected. Thanks to everyone who's shared their thoughts and experiences so far...there's still tim...

Posted on Tuesday, 9th September 2008 at 3:01pm

Stuart Burgess, our chair and the Government's Rural Advocate, will be visiting flood-affected communities in Northumberland on Thursday. ...

Posted on Thursday, 4th September 2008 at 11:46am

We welcome publication of the well-respected UK Competitiveness Index for 2008 and we support the authors' concern that the competitiveness of some rural economies has slipped whilst many more city and urban areas show evidence of improvements....

Posted on Tuesday, 2nd September 2008 at 1:35pm

Malcolm Craig, Senior Policy Advisor in our Rural Services: Fair Access and Equitable Outcomes team, has been interviewed for an article in the latest NFU Countryside magazine. The article looks at how rural areas are being affected by Post Office cl...

Posted on Monday, 1st September 2008 at 11:07am

Jo Lavis, of our Sustainable Rural Communities in the 21st Century team, has written an article for the September issue of Shelter's Roof magazine....

Event date Tuesday, 9th September 2008 at 10:00am

Will Aston, of our Rural Services: Fair Access and Equitable Outcomes team, will be making a presentation on fuel poverty to the LGA Rural Commission....

Event date Tuesday, 16th September 2008 at 6:15pm

Our Liberal Democrat conference fringe event 'Old, rich and exclusive vs young, poor and excluded: Who will win the battle for a house in the country?' will discuss the issues surrounding affordable housing in rural areas....

Event date Sunday, 21st September 2008 at 12:30pm

Our Labour conference fringe event 'Old, rich and exclusive vs young, poor and excluded: Who will win the battle for a house in the country?' will discuss the issues surrounding affordable housing in rural areas....

Event date Thursday, 25th September 2008 at 9:30am

13th Meeting of the Commission for Rural Communities....

Event date Thursday, 25th September 2008 at 9:30am

We're supporting this Rural Youth Network conference highlighting the contribution young people can make to rural communities, through community planning, participation and empowerment....

Event date Monday, 29th September 2008 at 12:45pm

Our Conservative conference fringe event 'England’s green and pressured land? How can we address the challenges of a changing countryside?' will discuss some of the issues facing rural areas....