We're continuing our monitoring and support of rural proofing, working with government departments to encourage them to consider the rural impact of policies and learn from experience ‘on the ground’.

Topics: local-government rural-councillors participatory-budgeting governance rural-proofing 

Our project following up the recommendations of the Affordable Rural Housing Commission (ARHC) has a comprehensive programme of work associated with it.

Topics: affordable-housing rural-economies affordable-housing housing parish-plans 

In 2005, we undertook research to find the most effective way to disseminate best practice so that it would stick. A methodology was developed to disseminate information (solutions, research findings etc) to help change behaviour.

Topics: healthcare young-people best-practice market-towns rural-economies education homelessness transport housing 

We've done a number of pieces of work looking at the rollout, availability and usage of broadband and ICT in rural communities across England...

Topics: broadband-and-ict broadband-and-ict 

The National Council for Voluntary Childcare Organisations (NCVCCO) were commissioned to examine the developments of Phase 1 (August 2004 to March 2006) children’s centres in rural areas and ...

Topics: education 

The connections between rural people and the land are vital to the distinctiveness and sustainability of rural England, but these connections are changing...

Topics: land 

In 2006, we commissioned a survey of rural dentists, carried out by the British Dental Association. The survey identified issues of concern and some alternative approaches to providing NHS dental services in rural areas and meeting the needs of rural communities...

Topics: access-to-services 

When the Commission was launched in March 2005, we announced that we would undertake a major baseline study on rural disadvantage...

Topics: poverty disadvantage older-people 

We're encouraging decision makers to explore and adopt a perspective on economic well being for rural areas that is wider than traditional economic policies which focus on GDP-led economic growth.

Topics: rural-economies economic-wellbeing economics 

We're building on the work of the Countryside Agency to promote and support enterprise among disadvantaged and hard-to-reach communities e.g. women, young people and students, and homeworkers....

Topics: home-working rural-economies enterprise planning