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-places rural-governance rural-economies housing rural-experience affordable-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: best-practice rural-places healthcare young-people best-practice home-working market-towns rural-economies education homelessness 

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: access-to-services digital-inclusion digital-inclusion broadband-and-ict rural-advocate 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: rural-services children-and-families education 

The 'Choice agenda' is commonly used to describe public service reform...

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 

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

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: rural-services dental-services rural-services healthcare access-to-services 

As part of our work on digital inclusion we were tasked with providing a rural perspective to the government's Digital Britain report. Our report 'Mind the Gap: Digital England - a rural perspective' raised the rural issues surrounding digital inclusion and highlighted recommendations for Lord Carter’s final Digital Britain report...

Topics: digital-inclusion rural-services digital-inclusion rural-experience broadband-and-ict 

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

Topics: data disadvantage poverty older-people