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

Topics: rural-places rural-governance affordable-housing 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: rural-places 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: 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: children-and-families 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: rural-services healthcare access-to-services 

As part of our work on digital inclusion we've been tasked with providing a rural perspective to the government's 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 

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: economic-wellbeing rural-economies 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