We've just launched 'Rural Disadvantage: Reviewing the Evidence', a major baseline study exploring the difference living in rural areas makes to being ‘disadvantaged’...

from : News  3rd October 2006

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

from : Projects  29th September 2006

We're investigating Financial Disadvantage, examining the delivery in rural areas of one or more of the benefits/tax credits system, the National Minimum Wage and initiatives to assist with banking/credit/debt.

from : Projects  30th September 2006

from : Publications  3rd October 2006

Older people in rural areas can experience disadvantage in many ways, from difficulty in accessing services to financial hardship. This pilot study highlights the different forms of disadvantage and their impact on rural older people's quality of life...

from : Publications  27th September 2006

This thinkpiece takes a systematic look at the future of disadvantage in the English countryside, identifying the main drivers of change and likely trends.

from : Publications  16th November 2006

This pack includes the reports CRC 29 Rural Disadvantage: Priorities for Action, CRC 30 Rural Disadvantage: Futures Thinkpiece and CRC 31 Rural Disadvantage: Reviewing the Evidence

from : Publications  8th December 2006

Press release for the launch of 'Rural Disadvantage: Priorities for Action'.

from : Publications  30th September 2006