The East of England Development Agency (EEDA) has published a short guide to rural proofing in economic development to make it easier for organisations to assess their approach to rural needs

 13th October 2009

We're delighted that so many rural local authorities have put forward proposals under the provision of the Sustainable Communities Act 2007.

 7th October 2009

We've responded to CLG's Consultation 'Strengthening Local Democracy', which sets out a range of proposals to promote democratic renewal and strengthen the power and responsibility of local government.

 29th September 2009

Trevor Cherrett, Expert Adviser in our Rural Places team, spoke at LGA's Rural Commission earlier this week, outlining the genesis of a new 'rural prospectus' being drafted by a coalition of national organisations. Trevor spoke on behalf of Matthew Taylor,

 10th September 2009

Crispin Moor, our Executive Director - Whitehall, has blogged for New Start magazine about how and why Rural Proofing can help effectively deliver mainstream policies and programmes.

 20th July 2009

This call for expressions of interest has now closed. We're looking for a partner or set of partners for a project seeking to build capacity across government on rural proofing.

 8th June 2009

We've produced a refreshed and strengthened Rural Proofing Toolkit to help policymakers ensure policies take account of rural circumstances and needs.

 11th May 2009

At our recent Releasing the Potential of Rural Economies: Innovation summit, Hilary Benn spoke of his continuing commitment to working with us to support rural communities.

 20th February 2009

We welcome the recent Rural Proofing discussion paper by Newcastle University's Centre for Rural Economy.

 24th November 2008

Crispin Moor, our Whitehall Director, has written an article for this month's ModernGov, looking at the concept of 'ruralproofing' and the mainstreaming of rural issues in policy making.

 3rd November 2008