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.

from : BlogPosts  3rd November 2008

We've produced a short paper summarising the main elements of the new Communities in Control White Paper from our perspective. The paper was launched by Communities and Local Government on 9 July.

from : News  11th July 2008

We welcome 'Rural challenges, local solutions', the report of the 8 Defra Rural Delivery Pathfinders published today. The pathfinders have explored innovative approaches to rural delivery at the local level, reflecting local priorities and circumstances.

from : News  27th February 2008

Wednesday saw the launch of the first Rural proofing Monitoring report since we became an independent organisation at the beginning of October...

from : News  29th November 2006

We've responded to BERR and CLG's consultation 'Prosperous Places: Taking forward the Review of Sub-National Economic Development and Regeneration'

from : News  19th June 2008

We've written a formal response to the Audit Commission's consultation on proposals for the new Comprehensive Area Assessment regime.

from : News  19th February 2008

We've recently completed some consultation and discussions on the future for rural proofing. The results are informing our project to refresh rural proofing.

from : News  14th May 2008

We've launched a review of rural proofing and want your views and opinions on how it should develop or change for the better.

from : News  8th February 2008

Our latest report, ‘Monitoring Rural Proofing 2007’, shows that Government policy is still not adequately considering the needs of rural communities.

from : News  26th November 2007

Our Chair Stuart Burgess has written to all the party leaders, encouraging them to 'think rural' and address some of the issues raised.

from : News  30th October 2007