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 

'Promoting Fair Access to Services' will be a major area of our work on an on-going basis...

Topics: rural-services young-people access-to-services children-and-families education data jobs digital-inclusion 

This project helps the Rural Advocate, Rev. Dr. Stuart Burgess, keep in touch with issues affecting rural communities, businesses and individuals, particularly those suffering disadvantage.

Topics: rural-advocate young-people commission fuel-poverty rural-governance transport rural-places major-life-events economic-wellbeing rural-economies 

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