Our work on Major Life Events provides compelling evidence from rural people about the challenges of using and delivering specific services in rural areas. We have focused on investigating both the experiences of service users and also the work of service providers in order to reveal what it is like to live in rural England. The aim of our work is to understand more about the challenges and thereby help to stimulate and inform better service provision for people living in rural areas.

Topics: rural-advocate rural-health major-life-events healthcare jobs rural-services rural-services major-life-events access-to-services access-to-services 

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 been investigating whether the benefits from increased expenditure and investment in the NHS have reached people in rural England in an equitable way, in proportion to their needs and expectations...

Topics: access-to-services rural-services dental-services care-and-support healthcare post-offices crime-and-policing major-life-events rural-advocate best-practice