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The Queen’s Green Canopy encourages everyone to plant trees

The Queen’s Green Canopy initiative aims to get people throughout the UK to plant trees …

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A New & Improved Village Hall for Wivelsfield

Congratulations to Wivelsfield Village Hall Committee, who re-opened the hall on 7th January after modernisation and …

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AirS – Supporting village halls for decades! – A little bit of history

During a recent office clear out we stumbled across a report that we published back …

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Rural Housing – The Challenges in 2017

In the UK, home ownership has become ingrained as a societal norm. There’s a widespread …

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And so it begins… healthcare in rural areas

The NHS Sustainable Transformation Plans (STPs) have been quietly out for consultation for some time …

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What’s in a name? Village Hall versus Community Hub

Anyone still thinking about a few New Year’s resolutions?  How about getting a bit more …

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What’s in a name? Village Halls versus Community Hubs

Anyone still thinking about a few New Year’s resolutions?  How about getting a bit more …

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Only the lonely – Britain’s loneliness crisis and the urban/rural divide

A new report published by The Red Cross and Co-op this week has highlighted the …

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Market failure, ‘merit goods’ and rural proofing

Introduction There is a long tradition of communities in rural areas taking action for themselves …

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Public services contracting out

Why rural areas fall off the end when public services are contracted. The current trend …

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Supporting rural businesses

Overcoming the Gordon Gecko tendency! We had a bank crisis in 2008, caused by …. …

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“Supporting rural communities in Sussex to be vibrant and diverse places in which to live and work.”