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25 Regulations per Acre?

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Access All Areas: meeting the needs of rural communities

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ACRE - Action with Communities in Rural England

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Action for Communities in Rural England (ACRE & RCAN)

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Advice Guide (from Citizen's Advice Bureau)

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Advocacy Resource Exchange (with database of local advocates)

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Affordable Housing

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ARC-Addington Fund

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Arthur Rank Centre: serving rural communities & their churches

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Big Give, the (section on registering local charities)

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Blurred Encounters

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Business Debtline

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Business Link (regional offices)

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Canals for a Sustainable Future?

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Cautionary Tale, a

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Church & Countryside: insights from rural theology

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Churching the Police

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Citizens Advice Bureaux

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Citizen’s Advice Bureau (CAB) (many local bureaus)

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Community Assets

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Community Health Service (local or regional)

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Community Legal Advice

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Community Railways: new life for Britain's branch lines

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Community Service Volunteers (CSV) (considerable local involvement)

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Community Shops

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Community Transport (local)

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Community-Owned Shops (in Churches)

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Computers for Rural People

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Consumer Credit Counselling Service

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Coping with Profound Disability

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County Youth Service (regional or local)

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Credit Union (local)

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DEFRA – former Commission for Rural Communities (from 01/04/2011)

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Delivering Drugs

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Dental Reflection

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Disability Information & Advice Line (DIAL) (local)

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Disabled Living Foundation

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Do It Online (under Directgov)

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Drinkline (National Alcohol Helpline)

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Drop in Clinic

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Drugsline

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Effective Christian Presence & Enterprise

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Faith & Health

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Faith & the Future of the Countryside: pastoral & theological perspectives on rural sustainability

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Faith in Affordable Housing

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Faith in the Countryside: report of the Archbishops' Commission on Rural Areas

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Faithful Advice - CAB in places of worship

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Faithful Advice: a guide to advice services in places of worship

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Fal River Links: a Cornish ferry initiative

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Family Lives (formerly Parentline Plus/Parentline) (some regional groups & projects)

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Family Mediation Helpline (online search facility) (for many local services)

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Farmers' Markets (in Churches)

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Farmers’ Market(s) (local information)

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Find Your Credit Union

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Funding for Community Projects in Churches

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Get Online @Home (computer & internet help – subsidised for those on benefits)

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Giving Hope for a Future

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Glass Half Full ...

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Going Your Way?

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Gypsy & Traveller Liaison officer (local)

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Health & Wellbeing in the Countryside

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Heart of the Village, the

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Heathfield Street Pastors

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Heritage group (local or regional)

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High Bickington 2000

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Homeless UK (search for local services & assistance)

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Hospice at Home

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Hubs & Gateways

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Interconnect: a Lincolnshire success story

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Is the Quality of Public Transport Relative?

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Job Centre Plus (under Directgov) (comprehensive, local search service)

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Just for Rural Health

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Keeping in Touch

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Local Education Authority (LEA) Extended Schools Officer (local/regional)

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Managing Stress in the Countryside

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National Association for Voluntary & Community Action (NAVCA)

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National Association of Local Councils (NALC) (full local & regional contact information)

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National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)

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National Energy Action

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National Family Mediation (contact details for all local branches)

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National Farmers’ Retail & Markets Association (FARMA) (local & regional information)

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Neighbourhood/Local Development Officer (local)

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North Cotswold's Essential Bank

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Old Charity with a New Role

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One Rural Housing Enabler

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One Space (for single parents) (regional support networks, organisations & events)

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Options for Change

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Outreach Post Offices in Rural Churches: Connecting Church & Community

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Over the Hill? The antidote to 'Welly Telly'?

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Over the Hill? Wise Up to Rural Ageing

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Parish Clerk (local)

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Parish Plans (local)

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Patient Information Leaflets (PILs)

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People Perspective, a

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Plunkett Foundation, the

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Police Service (local & regional)

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Post Office Outreach Services

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Post Offices (in Churches)

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Post Offices: new beginnings

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Price of Everything & the Value of Nothing, the

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ProHelp for Rural Communities

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Provision of Rural Services: Best Practice Case Studies

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Pub is the Hub (some regional & local projects)

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Relate (numerous local services)

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Resolving Tensions: a place for teenagers in the village

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RSIN becomes RSH

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Rural Community Action Network (RCAN) for all local Rural Community Councils

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Rural Community Shops (Plunkett Foundation) (numerous local contacts)

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Rural GP's View, a

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Rural Housing Enabler (regional/local - via Rural Community Council)

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Rural Housing Enablers

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Rural Insight Survey 2011

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Rural Lifelines

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Rural Stress Helpline (RSH)

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Rural Stress Helpline (RSH)

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Rural Stress Helpline (RSH)

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Rural Transport Officer (regional/local)

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Rural Youth (ACORA)

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Rural Youth worker (some local contacts)

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Safeguarding/Child Protection (local Council officer)

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Salvation Army (local centres & hostels)

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Samaritans (numerous local branches)

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SANE (emotional support in mental illness)

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Satellite Post Office & new Meeting Facilities in Sheepy Magna Church

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Shelter (homelessness) (local advice centres)

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Site, the (youth information & advice hub) (local information & contacts provided)

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Sleep Safe not Rough

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Social Services Dept. (local)

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State of the Countryside 2010, the

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Statistical Digest of Rural England 2011

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Support for Rural Community-Owned Shops

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Sure Start Children’s Centres (many local centres)

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Sustainable Sombourne

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Sustaining Communities in the Lake District National Park

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Transport of Delight

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Trefin Hostel

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Turn2Us (accessing benefits & grants)

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Victim Support

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Village Church Cinema, a

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Village SOS

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VolResource (hub for volunteer info, links and resources)

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Working as an Advocate

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Young Adults & Autism: the Pennyhooks Project

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