ruralnet|uk news

Key sustainability toolkit to be launched for UK online centres

DirectSupport has joined forces with the New Opportunities Fund (NOF) and Department for Education and Skills (DfES) to develop and distribute a guide to future planning for UK online centres. Established with DfES and NOF funds over the last two years, UK online centres must now begin developing their own strategy for a sustainable future; this new suite of documents provides a range of templates, tools and resources to support centres in this work.

ruralnet|uk links with Community Development Foundation to support the Rural Inclusion Project Exchange (RIPE)

The Rural Inclusion Project Exchange (RIPE) will link up rural social inclusion workers through ruralnet|online and provide them with technical support. The rural social exclusion workers are funded by the Countryside Agency and work from the Rural Community Councils in each of the English counties.