Fuel Poverty – Affordable Warmth – Avoidable Winter Deaths
Fuel poverty is when a household spends 10% or more of its income to achieve an adequate standard of warmth in the home. 114,000 households in the East Midlands are fuel poor (English House Condition Survey 2003). There were 2,500 avoidable winter deaths in the East Midlands in 2004-5. Find out why fuel poverty is a problem in rural areas and what effect cold has on the health of older people.
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3rd Age Enterprise Awareness In The Rural East Midlands
PRIME, the national organisation supporting 50 plus self employment and enterprise, launched a rural enterprise awareness project in 2004 with support from the East Midlands Development Agency and the Government Office East Midlands. |
Experience Works
In January 2005 Boston College was awarded an ESF contract to run the Experience Works project until December 2006, operating at Boston and Sleaford Learning Centres. The aim of the project is to raise the self esteem of mature people aged 45 to 64, by providing pre-employment training.. |
Nottinghamshire County Council Recognises & Values the Experience of Older People
Nottinghamshire County Council is a Beacon Council for services of older people.
We asked the council how their services for older people reflect the needs of older people living in rural areas. This article is their response. It includes links to key policy documents and describes how partnership activity makes a difference.
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East Lincolnshire Rural Engagement
Brenda Ruysen is Help the Aged’s East Lincolnshire Rural Engagement Officer. Her role involves helping groups of older people to establish a network of older peoples forums in the area. This article includes a downloadable version of Help the Aged’s “Upside Down Pyramid” report.
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Ageing In The Countryside
In a presentation to EMRAF, Simon Main, Regional Co-ordinator for Age Concern, set out the challenges and opportunities in dealing with an ageing population in the rural East Midlands. This editorial contains PDF’s of various conference reports and presentations on the subject of Ageing in the Countryside.
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Rural Bassetlaw Befriending
Garden Party
Rural Bassetlaw Befriending is a voluntary organisation managed by the Nottinghamshire Rural Community Council.
Their aim is to promote friendship and health for older members of the rural North Nottinghamshire community, by offering reassurance, encouragement, assistance, companionship and help.
For further information about the scheme please contact
Emma Short on 01777 871482
or visit
www.ruralbassetlawbefriending.org.uk
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East Midlands Rural Transport Conference
On October 20th, EMRAF held a conference with Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottinghamshire Rural Community Council to celebrate the achievements of Rural Transport Partnerships and to discuss the future for rural and community transport in the light of the emerging developments such as Local Transport Plans and the Government’s Rural Strategy.
For a copy of the conference report, please contact Wendy Honeyman-Smith at 01623 727600, e-mail: whoneymansmith@nottsrcc.org.uk
Rural Business Crime conference
On October 5th, EMRAF held a conference with GOEM to highlight issues of crime against businesses in rural areas. The conference was organised through EMRAFs Community Safety Sub-Group, chaired by Bob Scott of the Leicestershire Constabulary.
GOEM have now made £ 6,000 available to EMRAF to kick-start activities to tackle crimes against businesses in rural communities.
Rural Proofing for Health
On November 23rd, EMRAF held a seminar with the Greater Nottinghamshire Partnership to promote the Rural Proofing for Health toolkit, developed by the Institute for Rural Health for Primary Care organisations. The toolkit helps them to ensure their services are accessible to and meet the needs of people living in rural areas.
For more information, please contact Lynn Hage at 01623 727600 e-mail lhage@nottsrcc.org.uk |
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Welcome to Rural Affairs, EMRAFs online-newsletter
With full-feature articles, extra articles, contact information and links to futher reading, complementing the Rural Affairs newsletter.
If you would like a free subscription to the Rural Affairs Newsletter, please send an email to emraf@ruralaffairs.org.uk with your name, organisation, address and number of copies you wish to receive.
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Contact Us
Rural Affairs is the newsletter of the East Midlands Rural Affairs Forum. For any queries regarding content and circulation, please contact
Derk van der Wardt,
EMRAF Co-Ordinator
at 01623 727600
or email emraf@ruralaffairs.org.uk
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