Royal help for rural people
Country Life UK|September 20, 2023
SOME £250,000 has been made available by the Royal Countryside Fund (RCF) for rural community organisations, it has been announced. The grants, which can be up to £25,000, are part of the RCF’s Supporting Rural Communities programme and the organisation is ‘keen to hear from people whose community projects are responding to specific needs in their village or town’.
Royal help for rural people

Examples of needs are isolation, lack of access to services, training or employment, as well as projects that improve the ‘sustainability and resilience of countryside communities’. ‘We want to hear how your project is responding to demand from people in your area and how it will make a real difference to the lives of people living in your local community,’ adds Maddy Taylor, head of operations for the RCF.

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