Crispin Moor, our Executive Director - Whitehall, has blogged for New Start magazine about how and why Rural Proofing can help effectively deliver mainstream policies and programmes.

The case for strong rural proofing has been reinforced by the government's focus on devolution, ‘place shaping', ‘total place' and the ‘mainstreaming of rural'. ‘Mainstreaming' recognises that all local areas, not just rural areas, need policy and delivery adjustments to meet their own particular needs.

Visit the New Start website to read Crispin's Rural Proofing blog post

http://www.ruralcommunities.gov.uk/items/4907