Reports
Food Insecurity
This report helps us understand the role that the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) has played in the pandemic in providing food support, and in mitigating broader economic and social impacts on local communities.
It was prepared for the Voluntary and Community Sector Emergencies Partnership (VCSEP SW) and is intended to support them move away from emergency and towards recovery, in a space where ‘business as usual’ will not be an option for many communities.
Rural Evidence Base
This report sets out the key characteristics of the economy of Tees Valley through a rural lens.
It details the impact of COVID-19 on employment and services; identifies two very distinct rural areas [West and East]; considers linkages and commuting between settlements; and how the trends in the Tees Valley compare to the regional and national pictures.
It was commissioned by Tees Valley Rural Action and not only provides the charity and its partners with an up-to-date picture of the area but also opportunities to develop new initiatives.
Hereford Town Investment Plan
The Hereford Town Investment Plan is available to download here.
Community Led Local Development
Wisbech CLLD is a project being led by Cambridgeshire ACRE and a Local Action Group (LAG). They are funding a range of community interventions that support people to move towards or into employment; or find more fulfilling and better paid work. This report sets out the interim findings of the evaluation we are undertaking.
MOVE
Greater Lincolnshire MOVE (Moving on, Volunteering & Employability) is a project funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and the European Social Fund (ESF) as part of the Building Better Opportunities programme (BBO). The project provides a range of support and interventions to help economically inactive and unemployed people to start on the road into employment.
This document contains the findings from year 4 of the external evaluation, covering the period 1 July 2019 – 30 June 2020.
Day of the Region
Connected Coast Town Fund
Rural Youth
The research, a Defra-supported NFYFC project in collaboration with Rose Regeneration, was released ahead of National Young Farmers’ Week 2020 to reveal how rural young people feel about their future post-Brexit amid the Covid-19 pandemic. This report contains a summary of the key findings.
Ivan Annibal participated in a Farmers Guardian podcast to discuss the key findings emerging from the research.
Older Veterans
The Combined Cornwall & Plymouth Veteran Support Project provided a wide range of support to older veterans, their carers and family members in Plymouth, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Delivered by Cornwall Rural Community Charity (CRCC), Active Plus and Improving Lives; between April 2017 and March 2020 the project helped 1,583 people to meet their health, care and wellbeing needs. This report contains the findings of the evaluation.
