Tag: rural
The Lincoln Climate Commission: Creating Place-based Community Engagement and Policy Impact in Greater Lincolnshire
In response to the UK and local governments declaring a climate emergency (including Lincoln City Council in July 2019), public, private and third sector organisations across the city of Lincoln have established a Lincoln Climate Commission. Co-founded by the University of Lincoln, Transition Lincoln and Lincoln City Council, and formally…
Addressing Social Isolation among Older People: Lessons from Talk, Eat, Drink (TED) East Lindsey
A team of researchers from Lincoln International Business School have evaluated a range of interventions aimed at supporting older people in a rural location. Talk, Eat, Drink (TED) East Lindsey has been funded through the National Community Lottery Fund’s Ageing Better programme to test effective ways to combat isolation and…
Bridging the Rural Digital Divide
Despite being a core focus of digital policy over the last decade, recent reports from both the European Commission and the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs clearly show that the rural digital divide remains. In Europe, overall coverage of ‘Next Generation Access’ networks, enabling higher speed connectivity,…