Rural
Rural Housing Week: What is a Rural Housing Enabler?
Rural Housing Enablers are currently supporting a pipeline of over 402 rural housing schemes with the potential to deliver more than 3,000 affordable homes. Anna and Claire are two members of our Rural Housing Enabling team. Here they are just after a meeting at Baughurst Village Hall! Action Hampshire delivers Rural Housing Enabling in Hampshire. We act as an ‘honest broker’ bringing communities, councils, landowners and housing associations together to identify local need and unlock delivery. We... read more »
Keeping local people in the community they love
Rural housing case study: Odiham Celebrating 12 New Affordable Homes in Odiham Parish As part of #RuralHousingWeek, we're proud to look back at this successful community-led housing project - a great example of how local collaboration and community evidence can shape sustainable rural development. In 2015, Action Hampshire carried out a Housing Need Survey in Odiham, which clearly demonstrated a local demand for affordable housing. This evidence played a key role in influencing the Odiham Neighbourhood Plan... read more »
Bringing together those with a concern for rural Hampshire...
For several years now Action Hampshire has, with funding from Hampshire County Council, provided the secretariat function for the Hampshire Rural Forum. The Hampshire Rural Forum brings together organisations, groups and individuals with a concern for the economic prosperity and wellbeing of businesses and communities in rural Hampshire. The focus is on raising understanding, finding solutions and providing opportunities for collaboration. Its current Chair is Julie Milburn, CEO and Principal of Sparsholt College, near Winchester. The... read more »
Celebrating 100 years of rural community development!
Read our Rural Community Council Newsletter Did you know that 75% of Hampshire is classified as rural? It's a very significant percentage of Hampshire's geographical coverage and consequently a major priority for us at Action Hampshire. When it comes to talking about Hampshire's rural community there's plenty to share with you. In Hampshire there are over 224 community buildings, many of these are village halls. These establishments are at the heart of the community and at... read more »
Greening for Wellbeing
Calling all organisations across Hampshire and Isle of Wight who run nature or green activities that aim to improve people’s health or wellbeing. We want to work with you to help discover and highlight the benefits of these activities! Action Hampshire is being funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) to carry out a short-term project from now until the end of March to take the first step to looking... read more »
Village Halls are the Heart of a Community!
This week is village halls week and Action Hampshire are using this week to advocate for these fantastic spaces, alongside all the other amazing organisations including ACRE, who are shouting from the rooftops about how vital these spaces are for rural communities. Preparing for a big campaign week in the comms department means we spend time thinking about different angles and what elements of the topic we can champion. This got me thinking about my... read more »
Fuel and electricity costs
The cost of fuel and electricity has risen enormously over the last few months, and is widely expected to rise still more. Non-domestic users don't even have the small comfort of the unit price cap that has been set for households. We want to help you get through this difficult period, while also making sure the Government is well aware of the potential impact on England's community facilities. Here are some things you can do,... read more »
Hampshire Rural Forum
What do we do? Action Hampshire took on the secretariat role from Hampshire County Council in January 2018. Our role is to support the Chair and the functions of the Forum. Currently there are three meetings a year – we beaver away in the background to make these happen and we plan the themed sessions when members explore a particular topic of interest (such as fly tipping, broadband speeds or environmental policies) . Action Hampshire... read more »