Information on this topic can be found using the subsequent links:

Rural Services
Plans & Other Initiatives

Rural Services

Rural Services - Countryside Agency

The Countryside Agency website provides information on rural services. In a survey conducted by the Countryside Agency in 2000 the rural services (including post offices, schools, cash points etc) for the whole of the UK were assessed.
Link to the Countryside Agency - Rural Services.

Rural Services - East Riding of Yorkshire Council

The East Riding of Yorkshire Council offers a wide variety of rural services. Information relating to these services can be found using the links below:

Rural Businesses

Link to East Riding of Yorkshire Council - Rural Businesses

Rural Development

Link to East Riding of Yorkshire Council - Rural Development

Rural Generation

Link to East Riding of Yorkshire Council - Rural Regeneration

Rural Partnership

Link to East Riding of Yorkshire Council - Rural Partnership

Rural Programmes

Link to East Riding of Yorkshire Council - Rural Programmes

Plans & Other Initiatives

Community Plan

The East Riding of Yorkshire has drawn up a Community Plan for 2001-2006. This plan has five specific aims, which are to have:
Improved health;
Greater prosperity;
Reduced crime;
Lifelong learning;
A healthy environment.
Link to East Riding of Yorkshire Community Plan

Rural Stress Initiative

The East Riding of Yorkshire Council has devised a Rural Stress Initiative, which aims to provide information about organisations which can provide practical help and emotional support to those suffering from stress in rural areas. Information regarding this initiative can be accessed from the East Riding of Yorkshire Council website. Link to Yorkshire Rural Stress Initiative.

Vital Villages Scheme

The Vital Villages Scheme aims to provide local rural communities with a better future, by providing grants for the four initiatives listed below:
1) Parish Plan Grant Scheme;
2) Community Services Grant Scheme;
3) Parish Transport Grant Scheme;
4) Rural Transport Partnership.
Link to the Countryside Agency's Vital Villages Initiative.