Community Projects

Victoria House
Victoria Street
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 3JZ

Tel. 01823 331222
Fax. 01823 323652

Email us at
info@somersetrcc.org.uk

We are a Registered Charity
No. 1069260 and a
Company Limited by Guarantee Registered in England & Wales
No. 3541219

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Bringing people together for the local community

Community benefit is not only about how local people will benefit from a project, it is also about the benefits that can arise from people coming together, talking about their concerns and looking at ways of tackling them. So if your community needs support and help why not start by looking at the right project for you.

Community Planning

The Community Council for Somerset is committed to helping rural communities themselves to take the initiative in identifying and tackling their own needs and problems, by creating community (parish and town) plans. This helps to raise the awareness and understanding of rural issues and problems, with the aim of influencing policy makers for the benefit of rural communities.

To find out how your community can undertake a parish or town plan, click on the relevant link at the top of the page.

Rural Services

The decline of rural services has been well documented although the situation in Somerset seems to be little different from the national trends: an overall, though differently timed, decline in key rural services across rural England based on a range of factors:

	The effect of market forces and, in some cases, the arrival of supermarkets in local areas making local services no longer competitive
	The changing pattern of rural population, with more mobile residents with different shopping and consumer patterns becoming a greater part of the rural pattern of life
	A change in expectations of rural residents themselves, no longer prepared to make do with relatively poor and expensive services and, in many cases, with the means and no opportunity to access better services.

This is not to decry all rural services not to underestimate their importance to the people who still rely on them. Rather, it is to reflect the changes in rural society over the past twenty or so years and the increasing consumerism which has led to many rural services being perceived as the "poorer cousins" to those provided in more urban centres.

To find out more about the work of the Community Council on Rural Services, click on the relevant link at the top of the page.

Last updated: 16/06/08

The Village Halls Directory . Subscribing hall committees have got a free entry in the directory. To view the directory click here. Your Village Hall can also have a dedicated web page: advertise your facilities, give contact information, or even display pictures. For details of costs and further information contact us at info@somersetrcc.org.uk

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