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Village Halls Week 2024: Beds RCC’s Energy Efficiency Project at Dunstable Community Halls

Beds RCC have been making energy improvements to Dunstable Community Halls After taking on Dunstable Community Halls in 2023, we are now undertaking work to improve the energy efficiency of the buildings. This has been made possible after receiving funding from Central Bedfordshire Council and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities....
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Bedfordshire’s Village Halls Encouraged to ‘Go Green!’ for Village Halls Week

Rural community buildings across the county will be considering how they can save energy and work with groups in their community to contribute to Net Zero this week as part of a national campaign led by Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE). Run almost entirely by volunteers, village halls...
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Social Prescribing Day – 14th March 2024

Today is Social Prescribing Day, an annual celebration which recognises the local community groups and projects which are doing amazing work in local communities. Find out what’s in store on Social Prescribing Day by visiting the National Academy for Social Prescribing website. Here at Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity, we have an...
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Celebrating 70 years of Beds RCC at our Strategic Plan Launch

On Thursday 29th February, our Staff, Trustees, Patrons and Partners came together to launch our new Strategic Plan for 2024 - 2028 and our 70th Anniversary Video. During the morning session, our Staff and Trustees came together to learn more about the Strategic Plan, each other's work and to workshop...
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Full Timetable to Resume on the Marston Vale Line on 19th February 2024

A full Marston Vale Line timetable will resume on Monday 19th February – an hourly service Monday – Saturday running between 05:17 & 21:45 from Bletchley (21:32 on Saturdays) and 06:10 & 22:38 from Bedford (06:15 & 22:19 on Saturdays).  17 trains will run daily in each direction on a largely clockface timetable....
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Rural Housing Enabler

£30,000 - £32,000 pa, 35 hpw (can be split into two part-time posts) The opportunity You will be working in partnership with local communities and Local Authorities to achieve affordable rural housing across rural Bedfordshire. You will engage with communities, housing organisations, Parish Councils, Local Authorities, landowners, developers, agents, planners,...
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Thurleigh Good Neighbours Scheme – Survey Now Open

Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity and the parish council are working together to set up a Good Neighbour Scheme in Thurleigh and we would like to hear from you to establish the support and need there is for the scheme. A Good Neighbour Scheme is a voluntary group run by local...
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Beds RCC’s Christmas Party Food Bank Collection totals over 45kg

At Beds RCC's annual Christmas Party held on Tuesday 19th December we had a food bank collection for Bedford Foodbank. We are pleased to share that the fantastic amount of donations from staff, trustees and volunteers amounted to 45.2kg. Beds & Herts and Marston Vale Community Rail Partnerships also raised...
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Stotfold Good Neighbours Perform Christmas Panto: Sleeping Booty

On Friday 15th December Stotfold Good Neighbours performed their Christmas Panto: Sleeping Booty for the local community. The Stotfold Good Neighbours Group was set up in December 2013 and have played a key role in helping the local community ever since. They help with odd jobs such as giving lifts,...