ROBUST
ROBUST was a European research project involving 24 partners from 11 countries. It aimed to improve and develop relationships between rural and urban areas.
Cluster | Rural-Urban Economies and Societies
The role of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy in creating rural jobs
A CCRI research team worked with the Austrian Institute for Regional Studies and Spatial Planning on a research project commissioned by the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) to outline the potential of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) with regards to creating rural employment.
What works in tackling rural poverty – An evidence review of rural poverty interventions
The CCRI worked with Cardiff University to identify what works in tackling rural poverty.
Going the Extra Mile (GEM)
A five-year evaluation of the Going the Extra Mile (GEM) project begun in 2016, which further develops and applies social value research techniques. Funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) and National Lottery Community Fund, GEM aims to move the county’s most vulnerable adults closer to employment, training and education.
Mapping Rural Broadband with GIS
Rob Berry, CCRI's GIS expert has been working on a project that has required him to map the speed of rural broadband across England and Wales. In this post he shares some of his methods and the early results.
Development of a Monitoring and Evaluation framework and a Forecast SROI for Hulme Community Garden Centre (HCGC) and to support the Growing Health network
A project that invokes development of a theory of Change and forecasts Social return on investment (SROI).
Ex-Post Evaluation of the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) 2007-2013
Report on the impacts, effectiveness and efficiency of RDP expenditure.
SUS-CHAIN – Marketing sustainable agriculture: an analysis of the potential role of new food supply chains in sustainable rural development
Dr James Kirwan, together with Bill Slee and Carolyn Foster (both formerly of the CCRI), completed an analysis of the potential role of new food supply chains in sustainable rural development during the period 2003 to 2006, as part of…
Active Together
Active Together is a grant scheme from Gloucestershire County Council that seeks to encourage more sport and physical activity across the county.