Working Smartly to Deliver Cost-Effective Rural Services

Chris Wade, Action for Market Towns

Tracy Turner, Rural Services Network

Lucy Beadle, Little Red Bus Network

Overview of WorkshopChris Wade, Action for Market Towns Introduction & Outline of Stakeholder Interests

Tracy Turner, Rural services Network Service Providers’ Perspective Developing the Research Programme

Break-out for Discussion

Jim Clark & Lucy Beadle, Little Red Bus Network Company Background & Case Study of Innovation

Reforming Rural Services

You don’t have to accept all service changes lying down!

Communities & Customers Funders

Quality provision for whole community

Cost-effective delivery within services

StakeholderInterests

Towards a Shared Vision

“That all residents receive equal/high quality standards of services regardless of where they live.”

The Customer’s Perspective:How to Influence Provision

Single Issues; Yorkshire Rural Access to Services Framework

Community-Led Planning; Market Towns ‘Healthscan’ & Action Planning

Local Strategic Partnerships & Local Area Agreements

Understanding Opportunity Costs