The East of England Rural Forum believes that it is the appropriate time to develop a Rural White Paper for the Region. The White Paper will be a visionary document for the Region. It will be an important influencing document for policy makers at local, regional and national government level.

Its purpose will be to refocus the priorities for the rural communities’ in the East of England region against a changing backdrop of national, regional and local policy and organisational structure.

At its meeting on 14th September, the forum members approved the Scoping Document for the white paper and authorised the Forum Steering Group to pursue actions to draft the full paper.

Regional Rural White Paper Scoping Document

The Rural Forum is preparing a paper that will capture its vision for rural communities over the next 10 to 20 years. It will present ideas and make recommendations for public, private and voluntary sector partners for action over the next five years.

The paper must be comprehensive, relevant and accurate and we would value your input to ensure that it is. On the afternoon of Wednesday 3 March at Shuttleworth Park, Bedfordshire we are organising a regional consultation event. This aims to capture the view of all people and organisations with an interest in rural affairs. Through facilitated discussion groups, we want to hear your concerns, your ideas and your proposals.

If you wish to join us at 2pm on 3 March please contact Mags Lambert on 01473 345346. (25/01/10)