Research and rural evidence

Research reports relevant to rural Bedfordshire.  These are in PDF format to reduce file size -  nevertheless many of them are large documents and may take some time to download.  

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Reports funded through BRAF	Lead organisation	Type/Size
ECOTEC Report on Range and Scope of Bedfordshire’s Rural Economy	Bedfordshire Rural Business Support	1.2MB
Access to Healthy Food - Initial Report	Bedfordshire Heartlands Primary Care Trust	366KB
Improving Access to Affordable Healthy Food in the Rural Bedfordshire Heartlands - Final Report	Bedfordshire Heartlands Primary Care Trust	652 KB
Improving Access to Affordable Healthy Food in the Rural Bedfordshire Heartlands - Summary report	Bedfordshire Heartlands Primary Care Trust	132KB
Fuelling the Future	Forest of Marston Vale	151 KB
Jobs in Ancient Woodlands	Greensand Trust	1621KB
Rural-proofing the Bedfordshire Community Strategy	BRAF	219KB
Rural-proofing the Bedford Borough Community Plan	BRAF	154KB
Rural-proofing the Mid Bedfordshire Community Plan	BRAF	146KB
Rural-proofing the South Bedfordshire Community Plan	BRAF	139 KB
Other reports	Organisation	Type/Size
Feasibility report into Multi-Use Centres in Bedfordshire and Luton April 2008	BRCC for Investing in Communities Partnership	Word  2 MB
Census 2001 and Access to Services. Focus on Rural Areas: Mid-Bedfordshire	Defra Rural Hub	195KB
Census 2001 and Access to Services. Focus on Rural Areas: South-Bedfordshire	Defra Rural Hub	195KB
Census 2001 and Access to Services. Focus on Rural Areas: Bedford Borough	Defra Rural Hub	195KB
Bedfordshire Rural Research June 2001	Beds County Council	269KB
Population Estimates and Forecasts 2006	Beds County Council	484 KB
Benefits Advice in Bedfordshire Sept 2005 Summary report Full report	Tackling Poverty Together/Beds County Council	142 KB 1.2MB
Report on the voluntary and community sector in Bedfordshire and Luton	Voluntary Works	350kB
Feasibility study into the development of a credit union for Mid Bedfordshire	Mid Beds Credit Union Focus Group	528 kB
Needs Analysis for Investing in Communities Business Plan for Bedfordshire & Luton              Summary report              Full report	Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion	Go to BLEDP site Go to BLEDP site
Planning sustainable communities - a green infrastructure guide for Milton Keynes and the South Midlands	Var.	Go to GI site
Community Health Profiles 2007 - highlighting health issues	Department of Health/NHS	Bedfordshire        Mid Beds    South Beds B'd Borough
Housing Affordability in the East of England 2002 to 2004	GO East	120KB
Land-based sector skills in SMEs in the East of England 2004	EEDA/LANTRA	958KB
A Review of the Current Evidence Base on Access to Rural Learning within the East of England  2004	AARC	1.3MB
Rural and Urban Deprivation in the East of England (Feb 2006)	EEDA/East of England Observatory	Go to East of England Observatory
Poverty and Social Exclusion in Rural East of England 2004	OSEP	555 KB
Poverty and Social Exclusion in Rural East of England 2004  (full report)	New Policy Institute	2.2MB
State of the Countryside in the East of England 2004	Countryside Agency	1.3MB
Active Rural Communities: A Research Report to the East of England Rural Sport and Recreation Working Group	East of England Rural Sport & Recreation Working Group	Go to Naturally Active site
Diversification in Agriculture – January 2005	Defra	182KB
State of the Countryside 2007	Commission for Rural Communities	Go to CRC website
Rural Disadvantage - Priorities for Action (June 2006)	Commission for Rural Communities	753 KB
Tackling Rural Disadvantage (1)	Commission for Rural Communities	497KB
Tackling Rural Disadvantage (2)	Commission for Rural Communities	439 KB
Report - Calculating Housing Needs in Rural England   2006	Commission for Rural Communities	230KB
Rural Housing - A place in the Countryside?  2006	Commission for Rural Communities	255KB

Research links

Defra Rural Evidence    Go to site
East of England Observatory Go to site
Eastern Region Public Health Observatory Go to site
Commission for Rural Communities Go to site
Countryside Agency Go to site
Beds & Luton Economic Development Partnership Go to site

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