Projects & Practice

GLAS - Traditional Farm Buildings Grant Scheme

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Sustainability
Countries:: Ireland

A project that has ensured the conservation and reuse of traditional farm buildings across Ireland.

Building and equipping of a kindergarten and nursery in village of Gudovac

Keywords:: Demography, Rural services, Youth
Countries:: Croatia

The construction of a kindergarten and a nursery to increase rural pre-school provision, contribute to improving local services, and help retain young families from the rural areas.

Acquisition of equipment and machinery to modernise a public kitchen

Keywords:: Rural services, Social inclusion
Countries:: Hungary

Using RDP support to acquire new equipment for a small town's public kitchen.

Tackling Dementia in a rural area

Keywords:: Demography, Healthcare, Rural services, Social inclusion
Countries:: United Kingdom

A community centre used support from the rural development programme to enhance its services and premises in order not to exclude people with Dementia.

Investments in domestic wastewater treatment solutions

Keywords:: Environmental protection, Local Development Strategy, Rural services, Water management
Countries:: Hungary

An infrastructure investment to solve the problem of waste water treatment in a sparsely populated rural municipality.

Construction of the water supply network of the settlement of Reka and Starigrad

Keywords:: Public goods, Rural services, Water management
Countries:: Croatia

The project supported the construction of a water supply network in the village of Reka, ensuring that all inhabitants have adequate access to water.

An on-demand rural bus service in rural Wales

Keywords:: Rural services, Social inclusion, Social services
Countries:: United Kingdom

An on-demand local bus service, ‘Bwcabus’, tailored to the needs of rural passengers has helped improve accessibility, reduced car dependency and assisted in lifting rural communities out of deprivation.