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Case Studies

The case studies show how Rural Support can help individuals or families who are experiencing difficulties.
(Details have been changed to protect confidentiality.)

  • John

    John is 40 and is married with two young children. He works as a self-employed joiner and also manages a small farm. He invested a lot on modernising the farm and had hire purchase agreements for machinery as well as bank loans. Due to the...

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  • Tom and Helen

    Tom and Helen are in their late sixties.  Helen called Rural Support for help as Tom had become less able to look after the farm.  The couple were under a lot of stress, the paperwork has fallen behind and a DARD inspection had highlighte...

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  • Andrew

    Andrew is 50 and lives on a farm with his elderly mother. His mother has had several strokes the last of which has rendered her incapable of looking after herself. She needs to be cared for on a full-time basis and Andrew is finding it very...

    What did Rural Support do?

News

Get online @ home

Posted on April 17, 2012

Aimed at helping people get started with computers and the internet.  Currently there are nine million adults in the UK who have never used the internet.  Get online@home is helping millions more people – particularly the elderly and disadvantaged – get online by the end of 2012.  ‘No nonsense’, affordable Desktop Computer £149 available to [...]

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Mencap Planning for the future seminars

Posted on April 17, 2012

Mencap’s Wills and Trusts team provides parents, families and carers with free booklets about writing wills and setting up trusts for the benefit of a loved one with a learning disability. The organisation’s Planning for the Future events are free seminars aimed at families and carers wishing to leave money to benefit their child or relative with [...]

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New employability training ‘Boost’ for young people in rural areas

Posted on April 16, 2012
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Let’s get straight to the point – Boost will help improve your chances of finding employment. Boost is a no-nonsense programme based on what you’ve told us you need – no waffle, no filler – just practical support that works. Here’s what you get: Boost Skills -       3 local, half-day workshops on key employability skills [...]

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