North East Rural Community Councils

RuCANNE is the network of the three Rural Community Action Network members, working across the North East, our strategic work across the region is developed and managed by a Steering Group made up of the Directors and Chairs from the three RCAN members in the region.

As a Regional Network, RuCANNE plans to prioritise the following areas of activity:

Active representation and engagement with the Rural Community Action Network
Developing regional rural networking between agencies and stakeholders
Developing rural support activity at regional level, through engagement with the LEADER programmes, provision of support for community buildings and provision of back office support for rural infrastructure organisations
Developing a regional evidence and database to support rural proofing and for influencing work.