South West ACRE Network (SWAN)

RCCs in the South West have been working together since 1986. In 1998, SWAN was registered as an independent charity and became an Incorporated Charity on 1 October 2007. SWAN’s Board includes chief executives and chairs of all seven RCCs in the South West. SWAN aims to:

• Influence regional policies, strategies and outcomes for rural communities in the South West

• Promote and represent the rural voluntary and community sector and rural communities in the South West

• Facilitate performance improvement across the network to optimise the impact of RCC work in a huge regional rural constituency

• Enable collaboration between RCCs across a range of functions and services

• Increase evidence of rural needs.

South West ACRE Network

Gloucestershire Rural Community Council

Community Action (former Avon)

Community Council for Somerset

Community First, Wiltshire

Dorset Community Action

Community Council of Devon

Cornwall Rural Community Council