Rural Community Network

Rural Community Network

38a Oldtown Street
Cookstown
Co Tyrone
BT80 8EF
United Kingdom

Rural Community Network is a regional voluntary organisation established by community groups from rural areas in 1991 to articulate the voice of rural communities on issues relating to poverty, disadvantage and equality.

It is a membership organisation and is managed by a voluntary Board of Directors, elected every two years. Two community representatives from each of the six counties make up the main component of the Network�s Board with statutory, voluntary, farming, environmental, cross border and other sectoral groups making up the rest.

Rural Community Network adopts a community development approach to its work and employs a team of staff with a broad spectrum of skills.

Rural Community Network's Services

Rural Community Network - COVID-19 Helpline

Rural Community Network

COVID-19 Service

Rural Community Network's Content

Event
Art & Culture Outdoor Activity Workshop

Rural Community Network

These heritage events are an opportunity to meet others and make connections. Each event is in a unique location where you will learn about the work they do with local communities.
Dates:
01 April - 13 May 2023
Cookstown
Event

Rural Community Network

Please join us on the morning of 28 June in the Junction, Dungannon, at this Rural Community Network and Centre for Cross Border Studies joint event where we will learn and consider Lessons from the work in developing remote working hubs in Ireland Policy around development of remote working hubs in Northern Ireland Actions needed to better support rural communities take next steps We will hear from officials and practitioners north and south and also engage in small group discussion on the actions needed to further support and develop rural remote working here.
Dates:
28 June 2022
Dungannon
Event
Art & Culture Online / Virtual Training/Advice Workshop

Rural Community Network

Join us for a range of online workshops & talks. It's an opportunity to meet others, share knowledge and learn skills that can support the development of heritage work in rural communities.
Dates:
14 February - 06 April 2022
Cookstown
Event
Online / Virtual Seminar Workshop

Rural Community Network

Come and join us in an online event to listen, learn and engage around developments in mobile connectivity and consider if and how rural communities here might benefit.
Dates:
26 January 2022
Cookstown
Event
Online / Virtual Seminar Workshop

Rural Community Network

RCN presents this talk as part of its Rural Shared History Project - “100 years of change” Broadcaster and Historian Dr. David Hume looks at the formative years of Northern Ireland and examines the Road to Partition in 1921.
Dates:
10 January 2022
Cookstown
Ours to share poster
News

Rural Community Network

The ‘Ours to Share’ grant scheme is for rural community groups / organisations who are interested in developing heritage projects in rural areas. Grants for up to £1,000 and £5,000 are available.
Event
Art & Culture Online / Virtual Seminar Workshop

Rural Community Network

RCN is pleased to announce that it has secured an evening with Dr Fionnuala Walsh (first of the series of six).
Dates:
03 November 2021
Cookstown
Event
Art & Culture Informal Meetup Online / Virtual Seminar Workshop

Rural Community Network

Join us for a range of online events exploring topics such as audience engagement, cultural diversity and sustainability in the heritage sector. This is an opportunity to meet others, share knowledge and learn about what's happening across Northern Ireland.
Dates:
12 October - 03 November 2021
Cookstown
Event
Seminar

Rural Community Network

Digital connectivity is and will continue to transform our lives. Broadband and mobile connectivity is now essential infrastructure needed for work, education, entertainment, shopping and increasingly to access many public and other services. Our next two events look at the practicalities of providing mobile broadband connectivity in a rural "not spot" and how new and better connectivity can be used to support rural remote working.
Dates:
23 September 202130 September 2021
Cookstown
Event
Online / Virtual Workshop

Rural Community Network

The Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921 was an international treaty that give birth to what was then the Free State and to the state of Northern Ireland. How did it come about? Who was involved? What were the challenges? All questions when answered will help people understand the changes in Ireland at that time. Then what happened in Northern Ireland after 1921?
Dates:
04 October 2021
Cookstown

More Information

Type of Organisation

VCSE

Acronym

RCN

NI Charity Number

NI100009

Team

  • Kathryn Kerr
  • aidan campbell
  • Teresa McKernan
  • Kelly Donaghy