Publications & resourcesadmin2024-11-22T16:10:06+00:00

Publications & resources

All our publications and resources. In one place.

We publish various information to help community groups and inform policy makers about on rural matters.

Community guidance and information

Policy responses and briefings

Annual reviews and governance

Village hall advice and information sheets

Research

Pipeline of more than 2,000 affordable new homes created through national rural housing support scheme

Evaluation of the Defra-funded Rural Housing Enabler Programme

Halls for All: A History of Village Halls

Seize the Day: The ACRE Archives Project

Press Release: Transport, health provision, loneliness and a lack of affordable housing top list of concerns identified by rural charities

ACRE Membership Survey 2023

Project Report: Digital Opportunities for ACRE’s Village Halls Advice and Information Service

Reaping a Community Harvest

The English Village and Community Hall Survey 2020

ACRE Membership Survey 2020

The impact of Covid-19 on Village and Community Halls in England

Policy responses and briefings

Rural Ambition: enabling communities to thrive – ACRE’s Strategy for 2025-30

News: ACRE’s take on the 2024 Autumn Budget

News: ACRE’s response to proposed planning policy changes

ACRE, Plunkett and RSN warn rural communities could be adversely affected by takeover of Royal Mail

Our recommendations for the next government

Press Release: The next government must not leave rural communities behind says national charity

Consultation response: DHSC Major Conditions Strategy

Briefing: VAT relief on Energy Saving Materials

Briefing: The cost of living in rural areas

Briefing: Rural homelessness counts – a call to action

Briefing: Rising energy prices and village halls

Consultation response: Dormant Assets Fund (England)

Briefing: Rural Fuel Poverty

Briefing: Rural community organisations access to and use of banking services

Briefing: Will ‘Levelling-Up’ genuinely reach out to rural areas?

Letter to the Secretary of State Re impact of global fuel costs on rural communities

Evidence to the Inquiry into the NERC Act and Rural Proofing

Briefing discussing future land use in rural England

Evidence submitted to a review of protected landscapes

ACRE Network Manifesto 2021: Speaking up for Rural Communities

Response to a select committee enquiry into the provision of broadband and digital services

Response to a proposed rural transport strategy

Rurality and Equalities

Briefing on the contribution of rural communities to net-zero

Evidence to the Treasury Select Committee Inquiry into rural disparities

Rural Health and Care Inquiry

Social prescribing in rural areas

Response to non-emergency patient transport proposals

Rural health and care

Analysis of the government’s response to the Kruger review

Rural civil society – an ACRE perspective

Joint letter to Rt Hon Rushi Sunak – Securing the Future of Post Offices (Oct 21)

Integrated local delivery: a community-led approach to environmental resilience

Community guidance and information

A community guide to your water environment

A Guide to Rural Community Resilience

Village hall advice and information sheets

Press Release: Grant funds available for village halls

Village & Community Halls: A guide to Surveys

Village and Community Halls: A Net Zero Design Guide

Briefing: urgent energy advice for village halls this winter

Event recording: Insurance basics for village halls

Village Halls Domesday Book 2021

Holding special events – is your village hall covered?

Briefing: how village halls can support refugees

Village Halls Information Sheet 5 – Safeguarding

Covid 19 Safer Community Centres

Advice: Safe use of Bouncy Castles

Advice: Making sure your hall is insured for firework displays and bonfires

Annual reviews and governance

ACRE Report and Financial Statements (Mar 25)

ACRE Report and Financial Statements (Mar 24)

ACRE Report and Financial Statements (Mar 23)

ACRE Report and Financial Statements (Mar 22)

ACRE Report and Financial Statements (Mar 21)

ACRE’s Corporate Plan 2022-2025

ACRE 25 Year Anniversary Report

ACRE Annual Review 2019-2020

ACRE Report and Financial Statements (Mar 20)

Videos

ACRE Network Case Study – Kirtlington Village Hall Electric Car Charging, Oxfordshire

ACRE Network Case Study – Carrshield Village Hall, Northumberland

ACRE Network Case Study – Roxwell Affordable Homes Scheme, Essex

ACRE Network Case Study – Holy Island Warm Hub, Northumberland

ACRE Network Case Study – Derbyshire Wheels to Work

ACRE Network Case Study – Feeding Derbyshire

ACRE Network Case Study – Yeovil Together, Somerset