The Rural Cultural Forum was established in 2005 as a coalition of grassroots rural and farming community organisations, and professionals from the arts, design and rural media sectors, interested in promoting rural creativity and arts and culture in the UK. The Forum undertakes a range of networking, advocacy, campaign, educational and arts research and development in support of rural communities and rural artists.
The current campaign aims of the RCF include: promoting cultural entitlement and equity for rural communities; researching new cultural investment and arts funding resources for rural regeneration and community development; campaigning for a new role for the professional arts sector (urban and rural) in support of economic regeneration, social inclusion, and environmental sustainability initiatives in rural areas; and working with the leading agencies and partners (DCMS and DEFRA, etc.) to promote the creative rural economy and encourage closer integration of Government cultural/arts, and rural development and environmental sustainability policies.
The RCF received an organisational development fund award (2006 – 2009) from Arts Council England West Midlands. The Rural Media Company and LITTORAL Arts Trust have provided additional development support and advice on cultural policy issues.
RCF Committee
The members of the RCF’s executive committee currently are: Chair – Michael Hart (Chairman of the Small and Family Farmers Alliance); Alastair Davy (HFI – UK Hill Farming Initiative); Pat Holtom (executive committee member of ACRE – Action with Rural Communities in Rural England); Nic Millington (Director of the Rural Media Company, Hereford); and Ian Hunter (LITTORAL Arts Trust).
Michael Hart, Chairman of The Small and Family Farmers Alliance
Alastair Davy, Chairman of The Hill-Farming Initiative
Pat Holtom, Trustee ACRE, Action with Communities in Rural England.
Nic Millington, Director The Rural Media Company, Hereford
Ian Hunter, Director of Littoral
The Rural Cultural Forum wishes to acknowledge the support (financial and in kind) from the following organisations:
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The Rural Cultural Forum was established in 2005 as a coalition of grassroots rural and farming community organisations, and professionals from the arts, design and rural media sectors, interested in promoting rural creativity and arts and culture in the UK. The Forum undertakes a range of networking, advocacy, campaign, educational and arts research and development in support of rural communities and rural artists.
The current campaign aims of the RCF include: promoting cultural entitlement and equity for rural communities; researching new cultural investment and arts funding resources for rural regeneration and community development; campaigning for a new role for the professional arts sector (urban and rural) in support of economic regeneration, social inclusion, and environmental sustainability initiatives in rural areas; and working with the leading agencies and partners (DCMS and DEFRA, etc.) to promote the creative rural economy and encourage closer integration of Government cultural/arts, and rural development and environmental sustainability policies.
The RCF received an organisational development fund award (2006 – 2009) from Arts Council England West Midlands. The Rural Media Company and LITTORAL Arts Trust have provided additional development support and advice on cultural policy issues.
RCF Committee
The members of the RCF’s executive committee currently are: Chair – Michael Hart (Chairman of the Small and Family Farmers Alliance); Alastair Davy (HFI – UK Hill Farming Initiative); Pat Holtom (executive committee member of ACRE – Action with Rural Communities in Rural England); Nic Millington (Director of the Rural Media Company, Hereford); and Ian Hunter (LITTORAL Arts Trust).
The Rural Cultural Forum wishes to acknowledge the support (financial and in kind) from the following organisations: