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"Rural communities pledge to contribute upwards of £1 billion p.a. to the national creative economy by 2015"

"It's a fairer share, and a 'hand up' ..rather than a 'hand out' that rural communities are now asking the arts and cultural funding sector for."

"We challenge urban communities and urban arts and cultural sector to work with us to achieve our society's goals for environmental sustainability."

Rural Cultural Forum, Chairman Michael Hart

Independent Study Report
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Independent Study Report - an independent review of the Creative Rural Communities report by: John Holden, Sally Medlyn, Professors Chris Bailey and Franco Bianchini (Leeds Met.) March 2012.

Proposal for RCS (PDF - 5.8 MB)