What does

The Rural Hub helps farm and rural businesses to develop into innovative, profitable and market-led enterprises. Membership is free of charge and members receive:

a monthly E-news containing the latest industry news and developments, noticeboard adverts and links to market-place companies;
access to Hub events on a variety of subjects such as;

• rural planning advice
• pond creation and management and accessing biodiversity offsetting funding
• managing farm woodland
• new technology in farming
• funding available for farm diversification 
• Class Q regulations for planning applications

We are always open to hearing from members about the type of event they would like to see organised, so please contact our Co-ordinator, Jane Hampson, on info@ruralhub.org.uk with your suggestions.

Meet the Co-ordinator

Jane has been the Co-ordinator of the Rural Hub since December 2016 and she works part-time from her home office.  As well as pulling together our monthly e-news for members and organising our events, Jane also updates the website on a daily basis, keeps our social media pages active and manages the book-keeping.  

Prior to joining the Rural Hub Jane worked for Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group as their Personnel Manager.  Outside of work Jane enjoys long walks with her dog Beatrice and gardening.  

OUR SOCIAL VALUE RETURN

In 2020 the Rural Hub participated in a Defra sponsored project to measure the social value return of our work.  But what is social value return?  Put simply, it is the answer to the question “if £x is spent on delivering an activity, what is the value of that same £x in terms of wider benefits to the local community?”    After participating in the project the Rural Hub was calculated as having a social value return of:

£9.84 for every £1 that is invested in us by our sponsor and business supporters

You can read the full report from the project here: Warwickshire Rural Hub Report 

Or read the shorter impact report here: Warwickshire Rural Hub Impact Card