What We Do

Action in rural Sussex participates in a wide range of programmes, operating projects and services across East and West Sussex. The services that we currently deliver and activities that we undertake are listed below. These have been broken down to illustrate how they link to each of the the strategic aims which guide the organisation, to refer to these in the Action in rural Sussex Business Plan please click here.  

These are as follows:-

Aim 1:

Reduce the incidence and impact of disadvantage and poverty on people living in rural areas.

• Young Peoples Services

• Children and Family Services

• Rural Childcare

• Food and Local Products

• Village Care Programme

• Rural Transport

Aim 2:

Increasing the capacity of rural communities to manage change for the benefits of all their members

• Village Halls and Community Building Support

• Parish and Town Action Plan Support

• Rural Housing

• Rural Shops Support

• Social Enterprise Support

• Grant Support

• Local Governance and Professional Support Services (SALC)

Aim 3:

Inform and Amplify the voices of rural communities to influence public policy

• Rural Advocacy (Rural Voice) and Best Practice

• Policy: Development & Analysis

• Research and Consultancy

Aim 4:

Support Partnership Initiatives with other organisations in pursuit of the first three Aims

• West Sussex Rural Partnership and Forum

• East Sussex Rural Partnership and Forum 

• Sussex Voluntary and Community Sector Learning Consortium

• East Sussex ChangeUp

• West Sussex ChangeUp

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