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The Countryside Alliance works for everyone who loves the countryside and the rural way of life. Our vision is of a vital, working and thriving countryside for the benefit of the whole nation.

And the Rural Oscars go to.......
Thursday, 04 February 2010

SW Doughty and Seasalter Lamb celebrate on the terraceThe Countryside Alliance handed out its “Rural Oscars” at a Parliamentary reception on Wednesday 3rd February. British titles have gone to businesses from Cumbria, Yorkshire, Worcestershire and Dumfries, political awards went to Sir Alan Beith MP and Philip Dunne MP and the Rural Hero of 2009 Award went to Lincolnshire’s Agricultural Chaplain, Rev Canon Alan Robson.

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Unique breast cancer charity reveals 2010 schedule
Friday, 29 January 2010

Casting for Recovery UK & IrelandCasting for Recovery, the unique Countryside Alliance-backed fly fishing programme for women who have, or have had, breast cancer, will run retreats in Devon, Hampshire, Co Antrim and Angus in 2010; applications to participate are now being accepted.

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Hunting Act “notorious example of bad Government”
Thursday, 28 January 2010

Hunting for RepealA new report by the ‘Better Government Initiative’ has branded the Hunting Act a “notorious example of bad Government” along with other disastrous examples from the last 20 years including the Poll Tax, the Child Support Agency and the Millennium Dome. The report was produced by some of Whitehall's most senior figures, including the former Cabinet secretary Lord Butler and Sir John Chilcott who is chairing the Iraq war inquiry.

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CPS confirm secret filming is unlawful
Tuesday, 19 January 2010

high courtThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has issued guidance confirming that covert surveillance by animal rights groups should be authorised under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. It has also confirmed that evidence obtained through unauthorised covert surveillance is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights. The new guidance says:

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Events listings
Thursday, 09 August 2007

Point to pointing The Countryside Alliance's events listing is constantly updated and aims to keep you in touch with rural events of interest across the UK.

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Children, Schools and Families Bill 2010
Monday, 11 January 2010

The Countryside Alliance is pushing for outdoor educationOn Monday 11th January the Children, School and Families Bill received its Second Reading in Parliament. The Bill seeks to bring into law the recommendations of two independent reviews on reforming the primary curriculum and making Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education statutory. We believe the countryside is a powerful medium in which to deliver major components of PSHE, such as healthy living, physical competence and performance, managing risk and developing self awareness and advocate that within the Children, Schools and Families Bill there should be an entitlement to outdoor education within the curriculum. All MPs were briefed for this debate; please click here to read our brief (pdf)

 

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