Countryside Alliance - love the countryside

Your countryside should include housing for local people seeking local jobs, but development must be sensitive to community and environmental needs.

Your countryside needs to be celebrated for its business innovation and new enterprises should be encouraged.

Your countryside can take the lead in creating a sustainable environment, with communities acting at the local level to help manage the impact of climate change.

Your countryside has a network of vital rural services which should beprotected because of its enormous social and economic value.

Your countryside is enriched by country pursuits, whose participants should be free from prejudice and discrimination.

Your countryside is the nation’s larder, which means that British farmers and producers should be championed.

Your countryside owes its great beauty and wildlife to the private and public land managers who we should encourage as they shape the land for future generations.

Your countryside hides crime behind a picturesque landscape, so tackling it should be given a priority equal to urban areas.

Your countryside can enjoy real progress, but the Government should respect local democracy and empower rural communities.

Your countryside is for everyone, so education should bridge the gap between urban and rural communities to enable mutual understanding to flourish.

Download a copy of the Countryside Alliance's Policy Jigsaw here