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 ensuring sustainable energy sources, guaranteeing national energy security.

Your countryside has a network of vital rural services which should be protected 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 has a rich natural environment because of land managers who should be encouraged 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 our Policy Jigsaw here.