THE SOUTH WEST ACRE NETWORK OF RURAL COMMUNITY COUNCILS

SWAN – the South West Acre Network exists as a body, acting to co-ordinate activity taking place across the South West region within rural communities.

As a network, our aim is to influence rural policy at a local, regional and national level; to contribute to the voluntary and community sector at a regional level, and to provide support services to rural community councils.

The objectives of the network are to promote any charitable purpose to improve the conditions of the lives of people and communities in rural areas within the South West region of England.

SWAN is a member of the family, whose national association of rural community council is ACRE – Action for Communities in Rural England.

ACTION WITH COMMUNITIES IN RURAL ENGLAND is the national umbrella body of the Rural Community Action Network (RCAN), the collective name for the 37 Rural Community Councils which operates at a national, regional and local level in support of rural communities across the country.

Members of SWAN comprise of the 7 Rural Community Councils in the South West. Links to the Rural Community Council websites can be found to the right.

The 7 RCCs work together to meet SWAN‟s objectives, one such joint project is CASE.

To learn more about a free support service available to community and social enterprises across the South West of England through the RDPE CASE support service, please right click on the “Making a CASE. Making it Happen” logo and select “Save Linked File To Desktop‟