PEOPLE living in rural communities are often unaware of local services, a Ribble Valley meeting heard
Lancashire County Council led a discussion entitled Partnership Solutions to Real-Life Situations at a meeting of the Ribble Valley Rural Forum.
The meeting in Chatburn Methodist Hall looked at how services might be brought closer to people living in rural communities.
Participants claimed access to local services was a lottery and asked for more targeted, simple and accessible information on local services.
Jan Styan, Lancashire County Council's District Partnership Officer for Ribble Valley, said: "We are committed to working in partnership with community, voluntary, private and public agencies to ensure local services make real sense to local people and meet their needs in a rural community.
"A wealth of ideas were prompted and will be explored further by Lancashire County Council, Ribble Valley Borough Council, the Council for Voluntary Service and other partners."
Jan Styan said her role was to help make local services more accessible and responsive to rural-dwellers.
Anyone interested in attending future meetings is asked to contact Liz Petten on 01200 422995.
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