Community Life

Transport, adult social care, children’s services, funding, volunteering

• Hampshire Constabulary – what we are doing for rural communities
• Countryside Access
• Rights of Way
• Hampshire Countryside Access Forum
• Transport

Funding

• Village Community Grant Scheme
• Countryside Access Forum Small Grants Scheme
• Community Funding Support

Volunteering

• Community Action Hampshire
• Hampshire Volunteer Centres

Housing

• Hampshire Alliance for Rural Affordable Housing

Economy

• The Socio-Economic Profile of Rural Hampshire
• Hampshire Market Towns - Securing their Future
• Rural Development Programme for England

Farming, Food and forestry

• County Farms
• Hampshire Fare
• Supporting Local Food
• Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust

Biodiversity

The County Council is improving the management of its own Estate for Biodiversity, working across the Council to secure enhanced management of HCC ‘s school grounds, country parks, farms and other sites for nature conservation.

Environmental Improvement Programme

• Country Towns Initiative
• Hampshire Village initiative

Planning and Management of Hampshire's Landscape

• Hampshire Biodiversity Action Plan partnership
• Land Management Planning
• Landscape Characterisation
• Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation

Green Infrastructure

Green Infrastructure is a network of multi-functional open spaces, including formal parks, gardens, woodlands, green corridors, waterways, street trees and open countryside. It comprises all environmental resources. Hampshire County Council is a partner in the development of a Green Infrastructure Strategy for the South Hampshire sub-region (PUSH ) as well as being a provider and manager of Green Infrastructure through its Country Parks, rights of way, its farm estate and the highway network (see Transport).

• PUSH Green Infrastructure Strategy
• Rights of Way
• Country Parks
• County Farms

Transport and Access

• Community Transport links
• Andover to Winchester Hospital Shuttle Bus
• Concessionary Travel
• Dial-A-Bus
• HCC Accessibility Strategy
• HCC Local Transport Plan 2006-2011
• HCC Passenger Transport
• Local Transport Forums
• Three Rivers Rail Partnership
• Travel Guides