The South East Rural Towns Partnership has been in existence since 2000, building on experience gained from managing Rural Towns: Rural Life, an SRB programme providing grants to towns and developing a network of support for town partnerships.

Activities include:

• Working with national, regional and local agencies to raise the profile and act as a voice for rural towns across the South East.
  
  
• Securing funding from national, regional and local sources to support rural towns.
  
  
• Producing best practice case studies.
  
  
• Running workshops seminars and other events across the South East.
  
  
• Acting as a regional hub for exchange of views and information.
  
  
• Supporting communities to research and investigate issues in their towns in order to position themselves to maximise opportunities for the future.
  

The partnership includes representatives from each county / unitary authority, together with other agencies who have committed themselves to working positively with local communities and partnerships to deliver improved services and quality of life in rural towns across the region.

Please visit our Members Index for contact details, further information and links to web sites.

The Chair of this Partnership is Sue Beer Tel 01622 221936
e-mail: sue.beer@kent.gov.uk

Sue Beer is the County Co-ordinator fo the Kent Rural Towns programme. She has worked in rural regeneration for some years, having previously worked on the Mid Kent LEADER+ programme. Before that she was a community development officer at Kent 's rural community council. She lives in a small market town on the coast and is a volunteer member of the local neighbouhood partnership so has experience of small town regeneration from local to strategic level.  
 

 We welcome all enquiries about rural towns within the South East of England to:-

Robert Brady
Regional Network Co-ordinator for the South East
Mobile: 07795 102093  e-mail:  robert.brady@towns.org.uk

As the South East Regional Network Co-ordinator, Robert's responsibilities include providing information and advice channels on key issues, raising awareness of the South East Rural Towns Partnership SERTP and the needs of small rural towns, organising a network for County Co-ordinators to share best practice and supporting towns with the Market Towns Healthcheck process.

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