Hello and welcome to Cambridgeshire ACRE
Cambridgeshire ACRE is the rural community council for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
We provide encouragement, practical help and support to communities throughout Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to enable them to plan and develop as vibrant places to live and work. We identify what local people need and the issues that are important to them. We then champion these things with those who set policy and make decisions in the county, helping to ensure that rural Cambridgeshire has a voice.
We can help your community in a whole range of ways, so why not look around our site to find out more.
Latest News and Events
2012: A Year of Celebration
This short guide will help you and your community as you decide what to do to commemorate 2012 as a very special year.
Faster and Better Broadband for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Cambridgeshire County Council is forging ahead with plans to bring faster broadband services to the majority of businesses, communities and homes in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough by 2015.
New Paths for Communities Grant Scheme to be launched in April
Do you have a community footpaths project which you would like funding? From April 2012 Natural England will be running a new competitive grant scheme called Paths for Communities.
Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme (FFIS)
FFIS was launched on the 16th November 2011 and is part of the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE). It is a scheme of support, developed to help farming, forestry and horticultural business
Localism Bill becomes law
Localism Bill given Royal Assent.
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service launches Community Champion scheme
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) have launched a pilot Community Champion scheme in South Cambridgeshire to encourage residents to carry out safety checks on their homes.
Films, Reports and Publications
- 2012: A Year of Celebration
- download pdf
![Running Community Facilities with Cambridgeshire ACRE [video]](up/cffilm_111014151423.jpg)
- Running Community Facilities with Cambridgeshire ACRE [video]
- view film
![Parish Planning with Cambridgeshire ACRE [video]](up/parishplanning_111014122852.png)
- Parish Planning with Cambridgeshire ACRE [video]
- view film
- Rural Services Survey 2010 - Headline Report
- download pdf
- Corporate Strategy
- download pdf