Supporting sustainable, resilient and inclusive rural communities across Bath & North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Featured news & blogs
Unlocking rural affordable housing
Alison Ward, WERN’s Rural Housing Enabler blogs for #RuralHousingWeek
Further grant funding for village halls
Funds available to help restore and modernise rural community buildings
WERN appoints new Chief Executive
Phillip Vincent, a champion of rural community development, joined the charity on 1 May
Our work
Our charitable work benefits both individuals and groups across rural parts of the West of England region.
We are best known for our long-standing village agents service, village halls advice and oil buying scheme but we also support a range of other initiatives such as enabling affordable housing, community transport and digital inclusion.
Digital inclusion
Village agents
Affordable housing
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WERN is a member of the ACRE Network, England’s largest rural grouping of community support charities. Our membership allows us to exchange knowledge and best practice with 37 similar organisations across the country, as well as having a voice nationally through Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE).
