Listing your organisation on the NationalRural website
What types of organisation are suitable for listing in the National Rural Directory on the website?
The website is most suited to listing:
- Special interest groups
such as clubs, societies and ‘networks’.
- Publicly funded or voluntary groups
concerned with the rural economy, business development and environmental improvement or conservation.
- Universities, colleges
and their specialist departments, centres or projects.
- Rural development projects
- Trade Associations
- Research Institutes
- Local offices of agencies
such as DEFRA, Business Link, Natural England and the Commission for Rural Communities.
The website does not list commercial organisations such as suppliers of goods and materials. It is not intended as a ‘sales aid’ and does not include any mechanism for direct mailing by such organisations.
However, certain private sector advisory and consulting organisations
(such as surveyors and consultancies) make a significant contribution to rural economic development, and often run publicly funded programmes. These organisations may be listed at the discretion of the NationalRural website editorial team. They are particularly welcomed where they operate open-access events of general interest.
What charges are made for listing my organisation?
Listing the profile of your organisation is free
, and is done via online forms. You will need to retain a named representative and password, and we may send occasional email reminders if your details may be becoming out of date.
What other benefits are there to listing my organisation?
Firstly, it allows you to enter your events for promotion on the website.
Also, since the establishment of the National Rural Directory in 2005 we have found that:
- It helps organisations with common interests to get in touch with each other.
- It allows NationalRural staff to assist enquirers to get in touch with experts in clubs and societies as well as universities and other public organisations.
- We have found that, particularly for small organisations, your National Rural Directory listing is frequently the main way that search engines such as Google can find you on the internet.
