Research and analysis
Shared Rural Network Wellbeing Survey
The results of a wellbeing and social benefits survey conducted with beneficiaries of the Shared Rural Network programme.
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Ipsos were commissioned by Building Digital UK (BDUK), part of the Department for Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) in 2023 to undertake an evaluation of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme. Included in this evaluation, a survey of 1,285 residents of households and businesses which will benefit from the SRN (in locations where enhanced mobile broadband connectivity is being provided by the SRN programme) was designed in order to improve understanding of the wellbeing and social benefits of the programme. This report sets out the findings from the baseline survey.
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Published 15 January 2026