In July 2010 the Rural Cultural Forum (RCF) www.ruralculture.org.uk produced a report,Creative Rural Communities (CRC), that sets out why a Rural Cultural Strategy (RCS) is needed and the form it might take. The report was intended to stimulate and inform public debate and to provide the basis for RCF, statutory agencies, and other interested parties to produce a feasible strategic plan in relation to culture, creativity and rural communities.