Information on the role of the Rural Needs Co-ordinator is provided in the document Help With Understanding the Role of the Rural Needs Co-ordinator.
Information on Training for Rural Needs Co-ordinators is available here.
A range of other information and other resources which may be of use to Rural Needs Co-ordinators is available elsewhere on the Rural Needs section of the DAERA website including guidance, templates, publications, the Rural Needs Monitoring Database and links to research, statistics and other useful information.
DAERA also operates a Rural Needs Network which all Rural Needs Co-ordinators are members of. More information on the Rural Needs Network is available here.