MAC8 Mobile Advice Centre

We’re delighted to share news about the Rural Community Council’s newest initiative: the MAC8 Mobile Advice Centre—a refreshed and expanded mobile outreach service supporting rural communities across Leicestershire and Rutland.

Nikky Miles has agreed to speak to our community at Blaby Congregational Church on Thursday 3rd September and Thursday 5th November during our warm space social mornings.

Tea, coffee and cakes are available as well as a warm welcome and friendly faces.

Come and join us to find advice on keeping warm while reducing your bills and how to access help and support.

MAC8 has been created to ensure residents can easily access trusted, practical advice on a wide range of issues that matter to everyday life, including:

• Warm, safe and energy‑efficient homes

• Carbon monoxide awareness and home safety

• Priority Services Registration for eligible households

• Benefits of switching to a water meter and reducing water costs

• Utility savings and managing household bills

• Household income maximisation, including grants, discounts and support schemes

• Mental health and wellbeing

• Digital access and online confidence

  
  

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Our new MAC8 vehicle is currently being built and will be ready to visit communities from winter 2026. Until then, we are continuing to deliver in‑person information sessions, ensuring residents can still access advice, resources and support during this transition period.

About RCC - Rural Community Connections.

Our charity has spent 101 years working with people to improve wellbeing, increase resilience, and tackle disadvantage in rural communities across Leicestershire, Rutland and the surrounding areas.

Originally set up in 1924, our early work was focused on nurturing rural industry and education, and the development of a thriving network of village halls. In the century that has followed, policy, funding and social change have required us to adopt a very flexible approach, constantly growing our knowledge and adapting our work to meet the evolving needs and priorities of rural communities.

Fast forward to the present day and we are using the experience our history has embedded at the core of our organisation to take simple but effective action to CARE for people and organisations facing issues such as loneliness, isolation, poor mental wellbeing, suicide, unemployment, deprivation and the decline of valuable rural facilities and services.