This project aims to establish a Community Learning Network spanning the Northern Periphery areas and to address issues of access to learning and rural depopulation. The common denominator of all partners is that they are supporting learning in remote, sparsely populated areas, which in turn sustains the communities they serve. By addressing some of the key support issues required for Learning Centres, the project will deliver underpinning support for future business and community development. This will be further fulfilled through the inclusion of a Northern Heritage module, which will include cultural and environmental aspects of the Northern Periphery area.