Community shop and post office manager, Karen Loftus, from Berrynarbor Community Enterprise, Devon, has won a national award for her work, commitment and passion in supporting Berrynarbor’s local community throughout the pandemic. Karen was presented with the award for Community Contribution from Dame Prue Leith DBE, restaurateur, chef and presenter, and Thakeham, sponsors [...]
Plunkett's Project Manager - Susie Middleton - explains how community businesses locating in places of active worship can create mutual benefits and have a positive impact in the local area. Currently only around 1 in 10 groups that contact Plunkett Foundation for support to set up a community business will ever reach [...]
UK’s Most Inspiring Community Businesses - Recognised by Rural Community Business Awards Helping the vulnerable, delivering food parcels, supporting local food producers, providing local jobs, reducing loneliness, embracing green initiatives, improving wellbeing and creating vibrant communities – the winners of the 2021 Rural Community Business awards have brought their communities together and [...]
With the roadmap for reopening the economy to be announced today Plunkett is calling on government to offer support, regardless of reopening dates, to help community businesses survive.
We are pleased to publish a new resource for community pubs: 'Community Pub Benchmarking' is now available here on our business support webpages for 'Early Stages' and 'Established Community Businesses'. This resource gives an overview of key financial information for community pubs prior to 2020, including turnover and net profits. It is free to [...]
These grant awards have now closed - however, funded support and training through the Hopkins Plunkett Communities Scheme is still available! As of the 15th February 2022 all grants have been allocated, however please contact us for information on other funding opportunities, upcoming events, training or business support for your [...]
The Hopkins Plunkett Communities Scheme is inviting community businesses across East Anglia to apply for grants of up to £1,000 to help them get through the winter months. This initial £15,000 allocation of funding forms part of a £50,000 extension of the Hopkins Plunkett Communities Scheme - a partnership between East Anglian housebuilder Hopkins [...]
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Georgina Edwards, Plunkett's Policy & Research Manger outlines five ways that community businesses are already fighting the climate crisis As businesses that are owned and run by local people, community businesses have ethical practice and local accountability at their core. Now, with greater awareness of the climate crisis, we are seeing more [...]
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