At our Rural Community Business Awards, the ‘Investing in Local People’ category celebrates how community businesses are transforming lives through employment, training, and volunteering. In rural areas, job opportunities are limited and declining. However, community businesses are well-placed to provide diverse opportunities for both paid work and volunteering, which [...]
Honouring the women who drive Plunkett UK's mission forward and inspire community resilience March marks Women’s History Month, dedicated to celebrating and raising awareness of the social and historical contributions and achievements of women. At Plunkett, we proudly celebrate the women in our organisation. This year, we are thrilled to announce [...]
At our Rural Community Business Awards, ‘The More Than’ category celebrates how community businesses go above and beyond for their communities. Community-owned businesses stand out from other enterprises by going beyond their traditional service, offering a diverse range of services and amenities to benefit local people. For example, a community pub, [...]
Nominations are now open for the 2025 Rural Community Business Awards, sponsored by Lands Improvement, which this year will be exclusively for Plunkett members. One of the year's most anticipated events for Plunkett UK is back! With generous support from our headline sponsor, Lands Improvement, we will celebrate the remarkable [...]
The number of open and trading community-owned pubs in Scotland has doubled from six to twelve in the last three years, thanks to the partnership between the Scottish Government's Scottish Rural Network and Plunkett UK. Additionally, the number of communities actively seeking ownership in the network in the same period [...]
Our Communications and Marketing Officer, Michael Wolverson, shares how groups are kick-starting their journey towards transforming assets into community ownership with support from the Combined Authority. It has been over six months since I wrote my blog about Cambridgeshire groups bidding to save their pubs. During my recent visit to Cambridgeshire, [...]
How Heaval Distillery is crafting a sustainable future and empowering a remote community in Scotland Plunkett recently awarded a small development grant from the Scottish Rural Network to Uisge Beatha Nan Eilean Limited (Heaval Distillery) on the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides. Its community whisky distillery project is [...]
Misty Bower, Plunkett's Community Business Adviser, highlights the key takeaways from our recent webinar, 'Community Business: From Idea to Reality.' Ever thought about starting a business that benefits not just you, but your whole community? A business that alongside trading helps, reduce loneliness, improves the environment, or even catalyses community [...]
Plunkett's Community Business Manager, Alison Macklin, offers valuable insights on what your community business should prioritise as we enter 2025 Alison running an interactive workshop at The National Community Business Conference After all the disruptions, challenges, and stressful situations of the past few years, it's understandable if training [...]
Reflecting on a jam-packed and rewarding 2024 at Plunkett UK It has been an incredible year for the community business sector and a particulary busy one at Plunkett UK! As more rural communities face the loss of vital core services, an increasing number of groups are turning to Plunkett [...]
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