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July 9, 2025

Showing what's possible when community comes together
June 25, 2025

Impact and Vibrancy in Scotland’s Community Pubs
June 13, 2025

Being Aware of Loneliness: How Communities Bring People Together
May 15, 2025

Looking After Our Mental Health - The Power of Community
May 13, 2025

A Place For Everyone
April 24, 2025

The Heart of Great Oakley: More Than Just a Pub
April 8, 2025

Plunkett UK at Anthropy 2025
April 4, 2025

Empowering Rural Communities: Investing in local people
March 27, 2025

Celebrating Women Leaders in Community Ownership
March 26, 2025

Beyond a service: More than just a business
February 20, 2025

Community Businesses getting 'out of the blocks' in Cambridgeshire
February 14, 2025

Case Study: Distilling Community Spirit on the Isle of Barra
February 5, 2025

Turning your idea into a thriving community-owned business
January 13, 2025

A fresh focus for New Year and beyond
December 23, 2024

The 12 Months of Plunkett
December 17, 2024

A Thank You to Our Partners
December 12, 2024

The mutual benefits of volunteering
November 28, 2024

Embrace giving during the festive period
November 5, 2024

Volunteer recruitment: an alternative look
September 19, 2024

How a village shop can change lives for the better
September 11, 2024

Creating Inclusive Spaces
September 4, 2024

Our Impact Areas - Community Businesses are vital providers for...
August 23, 2024

Our Impact Areas - Creating employment, training and volunteer opportunities
August 16, 2024

The primary point of contact for community businesses
August 7, 2024

Our Impact Areas - Community Businesses Going Green
August 1, 2024

Cambridgeshire Community Groups bid to save their pubs
July 25, 2024

The King’s Speech: A moment of opportunity?
July 10, 2024

Our Impact Areas - using local supply
July 5, 2024

Open for business with Plunkett's support
July 3, 2024

What funding options do community businesses have?
June 26, 2024

Our Impact Areas - embracing diversity and inclusion
June 12, 2024

My first impressions of Community Business Communications
June 4, 2024

Plunkett’s Volunteer Trustees
May 14, 2024

Representing our Members
April 24, 2024

Community pubs: the headline grabbers
March 27, 2024

Conference celebrates the co-operative movement
March 22, 2024

Revived Cambridgeshire village pub is thriving again
March 8, 2024

Pioneering pub marks a decade of trading
February 22, 2024

Houghton and Wyton Community Shop
February 12, 2024

New identity is rooted in Margaret Digby
January 19, 2024

A right of first refusal for community groups
January 16, 2024

Lots to learn – and plenty to be excited about
December 15, 2023

Greg Smith MP visits Westbury Community Shop and Café
December 5, 2023

Plunkett at Anthropy 2023
November 28, 2023

Meet Our Community Business Advisers
November 24, 2023

Autumn Statement – A community business review
November 23, 2023

Japanese Professor visits Community-Owned Broughton Shop
November 14, 2023

A Way Forward for Community Rights in Wales?
November 10, 2023

Plunkett talking community-owned business in Northern Ireland
November 3, 2023

Democratic Business Summit
October 26, 2023

Plunkett visit Amberley Community Shop & Cafe
October 20, 2023

Funding from Benefact Trust supports new community business setting up...
October 17, 2023

A tale of two cities: Plunkett Foundation at the party...
October 5, 2023

National Work Life Week - Chris
October 2, 2023

National Work Life Week - Claire
September 29, 2023

Protecting community assets (in England)
September 26, 2023

New research shows community businesses are committed to social and...
September 15, 2023

Refreshing the Plunkett brand
September 5, 2023

Launching a 'universal' community business service
September 4, 2023

“EDI” in the words of our Chair and Chief Executive
July 25, 2023

Community business and new developments
July 21, 2023

Funding from Benefact Trust supports new community business setting up...
July 18, 2023

Community businesses thinking ahead at Facing the Future: Together
July 17, 2023

Young People in Community Business: the legacy of #iwill
June 26, 2023

The only face-to-face conference for every rural community business -...
June 22, 2023

Community Ownership: A Better Form of Business Survey 2023 -...
June 9, 2023

Future Countryside
June 5, 2023

Loneliness Awareness Week 2023 (12 - 18 June 2023)
June 2, 2023

Support for Barr Community Shop and Cafe thanks to Benefact...
May 30, 2023

Perseverance personified: The Traveller Rest, Skeeby opens as a community...
May 24, 2023

Plunkett's Community Business Manager at the EVH conference, Dunblane, Scotland
May 17, 2023

James Alcock: Walk For Plunkett - a heartfelt thank you...
May 12, 2023

Community Wealth Building in Scotland
May 8, 2023

Plunkett visit the National Convenience Show at the NEC, Birmingham
April 27, 2023

The Swan, Banton: Scotland’s first community owned pub
April 25, 2023

The Locks Inn community pub provides invaluable work experience
April 7, 2023

Plunkett "out and about" in 2023
February 27, 2023

Citizens Advice Publishes Plan to Investigate Gaps in the Outreach...
February 3, 2023

UK food and drink show, April 2023
January 28, 2023

The challenges and opportunities for community businesses in 2023
January 25, 2023

Royal Warrant Holders charity grant supports new look training hub
January 19, 2023

Garfield Weston helps to protect Plunkett’s “universal” support service
December 21, 2022

A focus on impact: Appleton Community Shop
November 24, 2022

#IWill Week 2022
November 18, 2022

More support still needed...
October 18, 2022

Cycling success for Thakeham team
October 11, 2022

Plunkett Foundation at the House of Lords
October 7, 2022

Plunkett at the Conservative Party Conference
October 5, 2022

Keep it in the Community update 2022
September 29, 2022

Plunkett at the Labour Party Conference
September 23, 2022

Plunkett calls for a UK-wide Community Right to Buy
September 20, 2022

Levelling Up – Have rural communities been forgotten?
August 26, 2022

Providing essential experience to local young people
August 23, 2022

Energy price crisis: There is no quick fix, but we...
August 17, 2022

Six ways to tackle spiralling energy prices
August 16, 2022

Westbury Community Shop and Cafe supports local special needs school...
August 12, 2022

Dormant Assets – A potential source of future support for...
July 20, 2022

Plunkett responds to Labour's levelling-up plans
July 15, 2022

Community-owned businesses creating fairer access to food
July 11, 2022

Plunkett responds to reports that commercial pub numbers fall to...

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