Chris Cowcher, Plunkett's Head of Policy & Communications, considers the impact of Spring Budget Statement for community-owned businesses The backdrop facing Rishi Sunak’s and his Spring Statement; delivered in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon, could not have been made more clear than by the announcement that UK inflation had hit 6.2% [...]
Gemma Sills, Plunkett's Engagement Manager, shares why Plunkett have begun their own fundraising journey “But why are Plunkett suddenly fundraising?” As Engagement Manager leading on Plunkett’s fundraising activities, this is a question that I’m frequently asked. So why, after over 100 years of operating, is Plunkett only now starting to explore [...]
Broad Chalke’s community-run Chalke Valley Stores and its United Reformed Church chapel work together to support their rural community Plunkett’s Project Manager, Susie Middleton, visited the thriving community shop & café located within Broad Chalke’s central, and magnificent, United Reformed Church. Broad Chalke is a rural village of 700 people, a short [...]
Chris Cowcher, Plunkett's Head of Policy & Communications, shares his reflections on the Levelling Up White Paper and what it means for community-owned businesses We are nearly a fortnight on from the publication of the Government’s much talked about Levelling Up White Paper, a document packed full of detail and spread over [...]
Harriet English, Plunkett’s Head of Engagement, celebrates how the rural village of Dunsfold is securing its future by embracing community-ownership and affordable homes for locals. Creating a thriving village requires both holding on to the places that really matter and embracing new ways of living and working so that your community can thrive [...]
Gemma Sills, Plunkett's Engagement Manager, highlights how community-owned businesses address loneliness and isolation experienced by young people in rural areas Community-owned businesses across the UK offer opportunities to young people that otherwise would not be available in rural areas. At last year’s Rural Community Business Awards, Plunkett launched its first ever Young [...]
Developing a shop, cafe & postal service within Amberley's church and at the heart of its community Plunkett’s Head of Policy & Communications, Chris Cowcher met Neil Truphet, the former chair of the Amberley Shop on the Common project – a community shop setting-up in the nave of its local church. As the [...]
Community pubs: "Ten things we wish we'd known before we started." As part of Plunkett’s training programme and hosted by the fantastic pub group at the Exelby Green Dragon, we delivered a session called “10 Things We Wish We’d Known Before We Started”. This was aimed at early stage community pub groups [...]
Plunkett’s Community Business Manager, Alison Macklin, travelled to Carmarthenshire & Gwynedd to share best practice, advice and the experiences of new and established community groups in Wales Shwmae. In December, Plunkett held its first face to face networking event for almost two years and ventured into the beautiful Welsh countryside to bring [...]
Looking back over the past year, I can say with absolute sincerity, that this has been the proudest period of my time at Plunkett Foundation - working with an extraordinarily talented and committed team of staff, trustees and advisers, and an equally passionate and committed network of community businesses who work tirelessly to support people most in need. In such testing times, when it would have been easier for Plunkett and community businesses to withdraw or retreat from service delivery, we have seen the opposite, with community businesses stepping up to expand their activities, and Plunkett similarly diversifying and growing its own support.
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