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Becoming a member of the Plunkett Foundation means you join a growing number of like minded people and organisations all working together to help communities set up and run community businesses as a way of overcoming a range of challenges. Plunkett's membership manager Claire Spendley looks at the benefits of joining a gorwing number o like-minded people and organisations.

Plunkett Foundation’s Annual General Meeting took place online on Wednesday 14 July 2021. Chaired by Stephen Nicol, Plunkett Foundation’s Chair of Trustees, members, supporters and representatives from across the community business sector reflected on the extraordinary experiences of 2020 and looked forward with confidence at the growing network of community businesses across the [...]

Plunkett response to the extension of Covid restrictions in England The announcement that communities in England will now have to wait until 19 July 2021, before progressing to Level 4 of the Government’s roadmap came as no real surprise given the coverage in the media over the past week. However it is now [...]

Plunkett are calling for SITR to be renewed past April so that community groups can continue to benefit from tax relief on share investments.

To celebrate Volunteers' Week 2021 and to say thank you to the thousands of volunteers supporting over 700 community businesses across the UK, we’re highlighting the stories of some of their indispensable volunteers. In the last year volunteers have gone ‘above and beyond’ by giving huge amounts of time and energy to supporting [...]

The Plunkett Foundation is calling for community groups in the West Midlands to save their much-loved local pubs. In the West Midlands since 2010 over 539* pubs have sadly been lost. Community pubs across the UK are under threat with over 2,500 pubs closing in 2020 - representing a 5% fall in [...]

Thank you for joining our walking challenge #WalkForPlunkett Last weekend a team of Plunkett staff and supporters – from community businesses, through to individuals, business members and partners took on the Walk for Plunkett challenge. Joining us, as we attempted to reach our walking target of 1,000 miles, they helped us to raise [...]

Making it easy to access community business support Across Scotland, there is growing interest in community businesses. A type of business that gives the residents of villages and towns the opportunity to safeguard essential services as well as offering communities the chance to develop exciting new assets. To date in [...]