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What funding options do community businesses have?

2024-07-19T07:58:56+00:00

Read our eight top tips for accessing a range of funding opportunities for your community business, as shared on our recent webinar on the subject. In response to the suspension of the Community Ownership Fund (COF) due to the General Election, and the vast number of enquiries that Plunkett [...]

What funding options do community businesses have?2024-07-19T07:58:56+00:00

Our Impact Areas – embracing diversity and inclusion

2024-06-26T15:15:43+00:00

At Plunkett UK, we are proud to promote this by creating safe and welcoming spaces for all. In 2023, Plunkett published its commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion in the context of the work it does to support new groups and trading community businesses across the UK. Our ambition [...]

Our Impact Areas – embracing diversity and inclusion2024-06-26T15:15:43+00:00

My first impressions of Community Business Communications

2024-06-13T08:26:06+00:00

Our new Trainee Communications Officer, Michael Wolverson, reflects on his experiences during his first week. My journey from being a pub manager in a rural village with a strong community spirit to joining a charity with an immense history, reach and influence across the UK is a challenge I’m [...]

My first impressions of Community Business Communications2024-06-13T08:26:06+00:00

Plunkett’s Volunteer Trustees

2024-06-06T08:39:17+00:00

Plunkett UK is governed by a Board of Trustees who are elected by our members. These 12 individuals are volunteers, generously giving their time and sharing their considerable expertise. For Volunteers Week 2024, we caught up with three of our Trustees – Alex Beggs (AB), Ruth McAreavey (RM) and Jeevan Jones (JJ) – who [...]

Plunkett’s Volunteer Trustees2024-06-06T08:39:17+00:00

Community pubs: the headline grabbers

2024-04-24T10:04:04+00:00

The local and national media’s interest in pubs owned by local communities continues to increase – and it’s a good news story to tell amidst the continuing challenges facing the wider hospitality sector. There’s a growing public interest in community-owned pubs right now. The year is only four months old, [...]

Community pubs: the headline grabbers2024-04-24T10:04:04+00:00

Conference celebrates the co-operative movement

2024-03-28T16:02:24+00:00

The Coop Retail Societies Conference 2024 provided a valuable opportunity to network, be better informed, and thank societies who are actively collaborating with us, writes Harriet English, Plunkett UK’s Head of Engagement. Without a doubt, attending the Annual Coop Retail Societies Conference is an absolute must-attend event and one [...]

Conference celebrates the co-operative movement2024-03-28T16:02:24+00:00

Revived Cambridgeshire village pub is thriving again

2024-03-22T16:45:50+00:00

A community-owned pub in Guilden Morden showcased their success on a visit by Plunkett UK and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority There was a warm welcome from The Three Tuns in Guilden Morden for the Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, Dr Nik Johnson, who visited the community-owned [...]

Revived Cambridgeshire village pub is thriving again2024-03-22T16:45:50+00:00

Pioneering pub marks a decade of trading

2024-03-14T09:05:38+00:00

West Yorkshire’s first-ever community-owned pub is celebrating its tenth birthday with a long weekend of festivities this month. Plunkett UK member, The Fox and Goose in Hebden Bridge, marks the milestone on 21-25 March with events such as a mini beer festival showcasing the pub’s favourite local breweries, DJs, [...]

Pioneering pub marks a decade of trading2024-03-14T09:05:38+00:00

Houghton and Wyton Community Shop

2024-03-14T09:49:15+00:00

Houghton and Wyton Community Shop is an inspiring example of just what can be achieved when individuals come together to save an asset at risk of being lost, as well as the impact community-owned businesses can have on those around them. Houghton and Wyton is a village in Cambridgeshire [...]

Houghton and Wyton Community Shop2024-03-14T09:49:15+00:00
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