Across the country community businesses have been proving their ability to innovate and be adaptable during the Covid-19 lockdown. Here is the story of a Shropshire community shop which helped the most vulnerable people keep connected and supplied over the twelve weeks that the shop had to close its doors.
James Hopkins, Executive Chairman of award winning winning East Anglian home builder Hopkins Homes, explains why it is more important than ever to support rural community businesses through the new Hopkins Plunkett Communities Scheme.
Plunkett Foundation's Community Business Manager, Alison Macklin, shares her advice on wellbeing in light of added pressures caused by Coronavirus
Plunkett adviser Dave Hollings shares his experiences and advice on business support from the government for dealing with Covid-19.
Volunteers are the backbone of many community businesses - without them many simply would not exist. Plunkett's community business manager Alison Macklin looks at how get the best out of the people who make your business what it is.
Harriet English, head of engagement at the Plunkett Foundation, calls for people to be given the power to prosper after Brexit.
Read our case study for Candover Valley Community Store, a community shop in Hampshire.
It was late afternoon in the summer holidays, when we visited to meet with Kate, and volunteers behind the counter at the small shop at Islip, and it was buzzing with activity.
Our next stop was Tackley village shop, where we met with Barbie and Andrew. Tackley are busy updating and refurbishing their shop, which opened in 2004.
Read our case study for Ashwater Community Shop, a community shop based in Devon.
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