The #iwill programme was delivered by the Plunkett Foundation from 2022 to 2023, to help community businesses engage, involve and employ young people. It was funded by the Dulverton Trust, in partnership with the #iwill Fund (a joint investment between The National Lottery Community Fund and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport). [...]
The countdown is on for the Plunkett team with only one week to go until the community business sector converges on Austin Court in Central Birmingham for Plunkett’s ‘Facing the Future; Together’ community business conference, sponsored by Bestway Wholesale, on Thursday July 6th. Members of the Plunkett Membership Team did the final recce of [...]
Survey now live! What is the research about, and why are you doing it? ‘Better Form of Business’ is a series of research reports that have been completed annually by the Plunkett Foundation since 2011. The reports help Plunkett to understand the needs and health of the community business sector, trends in growth and [...]
James Alcock, Chief Executive reflects on the Future Countryside event held at Hatfield House I was honoured to represent our members at the Future Countryside conference held at Hatfield House earlier this week, co-chaired by rural champions Nick Herbert and Julian Glover. The event had keynote speeches from political leaders including Rory [...]
Plunkett's project manager, Susie Middleton shares her thoughts on youth loneliness ahead of Loneliness Awareness Week 2023. There’s a lot of hard work going on, all year round, up and down the country to raise awareness of loneliness and at the same time reduce the stigma that surrounds it. But the fact [...]
As part of Plunkett's ambition to support more community businesses to set up in active places of worship we are delighted to announce the first group in Scotland to benefit from a grant, thanks to our programme of support funded by Benefact Trust. In late 2020, Plunkett Foundation was awarded £200,000 by [...]
Chris Cowcher, Head of Policy and Communications joins in with the community celebrations at the latest pub to open under community-ownership. The ambition of local residents in the North Yorkshire village of Skeeby, to become owners of their local pub, has been become a reality after a battle of nearly 15 years. [...]
Last weekend, Plunkett attended the EVH annual conference in Dunblane. Alison Macklin, our Community Business Manager has provided an overview of the event and her role below. EVH is an organisation providing support to the governing bodies of not for profit and voluntary organisations in all aspects of their employer role. Their annual conference was [...]
Thank you for joining our walking challenge #WalkForPlunkett A team of Plunkett employees and supporters, including those from community businesses, individuals, and corporate partners, took on the #WalkforPlunkett2023 challenge last weekend. They joined us in our quest to raise funds and increase the exposure for our work supporting and advising community organisations across [...]
Georgina Edwards, Plunkett's Policy and Research Manager provides an update on Plunkett's response to the Scottish Government consultation on Community Wealth Building. Last week Plunkett Foundation responded to a consultation by the Scottish Government on the implementation of Community Wealth Building. We drew attention to ways of supporting community businesses to set [...]
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