This is the story of GALE’s award-winning approach to inclusive volunteering and year-round community impact The Gairloch and Loch Ewe Action Forum (GALE) is a community-owned Development Trust based in mid-Wester Ross, serving the village of Gairloch and its surrounding areas. GALE’s mission is to build “a sustainable, resilient, and vibrant [...]
In this case study, Michael Wolverson, Communications Officer, speaks with committee member Mike Hemsley, who shares insights into Itteringham’s 30-year journey of having a community-owned shop. Could you share the story of how the community came together to establish the community shop 30 years ago? In 1994, Brian Fairhead, [...]
Read our case study for Hampstead Norreys Community Shop, a community shop based in Berkshire.
Plunkett is proud of the 99% survival rate for community businesses – but what does that look like on the ground? Our Communications Officer, Michael Wolverson, shares more from a trip to south west Scotland… May 2025 As I arrived in Ballantrae, the notorious ‘Scottish rain’ swept in, and the [...]
From navigating the challenges of Covid-19 to proudly supporting local suppliers, this is the story of a community shop in East Yorkshire that keeps locals connected and well-stocked when it matters most Bishop Wilton is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Residents banded together to open a community-owned shop [...]
Our Communications and Marketing Officer, Michael Wolverson, writes about his visit to The Maybush Inn, for a day of filming and networking, funded by the Suffolk Community Foundation through the East of England Co-op Community Cares Fund. Nestled above a creek on the coast of Essex, The Maybush Inn is [...]
How Heaval Distillery is crafting a sustainable future and empowering a remote community in Scotland Plunkett recently awarded a small development grant from the Scottish Rural Network to Uisge Beatha Nan Eilean Limited (Heaval Distillery) on the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides. Its community whisky distillery project is [...]
Residents of the South Cambridgeshire village of Ickleton are celebrating having their own community pub, with support from Plunkett UK and the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority. The Ickleton Lionhearted Community Benefit Society hosted an event on Sunday 22 December to mark their purchase of the Ickleton Lion, with carol [...]
Volunteers are responsible for every aspect of life at the community-owned Fox Inn in Garboldisham, Norfolk. Iain Entwistle shares their story so far, the benefits and challenges of being entirely volunteer-run and their exciting plans for what’s next. The Fox Inn is a Grade II listed pub dating back to [...]
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 [...]
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