Rural Community Owned Facilities Could Help Boost Post Covid Wellbeing
Duncan Smith2020-07-02T09:07:20+00:00Plunkett Foundation launches new ‘Ripple Effect’ report, in partnership with the Co-op
Community shop shows innovation and adaptability to keep serving amid Covid-19
Duncan Smith2020-07-02T16:58:50+00:00As the national lockdown closed the doors of businesses across the country, one newly opened rural community shop in East Yorkshire showed innovation and adaptability to remain open and provide community spirit and vital supplies to those who needed them more than ever.
Community spirit powers lockdown emergency delivery service
Duncan Smith2020-06-24T12:48:55+00:00Across 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.
Celebrating the efforts of volunteers during lockdown
Olivia Lanham2020-06-27T11:38:18+00:00Volunteers across the UK have been providing critical help to community businesses during lockdown. Plunkett Foundation share some stories to celebrate volunteer efforts as we go into the second week of Co-op Fortnight.
The community that opened its own ‘crisis community shop’
Duncan Smith2020-06-24T12:46:00+00:00Community shops can sometimes take months, even years, to go from the initial idea to opening the doors. But in Brent Knoll, Somerset, when the coronavirus crisis struck the community decided they needed the shop immediately - and managed to open their 'emergency shop' shop in days.
James Alcock: Reaction to reopening of pubs in England on 4 July
Duncan Smith2020-06-23T16:54:09+00:00Reaction from Plunektt Foundation chief executive James Alcock to the announcement that pubs and other businesses will reopen in England from 4 July.
James Alcock: There is always more we can do to tackle loneliness
Duncan Smith2020-06-23T11:29:38+00:00Plunektt Foundation chief executive James Alcock marks Loneliness Awareness Week 2020 by considering what more can be done at this time to help those experiencing loneliness.
James Hopkins: Supporting community businesses in East Anglia
Duncan Smith2020-06-15T10:22:39+00:00James 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.
New Programme of Support Now Available in East Anglia
Duncan Smith2020-06-15T10:22:10+00:00Together Hopkins and Plunkett are responding to the current crisis and supporting community businesses across Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and rural Essex to recover and thrive during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Volunteers Week 2020: We must harness the energy and spirit of this new surge in volunteering
Duncan Smith2020-06-05T17:26:38+00:00Plunkett's Chief Executive James Alcock calls for the renewed energy and spirit of volunteering seen amid the Covid-19 crisis to be harnessed for the future.