Almondsbury Community Shop celebrates 10th birthday
Ashley Sellwood2019-03-19T15:11:06+00:00High street stores are struggling but a shop in Almondsbury staffed entirely by volunteers is going from strength to strength.
Community succeeds where Post Office and bankers failed
Ashley Sellwood2019-03-05T11:37:26+00:00Hear how Dryslwyn Community Shop are providing a vital service to the community.
Charlie Luxton announced as Plunkett Foundation’s Centenary Ambassador
Ashley Sellwood2019-03-01T10:45:59+00:00Plunkett Foundation is welcoming the appointment of Charlie Luxton in a new ambassador role as part of the charity’s centenary celebrations.
Government urged to produce rural strategy ahead of Brexit
Ashley Sellwood2019-03-01T09:06:56+00:00Plunkett Foundation fully supports Rural Services Network (RSN) call on Government to rural proof polices before Brexit.
More Than a Pub Live! round-up
Ashley Sellwood2019-02-21T10:24:38+00:00Aimee Evans, Project Manager at Plunkett, provides an in-depth round-up of More Than a Pub Live! held in Birmingham.
£3.2m Bright Ideas Fund launches to help community business start-ups in England
Ashley Sellwood2019-02-05T09:52:03+00:00Locality has announced a new £3.2m Community Business Bright Ideas Fund, funded by Power to Change, to offer tailored support and grants of up to £15,000 to 150 groups to develop their projects.
Celebrations as Herefordshire village pub saved by community
Ashley Sellwood2019-01-23T11:35:49+00:00The sale of Orleton's Boot Inn to a Community Benefit Society after it closed for 18 months has been completed.
New research celebrates high impact but reveals worrying decline in rural shops economy
Ashley Sellwood2019-01-21T08:58:56+00:00Local village shops owned as community businesses are continuing to thrive where private enterprise has failed. However, it is not all good news as the report highlights a reduction in the number of community shops open and trading for the first time since records began.
New research confirms that the community pub sector continues to thrive
Ashley Sellwood2019-01-21T08:59:59+00:00Local pubs owned as community businesses are continuing to thrive where private enterprise has failed, according to a report by the Plunkett Foundation.
Celebrating 100 years of Rural Community Business
Ashley Sellwood2019-02-19T11:32:23+00:002019 is a landmark year for Plunkett Foundation, and indeed the whole community business sector, as it celebrates 100 years of supporting Rural Community Business.