We’re seeking to recognise the very best community businesses in the East of England. The Plunkett Foundation is delighted to announce a new awards scheme – the Denbury Plunkett Communities Awards - that celebrate and reward community-owned businesses in the East of England that go the extra mile to help their communities and those [...]
Plunkett’s Chief Executive, James Alcock, responds to the Labour party's commitment to a 'Community Right to Buy' and levelling up plans. At a risk of preaching to the already converted, community businesses (businesses which are genuinely owned and run democratically by members of their local community) are already playing a significant role [...]
Plunkett and Meeting Place announce new charity partnership Meeting Place, an integrated communications agency that specialises in the built environment, delivering planning communications and public relations campaigns to create positive change from new developments, and the Plunkett Foundation are delighted to announce a new charitable partnership. As well as raising much needed [...]
Plunkett Foundation’s communications manager, Liz Woznicki considers how community-ownership could be part of the solution to the dramatic decline of pub numbers. Recent national media has highlighted the declining number of pubs in England and Wales according to analysis and research by the Altus Group. It identifies the immensely challenging trading experiences [...]
Adding the pub to its existing community-owned shop the residents of Gartmore have secured the future of its vital local services Once a drover’s pub, there has been an inn at the site of the Black Bull in Gartmore since 1740. It became a popular stopping-off point for tourists in the 1800s [...]
Cwmdu Inn, shop and post office, Carmarthenshire, South Wales Run by the community since 2000, the Cwmdu Inn nestles amongst a terrace of cottages owned by the National Trust with a lease to the community to run the inn and shop. Download a PDF in Welsh It is [...]
Plunkett’s Early Stage Support Helps Communities Access the Government’s Community Ownership Fund Round two of funding from the government’s Community Ownership Fund (COF) opens today (10 June 2022, 13.00pm). The fund supports communities to take control of buildings at risk of being lost and transform them into thriving hubs for the benefit [...]
New research, undertaken by the Plunkett Foundation, reveals that improved community rights legislation, flexible funding and support would boost the number of urban community-owned pubs, breathe new life into neglected buildings and transform their neighbourhoods. The number of community-owned pubs has grown rapidly in the last 20 years, from 4 in 2002 to 147 [...]
During Volunteers' Week 2022 Alison Macklin, Plunkett's Community Business Manager, celebrates the importance of volunteers and ways to truly appreciate their support. For fifteen years I managed a community shop and café and the most demanding but rewarding part of the job was working with the volunteers. Our volunteers ranged from those [...]
Growing the Community Business Network UK-wide: Understanding the ‘cold spot’ areas where Plunkett Foundation could support more community businesses. Large parts of rural Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the North East of England have been identified as ‘cold spots’ for community-ownership projects supported by the Plunkett Foundation. New research conducted by Scotland’s Rural College [...]
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