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A place of true partnership – Broad Chalke’s community shop and United Reformed Church chapel

2022-04-05T14:25:40+00:00

Broad Chalke’s community-run Chalke Valley Stores and its United Reformed Church chapel work together to support their rural community Plunkett’s Project Manager, Susie Middleton, visited the thriving community shop & café located within Broad Chalke’s central, and magnificent, United Reformed Church. Broad Chalke is a rural village of 700 people, a short [...]

A place of true partnership – Broad Chalke’s community shop and United Reformed Church chapel2022-04-05T14:25:40+00:00

New Community Pub Partnership to safeguard Scottish pubs through community-ownership

2022-11-24T14:47:18+00:00

Plunkett announces a new Scottish Community Pubs Partnership to help community groups across Scotland to safeguard their well-loved pubs through community-ownership. Thanks to funding from Scottish Government, the new partnership will be led by the Plunkett Foundation, working with Community Shares Scotland and Cooperative Development Scotland. The Scottish Government’s Scottish Rural Network [...]

New Community Pub Partnership to safeguard Scottish pubs through community-ownership2022-11-24T14:47:18+00:00

Dunsfold secures its future through community-ownership & affordable homes

2023-03-17T15:17:53+00:00

Harriet English, Plunkett’s Head of Engagement, celebrates how the rural village of Dunsfold is securing its future by embracing community-ownership and affordable homes for locals.  Creating a thriving village requires both holding on to the places that really matter and embracing new ways of living and working so that your community can thrive [...]

Dunsfold secures its future through community-ownership & affordable homes2023-03-17T15:17:53+00:00

James Alcock, Plunkett Foundation CEO responds to the news of Vidhya Alakeson leaving Power to Change

2022-02-10T16:11:54+00:00

Having supported the development of Power to Change even prior to its launch in 2015, and worked closely with its team ever since, we are proud of our association with Power to Change and how it has grown to become a leading organisation promoting and representing community businesses England-wide. The constant link between our [...]

James Alcock, Plunkett Foundation CEO responds to the news of Vidhya Alakeson leaving Power to Change2022-02-10T16:11:54+00:00

Young people and loneliness in rural areas

2022-02-07T16:24:58+00:00

Gemma Sills, Plunkett's Engagement Manager, highlights how community-owned businesses address loneliness and isolation experienced by young people in rural areas Community-owned businesses across the UK offer opportunities to young people that otherwise would not be available in rural areas. At last year’s Rural Community Business Awards, Plunkett launched its first ever Young [...]

Young people and loneliness in rural areas2022-02-07T16:24:58+00:00

Plunkett responds to the introduction of a delivery charge by Booker

2022-02-02T14:18:03+00:00

From February, Booker has confirmed all independent retailers will be charged a flat £34.95 delivery fee on all orders. This will come as a further blow for many community-owned shops, who already face challenges securing the delivery of core goods through major wholesalers. As the major wholesaler supplying community shops throughout the UK, Plunkett [...]

Plunkett responds to the introduction of a delivery charge by Booker2022-02-02T14:18:03+00:00

Keep it in the Community – Plunkett launches an online directory of community assets

2022-03-08T14:12:21+00:00

Plunkett launches an online directory of assets of community value - ACVs Keep It in the Community (KIITC) is an online database of all community assets in England, such as pubs, shops and land, that have been nominated or registered as an Asset of Community Value (ACV). First set up by mySociety, [...]

Keep it in the Community – Plunkett launches an online directory of community assets2022-03-08T14:12:21+00:00

Community Pubs – 10 things we wish we’d known

2022-01-14T14:17:39+00:00

Community pubs: "Ten things we wish we'd known before we started." As part of Plunkett’s training programme and hosted by the fantastic pub group at the Exelby Green Dragon, we delivered a session called “10 Things We Wish We’d Known Before We Started”. This was aimed at early stage community pub groups [...]

Community Pubs – 10 things we wish we’d known2022-01-14T14:17:39+00:00
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