Celebrate ‘More than a Pint’ on National Beer Day at Your Local Community Pub To celebrate the UK’s National Beer Day (Tuesday 15 June 2021) the Plunkett Foundation and the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) are encouraging people across the West Midlands to raise a toast to their favourite local on [...]
The Oueen’s Birthday Honours List 2021 With this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List celebrating a ‘Caring Nation’ it is fantastic to see the recognition of our partners and community businesses included in this list. Alongside many worthy recipients, that have contributed so much to their communities and society at large, we are [...]
Plunkett are calling for SITR to be renewed past April so that community groups can continue to benefit from tax relief on share investments.
Become a woodland social enterprise sector leader! Apply now and receive a £10,000 grant, free business support and training to become a hub of knowledge, inspiration and training for your region. The Plunkett Foundation is looking to support three successful, trading woodland social enterprises in England to become Centres of Excellence for [...]
To celebrate Volunteers' Week 2021 and to say thank you to the thousands of volunteers supporting over 700 community businesses across the UK, we’re highlighting the stories of some of their indispensable volunteers. In the last year volunteers have gone ‘above and beyond’ by giving huge amounts of time and energy to supporting [...]
Training conducted by specialist advisers for community businesses Taking the first steps to securing a vital community service, like a pub, shop, post-office, woodland or farm can be a daunting task. Finding the right information, advice and support can be critical to your group's journey and in enabling you to help your community [...]
The Plunkett Foundation is calling for community groups in the West Midlands to save their much-loved local pubs. In the West Midlands since 2010 over 539* pubs have sadly been lost. Community pubs across the UK are under threat with over 2,500 pubs closing in 2020 - representing a 5% fall in [...]
Thank you for joining our walking challenge #WalkForPlunkett Last weekend a team of Plunkett staff and supporters – from community businesses, through to individuals, business members and partners took on the Walk for Plunkett challenge. Joining us, as we attempted to reach our walking target of 1,000 miles, they helped us to raise [...]
Making it easy to access community business support Across Scotland, there is growing interest in community businesses. A type of business that gives the residents of villages and towns the opportunity to safeguard essential services as well as offering communities the chance to develop exciting new assets. To date in [...]
Ahead of the Scottish elections on Thursday 6 May, our Head of Policy, Chris Cowcher sets out the commitments we expect from all parties to help the community-owned business sector in Scotland to grow and flourish. In Scotland, Plunkett is currently working with 74 community businesses, including 25 shops, 13 woodlands, 10 [...]
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