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The National Association of Local Councils (NALC), which represents England's 10,000 local (parish and town) councils and 100,000 councillors, has launched The Good Councillor's guide to community business to promote the opportunities that community businesses can create locally. The Plunkett Foundation wrote the guide in partnership with Power to Change (the independent trust that supports community [...]

December 2020 Thank you for your interest - details of the latest support and grants from Hopkins Plunkett Communities Scheme can be found here This allocation of funding has arrived as the scheme – a partnership between East Anglian housebuilder Hopkins Homes and national charity the Plunkett Foundation - was extended [...]

More community owned businesses, such as shops and cafes, will be supported to open in churches across the UK thanks to a major funding boost. We are delighted to be working alongside Allchurches Trust, to provide the resources needed to encourage and facilitate churches to work closely with their wider community so that more [...]

  Plunkett Foundation are proud to be working with Thakeham Homes, a sustainable, infrastructure-led, developer based in the South-East. Plunkett and Thakeham are working together to develop a partnership methodology to establish community businesses in the heart of their developments.   Thakeham has long recognised the importance of creating cohesive communities and as well as [...]

The Plunkett Foundation releases the 2020 ‘Better form of Business Reports’ on Community Pubs and Community Shops Rural community owned businesses were in robust health as Covid-19 hit, and displayed a unique innovation and flexibility to serve those who needed them when Britain was under national lockdown. Known [...]

Plunkett Foundation chief executive James Alcock calls for urgent action to build back a better rural economy.

Plunkett is one of thirteen leading rural organisations urging the Government to commit to more equitable funding in rural areas.

A new guide designed to help local councils across England better understand the benefits that community businesses can bring to their areas is set to be launched later this year.