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Hopkins Plunkett Communities Scheme extended in East of England

2021-09-21T11:06:19+00:00

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 [...]

Hopkins Plunkett Communities Scheme extended in East of England2021-09-21T11:06:19+00:00

Major funding boost to support community businesses co-locating in churches

2023-05-17T10:18:35+00:00

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 [...]

Major funding boost to support community businesses co-locating in churches2023-05-17T10:18:35+00:00

Creating Community Businesses Alongside Thakeham Homes

2020-12-04T12:31:57+00:00

  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 [...]

Creating Community Businesses Alongside Thakeham Homes2020-12-04T12:31:57+00:00

Community owned pubs and shops show resilience in the face of Covid-19

2020-11-26T09:47:44+00:00

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 [...]

Community owned pubs and shops show resilience in the face of Covid-192020-11-26T09:47:44+00:00

Semley community shop says “thank you” to its Covid customers

2020-11-26T09:50:43+00:00

Community shops can sometimes take months, even years, to go from the initial idea to opening the doors. But in Brent Knoll, Somerset, when the coronavirus crisis struck the community decided they needed the shop immediately - and managed to open their 'emergency shop' shop in days.

Semley community shop says “thank you” to its Covid customers2020-11-26T09:50:43+00:00

Call for Government to level-up rural areas to support England’s economic recovery from COVID-19

2020-11-26T09:52:27+00:00

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

Call for Government to level-up rural areas to support England’s economic recovery from COVID-192020-11-26T09:52:27+00:00

Boosting Recovery Support for Community Businesses

2020-11-26T09:56:39+00:00

Plunkett Foundation's head of engagement Harriet English welcomes the support of Power to Change, the independent trust that supports community businesses in England, as the charity gears up its post Covid-19 lockdown support and resources.

Boosting Recovery Support for Community Businesses2020-11-26T09:56:39+00:00
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