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New phase of Scottish Community Pubs Partnership provides business support and grant funding to safeguard pubs in rural Scotland. Following successful programmes of support in 2021 and 2022, the Scottish Government’s Scottish Rural Network Unit is providing further funding to Plunkett Foundation to help more pubs move into community ownership and to help existing [...]

Stephen Nicol, Plunkett’s Chair presents the annual report of the trustees and accounts published at the charity’s AGM. On Wednesday 6 September, Plunkett Foundation held its annual general meeting with members and representatives from across the community business sector. Recognising how successful the past three AGMs have been, in terms of engagement and [...]

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation have committed to continuing their long-standing support for the Plunkett Foundation, with a new 4 year agreement with the charity. Esmée Fairbairn will provide funding of £500k in support of Plunkett Foundation’s 2022 – 2026 strategy, which aims to create innovative, inclusive and impactful spaces UK-wide through the development [...]

Role: Community Business Adviser (Fixed-term contract 18 months) Starting salary: £33,000 FTE (paid pro rata for the hours worked) Contract: Full-time or part-time considered Location: Home-based, with travel Download the recruitment pack here: Community Business Adviser recruitment pack We are recruiting a Community Business Adviser Plunkett [...]

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Area partner with Plunkett to help communities save community assets in their area. The Cambridge and Peterborough Combined Authority has partnered with Plunkett UK, a community business charity, to help community groups across the region take ownership and operation of local pubs and assets that are vacant [...]

Plunkett is excited to announce that the Rural Community Business Awards are returning for another year with the support of headline sponsor, the North Barnes Farm Partnership. The Awards honour the commitment and achievements of all types of rural community businesses, as well as recognising the volunteers often working tirelessly in the [...]

James Alcock, Chief Executive reflects on Plunkett's first major conference since 2019 Last week, we held Plunkett’s first national conference since 2019 for the benefit of all forms of rural community business and our key stakeholders. I couldn’t have been prouder of our team for pulling off such a fantastic event. We [...]

Plunkett Foundation members, The George Community Pub, take a huge step forward in realising their community-ownership ambition The George Community Pub in Wickham Market will receive additional funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund bringing their total grant award to £1.5 million Additional funding came from shareholders’ funds, the Community Share Booster [...]

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