A new report from Plunkett UK, published in partnership with the Benefact Trust, sets out the benefits of co-locating community-owned businesses within active places of worship. Written as part of the legacy of Plunkett’s support programme for community businesses in places of worship, the ‘Unlock the Potential’ report reviews the [...]
As part of Plunkett's ambition to support more community businesses to set up in active places of worship we are delighted to announce the first group in County Durham to benefit from a grant, thanks to our programme of support funded by Benefact Trust. In July Plunkett travelled to Peterlee in County [...]
As part of Plunkett's ambition to support more community businesses to set up in active places of worship we are delighted to announce the first group in Wales to benefit from a grant, thanks to our programme of support funded by Benefact Trust. One of the reasons many community businesses fail to [...]
As part of Plunkett's ambition to support more community businesses to set up in active places of worship we are delighted to announce the first group in Scotland to benefit from a grant, thanks to our programme of support funded by Benefact Trust. In late 2020, Plunkett Foundation was awarded £200,000 by [...]
Plunkett has been able to help the café set up in an active place of worship with funding support from the Benefact Trust. Christ Church Kensington Liverpool was built as an Anglican Parish Church in 1870 in a glorious Italianate style which has resulted in a Grade II listing from English Heritage. Like [...]
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 [...]
Developing a shop, cafe & postal service within Amberley's church and at the heart of its community Plunkett’s Head of Policy & Communications, Chris Cowcher met Neil Truphet, the former chair of the Amberley Shop on the Common project – a community shop setting-up in the nave of its local church. As the [...]
Leiston Community Church Garden - creating an inspirational garden to reconnect its community The small Suffolk town of Leiston and its United Reformed church have come together to develop an ambitious plan to provide much needed green space and a thriving hub for the benefit of its community. Phil Edwards, Treasurer of [...]
Church kitchen proves perfect place to bake community's daily bread Coventry-based Chernise Neo has a passion for baking. When she talks about the mouth-watering cinnamon buns enriched with milk, butter and eggs - or the Middle Eastern-inspired lemon, almond and coconut sweet treats that she regularly bakes - her sheer enthusiasm and [...]
Read our case study for Grindleford Community Shop, a community shop and cafe in a church vestry in the Peak District
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