Virtual Fete
andy2020-11-23T13:16:18+00:00On Tuesday 24th November, Plunkett Foundation will be recognising and celebrating the inspiring achievements of community businesses.
Semley community shop says “thank you” to its Covid customers
Duncan Smith2020-09-29T16:11:05+00:00Community 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.
Community shop shows innovation and adaptability to keep serving amid Covid-19
Duncan Smith2020-10-27T12:16:39+00:00As the national lockdown closed the doors of businesses across the country, one newly opened rural community shop in East Yorkshire showed innovation and adaptability to remain open and provide community spirit and vital supplies to those who needed them more than ever.
Community spirit powers lockdown emergency delivery service
Duncan Smith2020-06-24T12:48:55+00:00Across the country community businesses have been proving their ability to innovate and be adaptable during the Covid-19 lockdown. Here is the story of a Shropshire community shop which helped the most vulnerable people keep connected and supplied over the twelve weeks that the shop had to close its doors.
The community that opened its own ‘crisis community shop’
Duncan Smith2020-09-08T15:37:40+00:00Community 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.
Chance to Chat: group calls for community shops
Olivia Lanham2020-09-28T10:40:41+00:00BIWEEKLY: Join members of the Plunkett team and other community businesses for a weekly chat.
Join us for Plunkett’s Virtual Community Business Fete – celebrating community businesses in 2020
andy2020-11-13T17:15:15+00:00On Tuesday 24th November, Plunkett Foundation will be recognising and celebrating the inspiring achievements of community businesses.
Wellbeing: taking care of yourself, staff and volunteers
Olivia Lanham2020-11-02T19:24:43+00:00Plunkett Foundation's Community Business Manager, Alison Macklin, shares her advice on wellbeing in light of added pressures caused by Coronavirus.
Chance to Chat: group calls for community pubs
Duncan Smith2020-11-17T16:15:07+00:00BIWEEKLY: Join members of the Plunkett team and other community businesses for a weekly chat.
Becoming a winner – the Rural Community Awards
Duncan Smith2019-10-03T21:24:28+00:00Ahead of the 2019 Rural Community Awards past winners have been reflecting on what their awards mean to them. In 2018 the Slapton Community Shop in Devon won the ‘Community Story of the Year’ Award. The award recognised the much deeper role the shop plays in supporting individuals and community life. Tracie Lange, [...]