Plunkett Foundation’s Annual General Meeting 2020
Duncan Smith2020-11-26T09:53:03+00:00Claire Spendley, membership manager at the Plunkett Foundation, reports of the first 'virtual AGM' held in the charity's 101 year history.
New chair takes reins at Plunkett Foundation
andy2020-09-28T09:50:19+00:00Margaret Clark, out going chair of the Plunkett Foundation, thanks members, supporters, funders and partners as she stands down after seven years.
A message from Margaret Clark CBE
Duncan Smith2020-11-26T09:53:47+00:00Margaret Clark, out going chair of the Plunkett Foundation, thanks members, supporters, funders and partners as she stands down after seven years.
State of Rural Community Business
Duncan Smith2020-11-26T09:58:24+00:00Plunkett has produced this new report as part of the Co-op funded Covid-19 support for Rural Community Businesses between April – June 2020.
The Public Works Loan Board Lending Facility – another source of capital for community businesses
Duncan Smith2021-02-11T10:29:53+00:00Plunkett adviser Alan Collard explores and explains the Public Works Loan Board, which gives town and parish councils (in England) and town and community councils (in Wales), the ability to borrow large sums, for long periods, at historically low and fixed interest rates.
Rural Community Owned Facilities Could Help Boost Post Covid Wellbeing
Duncan Smith2020-11-26T09:59:45+00:00Plunkett Foundation launches new ‘Ripple Effect’ report, in partnership with the Co-op
Community shop shows innovation and adaptability to keep serving amid Covid-19
Duncan Smith2020-11-26T10:00:22+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.
Celebrating the efforts of volunteers during lockdown
Olivia Lanham2020-11-26T10:01:22+00:00Volunteers across the UK have been providing critical help to community businesses during lockdown. Plunkett Foundation share some stories to celebrate volunteer efforts as we go into the second week of Co-op Fortnight.
Community spirit powers lockdown emergency delivery service
Duncan Smith2020-11-26T10:02:35+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.
New Programme of Support Now Available in East Anglia
Duncan Smith2020-11-26T10:03:50+00:00Together Hopkins and Plunkett are responding to the current crisis and supporting community businesses across Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and rural Essex to recover and thrive during the Covid-19 lockdown.
