Plunkett Foundation
UK charitable organization
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| Named after | Horace Plunkett |
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| Formation | 17 January 1919; 105 years ago (1919-01-17) |
| Founder | Horace Plunkett |
| Founded at | Dublin, Ireland |
| Type | Charitable foundation |
| Purpose | Support rural community-owned businesses |
| Headquarters | Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England |
CEO | James Alcock |
Chair | Stephen Nicol |
| Website | plunkett |
Plunkett UK is a national charity supporting people in rural areas to set up and run successful businesses in community ownership. They do this to achieve the charity's UK-wide vision for resilient, thriving and inclusive rural communities.
Community-owned businesses are owned and controlled by community members, who each have an equal and democratic say in how the business is run. They can be any type of business ranging from village shops, pubs and cafes, through to woodlands, fisheries and farms.
Plunkett UK has promoted the community ownership model for over 100 years because of its track record for delivering better businesses for people, communities, the economy, and the environment.
Background
Plunkett Foundation (the registered name for the charity) was founded in 1919 by the pioneer of rural co-operation in Ireland, Sir Horace Plunkett. Since being founded it has been involved in a range of work relating to international development, rural development and agricultural development. The foundation is based in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England.
The foundation works with the International Co-operative Alliance, Cooperatives UK, Cooperatives Europe and the International Co-operative Agricultural Organisation.[1]
Work
In 2007, the foundation led the work of the Making Local Food Work programme which supported community food enterprises in England.[2] Other projects include More Than a Pub[3] and Rural Community Shops.[4]
To celebrate being designated as the United Nations International Year of Co-operatives in 2012, the Plunkett Foundation held the World of Rural Co-operation International Roundtable event at Dunsany Castle.[5] This event led to the development of the Dunsany Declaration for Rural Co-operative Development,[6][7] which fed into the Blueprint for a Co-operative Decade.[8]
In 2021, the foundation supported 400 communities.[9] In 2022, they reported an income of £1,052,262.[10]
See also
- Malcolm Lyall Darling
References
- ^ United Diversity Coop website, The Dunsany Declaration for Rural Co-operative Development document
- ^ Food And Agriculture Organization for the United Nations website, Family Farming Knowledge Platform
- ^ Plunkett Foundation website, Being More Than a Pub document
- ^ One East Midlands website, Setting Up To Enterprise
- ^ Rural 21 website, Cooperatives, article dated 2012-06-13
- ^ Dunsany Declaration for Rural Co-operative Development - http://www.plunkett.co.uk/templates/asset-relay.cfm?frmAssetFileID=1507
- ^ Food And Agriculture Organization for the United Nations website, The Dunsany Declaration document
- ^ The News Coop website, Dunsany Declaration feeds into the ICA’s Blueprint for a Co-operative Decade, article by Anca Voinea, dated November 1, 2012
- ^ The Plunkett Foundation website, Our Story, retrieved 2023-11-16
- ^ Charity Commission for England and Wales website, profile page, retrieved 2023-11-16
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