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Joined November 2009
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Thanks to our Community Business Adviser @nickcomley we are delighted to report that The Radnor Arms, New Radnor is now in receipt of a £240,000 Community Ownership Fund grant to finalise the community ownership of this essential asset of community value! @PlunkettFoundat
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Great to see @bbchw featuring community owned pubs across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Listen again from 06.10am and 07.05am on @BBCSounds Elliot Webb breakfast show! @PlunkettFoundat @tomedwardsbbchw
🍺 It's hit many communities hard across Herefordshire and Worcestershire - the decline of ‘the local'. 🍷 But could a solution be in the offing - asking members of the public to buy shares in a pub? A staggering £130,000 has been pledged so far to save The Bell at Pensax
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Join Andy Woodcock from Co-op Culture and Acorn Co-op Support for this online training on Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 March from 9.30am-1.30pm (both days). via @CooperativesUK uk.coop/events-and-training/…
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We're calling that majority support for the community negotiating the purchase of The Bell at Pensax during their ACV moratorium period! Lots of positivity and community commitment to Community Share pledges. @PlunkettFoundat #acv savethebellatpensax.co.uk
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The grand reopening of The Brewers Arms under community ownership in West Malvern in the bright winter sunshine! @PlunkettFoundat #communityownedpubs #communityshares #community
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Vicar behind the bar as closed West Malvern pub reopens! Delighted that we supported the community to secure this important #ACV and to see it open again with funding from @PlunkettFoundat #community #volunteer malverngazette.co.uk/news/23…
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Craig Ward at Community First is asking you to support his "Allotment for All" Project. Dig Days with local community groups will donate food to food banks and help share knowledge on utilising solar power. Please share, and if you can please donate at: justgiving.com/crowdfunding/…
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Another great result for community ownership of the last pub in the village of New Radnor! Great to hear that our Community Business Adviser @nickcomley has provided the necessary business support funded by @PlunkettFoundat to secure this vital community hub. #communityshares
Delighted radnor-arms.org/ RAAG secured the Radnor Arms for their community at auction. With support from @PlunkettFoundat and @comfirst using an innovative 'custodianship' model of community buy back with Community Shares and a philanthropic social investor! #comshares
Book today to start your rural co-working journey! Please RT and like to get #coworking trending on Twitter!
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Good to see our Community Business Adviser @nickcomley making himself useful and joining the many volunteers at The Brewers Arms big clean up! Now owned by the community there's much to do to get the pub open again quickly. #volunteering #community
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Great to see the community getting the keys to The Brewers Arms in West Malvern today! Genuinely a 'new era'! A brilliant result for community ownership and Assets of Community Value listing. Can't wait to get in there and enjoying a well deserved, and earned, pint! #community
Could Co-Working be part of the solution to rising costs and Net Zero for rural VCS organisations? #coworking #ruraltransformation #community #villageoffice Join us at this free to attend event with Alex Brookes from @TheKilnCo Please RT
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Sign up for this great conference (11th October)- Making Mental Health and Wellbeing a Priority for All.
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If you are a provider of voluntary or community services in Worcestershire please sign the Stay Connected Pledge. As winter is coming and cost of living crisis gets more challenging, people at risk from loneliness are even more vulnerable #StayConnected comfirst.org.uk/stay_connect…
Great to see that Lindridge Village Office has enabled Val from Victim Support to carry on her important work after her home broadband failed. Book here [email protected] and get your home back! #coworking #getyourhomeback #villageoffice @EcoDevMHDC
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In the Birmingham University Business School Blog, guest writers @drdanherbert and Dr Sarah Montano make the case for #communitypubs as 'third places'. Using the Brewers Arms as an exemplar case study. @PlunkettFoundat blog.bham.ac.uk/business-sch…
A great example of co-ordinated business support through @PlunkettFoundat with @CAMRA_WM, @OurMalvernHills ACV and @ComShares to secure the Brewers Arms as a real #assetofcommunityvalue
Congratulations to the people of West Malvern and all the investors in Community Shares for raising a magnificent £407,000 to buy the Brewers Arms! Such an inspiring achievement in the face of a cost of living crisis squeezing disposable incomes. @PlunkettFoundat @CAMRA_WM #beer
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A great opportunity to deliver real advice, help and practical support to community businesses to help increase resilience and build stronger rural communities.
JOB VACANCY: Pleased to share that @PlunkettFoundat is recruiting a Community Business Adviser. Fixed-term position working closely with community groups to deliver advice & support to help their projects succeed. Deadline for applications 20.07.2022. plunkett.co.uk/vacancy-commu…
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Social Media training event at Lindridge Village Office at the Parish Hall with @OLPRO with @EcoDevMHDC and @OnlineMediaWrks #villageoffice #socialmedia #villagehalls
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