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Bringing People Together: a new funding programme
15 March, 2021
Today marks a year since the first announcement on 16 March 2020 that all ‘unnecessary social contact’ should stop across the UK due to COVID-19. Read more -
National Lottery Community Fund supporting Plunkett Foundation in 2020
11 March, 2021
Whilst it seems hard to think back to a time pre-Covid, the reality for the community-owned business sector was that they started 2020 in a relatively buoyant position. Read more -
The New Infrastructure Programme: the story so far
10 March, 2021
We set up the New Infrastructure Programme last year to give critical community infrastructure organisations the opportunity, space and time to plan for the future. Today we have announced funding to 14 vital and varied infrastructure organisations across the UK. Read more -
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World Mental Health Day – Youth social action and well-being in lockdown
9 October, 2020
EmpowHER, a programme to inspire young women and girls to lead change in their communities, has been nominated for a Charity Times Award 2020. Hallie, 16, is a recipient of the Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Award and one of the participants in the Preston programme, and here she speaks about the programme, and how the programme’s social action work has changed to respond to the pandemic and lockdown. Read more -
Let’s check our biases at the door & move beyond lived experience
20 August, 2020
Winston Allamby, a Community Partner with our multiple disadvantage programme Fulfilling Lives, and someone with lived experience,considers why it's so difficult for people with lived experience to move into senior leadership positions. Read more -
Climate change is everyone’s business, so let’s all act to address it
31 January, 2020
With a recent survey showing that three quarters of people in the UK say the environment will be important to them in 2020, John Rose, our Director for Wales and environment lead, discusses our environment strategy. Read more -
How we talk: the politics of language in lived experience leadership
4 November, 2019
Peter Atherton, lived experience leader and founder of community interest company Community Led Initiatives, helped designed our Lived Experience Pilot programme. He explains the difference this made to his organisation’s funding journey. Read more -
I’m for worldwide youth action on climate change: our #TimeIsNow
5 September, 2019
Climate activist and Our Bright Future Youth Forum Member Ummi Hoque recently helped us launch our Climate Action Fund. In this blog she explains why she’s using her voice and taking action with her peers to save our planet. Read more
