This is an online event run by the Plunkett Foundation.
Recognising the potential of community businesses ‘co-locating’ with active places of worship, Plunkett is part of a coalition of organisations campaigning to promote the benefits of community businesses of the model. Generous funding from Benefact Trust enables us to provide:
• Free bespoke advice to community business groups and churches exploring the potential of a church or grounds as a potential venue for a business.
• Grants of up to £5,000 to support early feasibility and development work
There are wonderful examples across the UK of the model already helping community businesses and churches alike to flourish, with shops, cafes, farmers markets, performance spaces and renewable energy schemes already operating from within church buildings across the UK.
Join to hear about the impact on both community and church from two community groups: Yarpole Community Shop and Cafe which has been trading successfully from St Leonard’s Church in Yarpole, Herefordshire, and from Amberley Shop on The Common which opened in June in the nave of Holy Trinity Church in the village of Amberley, Gloucestershire.
This free online event will inspire you to think how a partnership between a community owned business and a place of worship could be what your vision needs, and enable you to hear the experiences of your peers and ask questions.
