Plunkett Foundation


Plunkett Foundation helps rural communities in the UK to take control of the issues affecting them through community ownership.

Plunkett Foundation's work

The Foundation's work includes:
Plunkett Foundation 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. It is based in Oxfordshire, England.
To celebrate 2012 being designated as the United Nations International Year of Co-operatives Plunkett Foundation held the World of Rural Co-operation International Roundtable event. This event led to the development of the Dunsany Declaration for Rural Co-operative Development which has fed in to the Blueprint for a Co-operative Decade.