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RURAL AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
Organisational Structures for Rural Social Enterprises
A resource guide for development advisers
This unique resource guide will help new rural social enterprises to select the organisational model and legal form that will best support their aims and objectives. The 80-page guide provides step-by-step advice for new community groups, leading them through every stage of the complex decision-making process involved in selecting a legal structure.
The guide is designed for use by social enterprise development advisors who are providing frontline support to community groups.
Two sections of the guide are available on-line, please click below to download them:
Plunkett Foundation, 2003, 80p.
ISBN 0-85042-157-8 £20 - to order please email Kathryn Morrison
The Real Choice - How local foods can survive the supermarket onslaught
This report shows how local foods – grown, processed and consumed in the same district – can flourish, provided the growth of supermarket chains is restrained by sound planning policies. These 'local food webs' bring a range of social, environmental and economic benefits and help to conserve some of our most beautiful countryside.
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Enterprising Approaches to Rural Community Transport
A research report and outline development Programme
With funding from the Department for Transport, Plunkett and CTA have conducted the first comprehensive research study of the sector and compiled an evidence-base of the extent to which it already uses social enterprise approaches. The results show that almost all rural CT operators trade to some extent, but there is significant potential for them to increase their long-term sustainability by optimising multiple income streams.
The outcomes of the research, a typology of the sector and case example of enterprising rural CTOs are all part of this publication.
Plunkett Foundation, 2006, p.104
Free + postage - to order please email Kathryn Morrison or Download PDF version (1MB)
Supporting Rural Enterprise in England
Proposals and recommendations for policy-makers and practitioners
This report has been prepared on behalf of the Business and Rural Enterprise Sub-Group of the Rural Affairs Forum for England by Richard Moreton, Representing Co-operativesUK
Richard Moreton (Plunkett Foundation), 2002, 60p.
£15 - to order please email Kathryn Morrison
Rural Lifelines – Older People and Rural Social Enterprises
Their role as providers and beneficiaries of service provision in rural England
This publication summarises research carried out by the Plunkett Foundation, PRIME, Age Concern and the Countryside Agency on the relationships between older people and rural social enterprises. The research sought to test the hypothesis that older people are major beneficiaries of social enterprises in rural areas, in view of the services which they receive from them, but are also significant participants in the management and operation of these same enterprises.
Plunkett Foundation, 2004, 72p.
£15 (hardcopy) - to order please email Kathryn Morrison or
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GENERAL CO-OPERATIVE INTEREST
Reinventing Co-operation the Challenge of the 21st Century
A book designed to dispel the myths and misunderstandings that surround the co-operative business model and to set out, in straightforward language, the essentials of understanding and organising a co-operative. (This volume is the revised and expanded version of the best-selling Reinventing the Co-operative, no longer in print.)
Edgar Parnell (Plunkett Foundation) 1999, 312 pp.
ISBN 0 85042 136 5 £24.95
The World of Co-operative Enterprise 1999
A collection of articles by international contributors featuring themes of Conversion, Contractual Rights and Obligations of Co-operative Membership, and Innovations in Co-operation.
Plunkett Foundation, 1999, 215 pp.
ISBN 0 85042 1314 £16.95
The World of Co-operative Enterprise
1996, 1995, 1994, 1992, 1991 editions available please specify.
Plunkett Foundation £9.95
The Co-operative Opportunity
Takes a fresh look at co-operation both in the UK and internationally. Essential reading for anyone considering alternatives to conventional, investor-driven businesses.
UK Co-operative Council, 1994, 108 pp.
ISBN 085195 216 X £12.95
Marburg Consult for Self-help Promotion - Publications 2006
Papers and Reports of the Institute for Co-operation in Developing Countries (ICDC) of Marburg University
List and order form to download
AGRICULTURAL CO-OPERATIVES
Farming Together for Profit
Incorporates the 1999 Plunkett Foundation Statistics for UK Agricultural Co-operatives. A guide to farm co-operatives, partnerships and joint ventures, this is an impressive anthology of current thinking in the fields of co-operative, collaborative and value-added agriculture.
Mills & Reeve, 2000, 197 pp.
ISBN 0 948903 198 £15.00
Farmer-Controlled Business Bringing Balance to the Marketplace
A booklet that clears away many of the misconceptions that persist about farmer-controlled businesses and explains not only why primary agricultural producers need to join forces, but how this can be achieved successfully.
Edgar Parnell (Plunkett Foundation) 1992, 42 pp.
£7.50
Farmer-Centred Enterprise for Agricultural Development
The author argues that sound farmer-controlled organisations in developing countries lead to sustainable rural development, and that co-operatives remain the most suitable agencies for providing essential services to small producers.
Trevor Bottomley (Plunkett Foundation) 1989, 170 pp.
ISBN 0-85042-092-X £8.95
CO-OPERATIVE BUSINESS BOOKS
Ownership Options for Local Authority Services A Guide for Policy Makers
Designed for those considering the most efficient means of delivering public services. Consists of a discussion booklet and a set of decision tools.
Plunkett Foundation, 1993, 55 pp.
ISBN 0 85042 145 4 £30.00
Developing Directors of Co-operatives and Similar Enterprises
Examines the importance and role of co-operative directors and offers advice on how they should be chosen and work to best effect.
Edgar Parnell (Plunkett Foundation) 1993, 36 pp.
ISBN 0 85042 160 8 £9.50
Co-operative Law in Practice
A handbook designed to aid the understanding and practical application of co-operative law and, through its comparative approach, and a guide for the development of legislation.
Peter Yeo (Plunkett Foundation and Holyoake Books) 1989, 250 pp.
ISBN 0 85042 0830 £15.50
HISTORY
The Growth of Industry in Northern Ireland 1850-1900
An authoritative account of the development of manufacturing industries in Northern Ireland between 1850 and 1900. This is an essential reference, not only for historians and academics, but for all those interested in industrial development and related social issues.
Dr. D.L. Armstrong (Plunkett Foundation) 1999 (hardback) 602 pp.
ISBN 0 85042 141 1 £30.00
Economic History of Agriculture in N. Ireland 1850-1900
This book portrays the epic struggle between landlord and tenant on land tenure, the development of farming, and the day-to-day life of the tenant farmer and farm labourer, all set against the turbulent political background of 19th century Ireland.
Dr. D.L. Armstrong (Plunkett Foundation) 1990, 314 pp.
ISBN 0 85042 096 2 £20.00
The Little Nut Tree: The Memoirs of Margaret Digby
An insight into the life and times of one of the co-operative movement’s champions and most tireless workers.
(Plunkett Foundation) 1979, 415 pp.
ISBN 0 85042 026 1 £5.00
Stated prices include 2nd class UK postage