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It provides advisory support along with a £40,000 funding package comprised of a £20,000 grant matched with a £20,000 loan which is also matched by the equivalent community contributions.
This programme, which will have supported over 50 new community-owned rural shops by the end of 2009, has recently been renewed for a further three years.
Nenthead Community Shop in Cumbria,
a beneficiary of the Village CORE Programme
The Village CORE Programme is a partnership between the Plunkett Foundation, Co-operative & Community Finance and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and is supported by the LankellyChase Foundation.
Grants will be awarded to rural communities of at least 300 people which are planning to set up a community-owned shop.
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