Abstract
This publication is based on the results of surveys undertaken by the Plunkett Foundation between March and April 2015 and is based on new information provided by 95 of the 325 community shops open and trading across the UK at the end of 2014, as well as information gathered from nearly every community shop over the last 3 years.
The majority of this information was collected through a telephone survey completed by appointed representatives of community shops. The wider report and conclusions drawn have been informed by the information collected in the survey alongside our wider work, and the work of others, to support communities to successfully set up and run community shops.