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The campaign to save the Old Horn as a community asset is being supported and assisted by The Plunkett Foundation, a national charity that supports rural communities across the UK to tackle the issues they face, through community business.
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Community businesses are enterprises that are owned and run democratically by members of the community, on behalf of the community. From shops and pubs to farms and woodlands – and everything in between – the Plunkett Foundation’s network of advisers and specialists provides in-depth assistance to people who want to preserve vital and much-loved community assets.
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To date, Plunkett Foundation has supported more than six hundred community businesses to reach trading stage. Among them are a number of rural pubs in North Yorkshire like the Old Horn, including the Green Dragon at Exelby, the George and Dragon at Hudswell, and the Countryman’s Inn at Hunton – all saved for their local communities when threatened with closure.
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