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22 May '12

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The Rochdale Pioneers Museum’s website has launched to celebrate the upcoming re-opening of the Museum

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United KingdomRochdale Pioneers Museum launches new website

People can take a walk through co-operative history on the brand new Rochdale Pioneers Museum’s website.

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United KingdomThe Co-operative College, Manchester, UK has produced a...

The Co-operative College, Manchester, UK has produced a wonderful video telling the story of the Rochdale Pioneers.  This animated film was featured in the ICA’s New Year ...

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A workshop in Kenya discusses barriers to women’s participation in co-operatives

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KenyaKenyan co-operatives preparing for 15,000 new female board members

In the coming months, Kenyan co-operatives will see big changes in their boardrooms. Under the new national constitution, women must occupy at least one third of representation ...

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Global NewsBig Co-op Conversations #3: Co-operative Trust Schools - Community partnerships for stronger public education

07 February 2012 Mervyn Wilson, Principal and CE of The Co-operative College UK in conversation with Walkley winner and business journalist, Anne Lampe. Mervyn Wilson, Principal and CE of The Co-operative College UK in conversation with Walkley winner and business journalist, Anne Lampe. Co-operative schools are a rapidly growing area of state education in the UK with over 150 state schools converted to multi-stakeholder co-op models and another 100+ in the ...

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Minister Sithembiso Nyoni. Picture: World Economic Forum

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Global NewsZimbabwe: Country-wide campaign will show success of cooperatives

Zimbabwe sees the cooperative movement and the organized and formalized small and medium sector as pivotal to inclusive economic growth and as tools for poverty reductions.

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Global NewsCo-operatives help to narrow UK poverty gap

An alliance of co-operatives and non-governmental organisations have launched a petition calling for co-operative action to narrow the gap between rich and the poor in the UK.

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Global NewsA tense and crucial time for Middle East co-ops

I still wear, as Tony Blair might have put it, ‘the scars on my back’ from my involvement in the co-operative sector.

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Global NewsBlow to Co-op Trust schools

The Government’s scaling-back of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme is to affect a number of co-operative schools.

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United KingdomWatch the Co-operatives Fortnight video here

Co-operators from around the country have come together for a special short film to celebrate Co-operatives Fortnight (and the video can be viewed here).

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Global NewsCo-op school set for lift off

The first co-operative trust school in the UK is set to be launched next month.   Labour/Co-op MP Ed Balls, the Minister for Children, Schools and Families, visited Reddish Vale Technology College, near Stockport, to see the work being done on the college’s structure.   It hopes to adopt the co-operative trust model in March, which will enable all stakeholders to play a meaningful part in the running of the school.   The staff and governors at the college are working ...

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