Development
Development
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DevelopmentWales Co-op Centre reports on 2016-17 impact
Over the past 12 months the organisation has worked across three main areas: supporting local businesses; tackling poverty and promoting inclusion
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Banking and InsuranceIndia’s co-op banks bring ATM technology to rural areas
In a bid to promote financial inclusion and digitisation, mobile electronic banking services will be carried door to door by a van
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DevelopmentCanadian housing co-op wins national award for fostering inclusion via a Women’s Circle
Members of the Sarcee Meadows Housing Co-op in Calgary come from a diverse range of ethnicities and backgrounds
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Banking and InsuranceCo-op model as a vehicle of transformation in local government
The Co-op Party has set out six steps to building community wealth, based on the Cleveland Model in the USA
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DevelopmentRe-imagining housing – how are co-op models helping to tackle the housing crisis?
Co-operative Congress held a session on housing, which looked at schemes such as new student housing co-ops and residents taking over neighbourhoods which had been deemed a failure
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BusinessHow community pubs and shops are helping villages thrive
Two reports from Plunkett Foundation, the support organisation for community-owned shops and pubs, show how such organisations bring social and financial benefits
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DevelopmentSteve Murrells joins Coldplay, Ellie Goulding and Pharrell Williams to fight water poverty
The music stars and Co-op Group chief executive helped to kickstart the Global Investment Fund for Water in Hamburg
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BusinessActor Michael Sheen on co-ops and building a fairer economy
The award-winning stage and screen star has branched out into social activism and attended Co-operative Congress, where he spoke to the News about his desire for change
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DemocracyCo-operative Congress: Reimagining the economy
A panel looked at ways to reshape the economy to avert the crises facing the UK and the wider world – from land reform to co-operative employment
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DevelopmentThe Big Debate: How are co-ops caring for communities at a time of crisis?
As austerity cuts take hold in the UK's social services, and demographic changes bring a new range of social needs, how can the movement meet the challenge?