Youth
Youth
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CommunityDesjardins celebrates Co-op Week with massive volunteering effort for youth groups
The credit union association has used the week to help organisations such as Auberges du cœur shelters for vulnerable young people
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DevelopmentAlliance Africa hosts co-operative youth conference
The event looked at how co-ops could harness the potential of the continent’s huge young population to drive sustainable growth and development
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YouthSustain: Meet the student co-ops embracing real food
The not-for-profit organisation is working across the country to help young people set up food co-ops in their colleges and universities
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AgricultureCo-op Group extends its Farming Pioneers programme
The scheme offers business skills and a support network to farmers aged 18-34, in a bid to strengthen the future of the industry
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RetailCo-op Hot Shots photography competition opens
The apex body for Singapore’s co-ops hosts the contest every year to capture meaningful moments in communities
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EducationMidcounties Co-op helps school pupils go green on Outward Bound course
Through its Green Pioneers programme, the society has helped youngsters save energy at Bishop’s Castle Community College
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HousingMeet … Nathan Bower-Bir, student, researcher and housing co-op co-founder
'I think we’ve all come to recognise that co-operation is not an inherent skill, but a craft each of us must learn and nurture'
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BusinessSupport, empower and influence: What youth are looking for in ethical business
The ethical expectations of the millennial generation can make a valuable selling point of the co-operative difference
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DevelopmentPutting young people at the centre of international co-operative development
'We're empowering them to challenge the perception that they have no viable voice. Young people can often be the innovators and ideas generators within communities and wider society'
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RetailRule changes: How are co-ops working with junior members?
UK co-ops are now allowed to have members under the age of 16... But which retail co-ops have taken this up?