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Share offer for UK’s biggest community development passes first target

The Mayday Saxonvale project wants to develop a a 12-acre brownfield site in Frome, Somerset

OurCoop members walk the Chilterns for Plunkett UK

The group raised more than £3,000 to help communities save and run local businesses through community…

New UK fund announced to grow community ownership

Co‑operatives UK unveils new investment fund for community shares – and marks 10 years of the…

Staffordshire Community Energy hits £150k fundraising target

'This achievement is community energy in action, local people coming together to create renewable energy'

OurCoop celebrates launch of 36 new co-ops since 2022

Principle 6 in action as the retail society works with Plunkett UK and Co-op Futures to…

Plunkett UK says it helped launch 35 community businesses last year

The rural community business charity also highlighted the work of the Co-operative Retail Society Network

Co-op Congress: Creativity, ownership and a sense of place

Report on the opening session of the UK's national co-op sector conference

Community-owned Warwickshire pub secures financing

The Yew Tree in Avon Dassett has received a loan package to support its long-term growth…

UK government announces £61m fund to support community right to buy

Co-operatives UK welcomed the move, saying: 'A legal right is only meaningful if communities have the…

Community hospitality businesses offer youth a route into work, says Plunkett

'If we are serious about tackling youth unemployment and strengthening rural economies, we must back the…

How do you give away power? The tricky question for Pride in Place

The £5bn government programme aims to revive 'left-behind' areas through grass-roots initiatives – but are communities genuinely…

Bid launched to buy the UK’s latest community pub

A community benefit society based in Wadsworth, West Yorkshire, wants to buy the Hare and Hounds…