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Meet … Sarah Batterbee, Grindleford Community Shop

How one of the UK's community businesses has led local efforts to help people through the…

Europe-wide project to teach co-operation to the next generation

The Co-operative College will join partners in the UK and on the continent to teach young…

Co-operatives UK and partner organisations launch community activist platform

Co-operatives UK is one of the organisations backing the project

A fond farewell: Ed Mayo looks back on his time at Co-operatives UK

Co-op News speaks to Mr Mayo as he moves on from his role at the helm…

Plunkett Foundation secures support from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

The funding will be used to help grow and support the UK rural community business sector

Wales Co-op Centre highlights sector’s resilience in the face of pandemic

'The focus for the majority of established social enterprises in Wales during this pandemic, if not…

Denis Goldberg: A man of hope

The veteran of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa would go on to serve as…

Worker co-op training programmes: key lessons from the US and Canada

UK co-operators heard about worker co-ops' training programmes and their approaches to inclusion and diversity

Central England Co-op launches call and collect service

The service aims to support vulnerable members during the Covid-19 crisis

CREW Energy wins Power to Change grant

The funding will be used to deliver renewable heat to Londoners in Wandsworth and Merton

Government unlocks new funds for social enterprise

Co-operatives UK has also welcomed changes to rules around liquidation to give small businesses more chance…

Lincolnshire Co-op answers Usdaw over its Covid-19 claims

The union and the retailer are exchanging words over staff discounts for furloughed workers