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Co-op engagement: Reaching out to baby boomers to leave a co-op legacy

As business owners from the baby-boom generation near retirement, co-operators in Cleveland and working to transition…

Co-op engagement: Lessons from Outlandish

'We don't want to grow, we just want to work with nice people and deliver things…

Christmas gifts: Festive goodies from the Ethical Shop

A selection of ethical gifts for the festive season

The Bristol Bike Project celebrates 10 years of empowering communities

The co-op has helped 2,000 people from marginalised communities become independently mobile and gain new skills

Exploring the potential of co-operative models in the social enterprise sector

Sarah Deas, Chief Executive of Co-operative Development Scotland, on lessons learned from the Social Enterprise World…

Madrid co-operative network is working to build stronger communities

The Tangente group provides training and consulting services around gender equality, sustainability, communication

Queenslanders Credit Union pays tribute to founder Leo Barcham

He helped to set up the credit union during his time as a Queensland public servant

Meet … Hortência Pina and Adalberto Luis from CECAQ-11 cocoa co-op

The two members of the co-op, on the island of São Tomé, on Fairtrade, women’s rights…

100 years on from the Armistice, we look at how Co-op News covered World War I

The paper maintained a balanced approach throughout the war, with reports from Europe and the home…

Platform Co-op conference: Steve Gill writes from Hong Kong

'These are some great people doing some important work, in difficult circumstances'

Midcounties Co-op using Blockchain to increase supply chain transparency

We speak to the society’s new chief executive Phil Ponsonby about his work with local suppliers…

Platform co-op movement gathers in Hong Kong for its global conference

For Asia, platform co-ops, a global commons, and co-operative hardware offer vital alternatives, writes Trebor Scholz