Let credit unions fund community energy and social housing, says Co-op Party chair

'As the sector grows it is becoming even better equipped to expand the services it is…

Welsh pub in Nefyn to re-open after successful community share offer

Over 500 people bought shares to bring the pub into community ownership

Community Leisure UK joins Co-operatives UK as a federal member

Organisations within the leisure and culture sector will benefit from stronger links to the wider co-op…

Rural Community Ownership Awards finalists feature community pubs and shops

The awards celebrate community businesses that help rural neighbourhoods across the UK

Co-ops among the winners at the Community Energy Awards

Successes on the night include the Schools' Energy Cooperative, Mean Moor Wind Farm and Energy4All

First community-run sports academy to open in 2023 in Northern Ireland

The Co-op Group’s charity, the Co-op Foundation, invested £50,000 into the community share offer

Community finance co-op seeks investors to support local enterprise

The pioneering share offer promises both a social and financial return

Central England Co-operative’s Community Dividend Fund awards £42,000

The society is reinvesting 1% of its trading profit into the local communities, with grants ranging…

Green Party to include co-ops and community energy in new policy agenda

It pledges 'business as a force for good, for creativity, with a positive role to play…

Shortlist announced for Community Energy Awards for England and Wales

Schemes range from massive solar developments to energy-efficient retrofits

Toasting success in the Social Business Wales Awards

Winners include Wrexham-based Splash Community Trust and zero-waste shop Natural Weigh, in Crickhowell

100th Community Shares Standard Mark presented during communities week

Suffolk-based Eden-Rose Community Ltd aims to raise £80,000 from the local community