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Show filtersAwards ceremony recognises social businesses in Wales
Winners of the Social Business Wales Awards include Denbighshire Music Co-operative, which also provided the evening’s…
Digital toolkit launches to help develop care and wellbeing co-ops
Wales Co-operative Centre has developed the Care to Co-operate online toolkit after new legislation offered more…
Wales Co-operatives Centre responds to Welsh Government’s prosperity strategy
First minister Carwyn Jones said the strategy will focus on six key areas of action –…
Nominations open for Social Business Wales Awards 2017
The ceremony in October will celebrate a sector which is worth an estimated £2.37bn to the…
Social Business Wales Conference to put spotlight on co-ops and social enterprises
The event, with keynote speeches and workshops, is being held in north Wales – a region…
User and community-owned care ‘poorly understood’
There is a lack of awareness of tools behind community-led care, say researchers. So what can…
Wales Co-op Centre reports on 2016-17 impact
Over the past 12 months the organisation has worked across three main areas: supporting local businesses;…
Leaving no one behind: tenants and home-owners in Wales
The Welsh government sees co-ops as playing a key role in providing 20,000 affordable homes during…
Wales freelancers explore the benefits of becoming a co-op
A one day event in south Wales will look at the the benefits of freelancers in…
Social business sector worth £2.37bn to the Welsh economy
A new study identified 1,698 organisations working in the sector, supporting approximately 40,800 jobs
