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Toad Lane upgrades bring a ‘parklet’ to Rochdale Pioneers Museum

'We wanted a new urban planting space to reflect this older co-operative past'

Short film commemorates centenary of Singapore’s co-op movement

Ler Jun Sng reports on the centenary anniversary of Singapore’s co-operative movement and the launch of…

Lessons in success and failure from Patagonia’s first co-op

New study traces the history of Welsh settlers in Patagonia, who became interested in the co-operative…

Lifelong co-operator seeks home for his treasured archive

David J Thompson has dedicated his life to the movement – and has been gathering books…

Iowa co-op power plant designated a National Historic Landmark

Volunteers now want to make the site the National Rural Electrification Administration Museum

Canadian government unveils plaque to co-op apex

A plaque installed in Hamilton, Ontario, by Parks Canada pays tribute to the pioneering work of…

Book launch for a centenary history of the UK Co-op College

The event, at the Working Class Movement Library in Salford, heard from authors Tom Woodin, Linda…

Co-op Heritage Trust bags £130k Lottery grant for Co-op College archive

'The Co-operative College archives are a unique and valuable part of the co-operative movement’s history'

Movie short celebrates UK co-op movement’s history on film

Co-operative Cinema: A Movement in Moving Image premiered in Manchester on 5 December

Holiday became a history lesson on civil rights

David J Thompson shares the story of the co-op that changed the South in the US

Revisiting the co-operative economy in a contemporary Indonesia

Mutianwar Syarahil Mutianwar Efendi, LL.B. writes for Co-op News about the role the co-op sector can…

Plan for Scottish co-op centre gets £1.9m boost from Lottery Heritage Fund

'It will be a celebration of our heritage, a supportive resource for our community and a…