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Cooperatives Europe launches open source knowledge base on co-ops

Coopedia acts as a collaborative search engine that lists resources on co-operative entrepreneurship

Woccu’s social inclusion project in Peru supports newly settled Venezuelans

The scheme offers training and business management, marketing and other entrepreneurial skills

Stephen Nicol appointed chair of Plunkett Foundation

'The impacts of Covid-19 in 2020 have underlined the critical importance of strong community businesses for…

Lincolnshire Co-op youth scheme praised by Business in the Community

Around 130 young people have completed the scheme over the past five years

Co-op retailers join food insecurity taskforce set up by Marcus Rashford

The campaign calls on the government to take new measures to tackle child food poverty

Obituary: Sethu Madhavan of the ICA Asia-Pacific

Balu Iyer pays tribute to 'a mentor, friend, and guide'

How to drive youth social entrepreneurship

A report from the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs looks at ways young people…

New Leaf: Co-op will help ex-offenders back into society through training and employment

'We’re cutting the reoffending rate with the people we help and our people will be economically…

Cooperation Town launches starter pack for new food co-ops

The goal is for a network of food-buying co-ops in every town across the country

Irish Co-operative Organisation Society launches guide on how to start a co-op

The Irish government is also planning 'a complete overhaul' of the existing legislation on co-operatives

Co-ops and adversity: Examples from Australia

Melina Morrison of apex body BCCM looks to examples in Canada and from Australia's past to…

Arts co-operatives make plans after Covid brings the curtain down

How co-ops in the arts sector are responding to the financial crisis brought on by the…