The funding is allocated through the £3.2m Community Business Bright Ideas Fund
Community & Development
All Community & Development news articles
Show filtersColombian co-ops give funds to university to develop virtual learning programme
Co-ops are required by law to give 20% of profits to projects developed by local universities
Southern Co-op receives national award for induction programme
Southern Co-op won the top prize in the Onboarding Programme of the Year category
Media Co-op trains campaigners encouraging older adults to stay healthy
The new recruits - all aged over 70 – worked on a set of animated films…
Co-op publisher launches book in community-owned pub
Guide to South Yorkshire Moors and north Derbyshire is the latest release from outdoor book specialists…
£1m handed out to match community shares raised in England
The latest scheme to benefit is Projekts MCR, a skate park in Manchester’s inner city
Plant nursery co-op for disabled workers to open cafe
'We want everyone to feel that they have ownership of the venture and have a say…
Collaboration within the credit union sector: case studies from Ireland, Scotland and England
In its first edition, the conference looked at achieving scale through effective collaboration while remaining true…
The Midcounties Co-operative reaches 100,000 food bank donation milestone
The retailer boosted its efforts via partnerships with local food banks, schools and community start-ups
Future Co-ops: A fun but focused search for ways to spread the co-op message
Barbara Rainford looks back at this year’s event, organised by development consultancy Co-operative Futures to promote…
How do we make co-operative deserts bloom?
This year’s Future Co-ops movement saw a series of creative sessions to develop new strategies to…
Retail co-op hosts conference on tackle anti-social behaviour
A recent Co-op Secure Response survey revealed that 45% of businesses feel anti-social behaviour is a…
