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Tameside co-operative pioneers a new approach to sharing digital infrastructure

The co-op is bringing together local authorities, the NHS and local businesses to share digital infrastructure…

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

Co-op College project shortlisted for the RBS Skills and Opportunities Fund

The project aims to enable 25 young people between 16 and 24 in the community of…

ICA launches international co-op think tank

The group of co-ops will serve as a strategic hub for the co-op movement

USAID awards US$60m for co-operative development

The five-year programme enables US co-operatives and their members to collaborate on various projects with co-operatives…

How a human chain made world news of a small co-op bookstore

When Southampton's October Books invited volunteers to help the move to its new home, it hit…

Community finance co-op seeks investors to support local enterprise

The pioneering share offer promises both a social and financial return

Manchester MBA students join RBH co-operative to examine Rochdale’s economy

The initiative forms part of the Rochdale Stronger Together project developed by the Rochdale Borough Social…

Taunton co-op issues community shares offer to create more affordable housing

Investors needed to help turn two additional sites into homes and workspaces for local social enterprises

Co-operative Summit of the Americas adopts declaration to protect the planet

'We say no to the commercial war, we say no to the walls ... we say…

East of England Co-operative nominated for 2018 Dementia Care Awards

Around 50,000 people in East of England Co-op’s trading area live with dementia