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Show filtersGovernment announces £1.7m support for public service mutuals
'This funding will deliver training, support programmes and mentoring to expand the high quality services mutuals…
India’s co-ops discuss the ‘sweet revolution’ as they celebrate anniversary
The movement was marking the foundation day of Sahakar Bharati, an organisation set up to boost…
Central England Co-op buys community defibrillators from carrier bag levy
The society has installed the equipment at its food stores and funeral homes across 16 counties
Tracing Jackson, Mississippi’s fight for a future based on co-operation
This book traces the efforts of activists to radically transform their city, drawing on the civil…
New regulations will threaten community bus services, warn MPs
'This report is a welcome endorsement of our belief that buses should be run for people,…
Heart of England Co-op raised £50k for charities through carrier bag levy
15 charities across the society’s trading area will share proceeeds from the 5p bags
Tamworth Co-op rededicates funeral home with service for the bereaved
'All the families who attended have lost someone close in the past year. It’s part of…
Plunkett Foundation welcomes another community pub to the co-op fold
The Auctioneers Arms in Staffordshire has been saved after locals raised more than £200,000 in community…
Can FairBnB become a platform for community-powered tourism?
The worker co-op is preparing to launch in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bologna, Valencia and Venice
Looking ahead to 2018: A growing appetite for employee ownership
Sarah Deas, chief executive of Co-operative Development Scotland, says the sector is set for a period…
Looking ahead to 2018: It’s time for co-ops to do it ourselves
Ed Mayo, secretary general at Co-operatives UK, reflects on the last 12 months and looks ahead…
