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Co-op brewery opens the first taproom in Northern Ireland after Crowdfund campaign

Boundary Brewing's new community hub in Belfast offers a meeting place for local groups and range…

Impact Conference looks at co-ops as engines of local development

The event, organised by US apex NCBA CLUSA, looked at projects in Africa and heard updates…

Obituary: John Anderson (1943-2022)

John Anderson, a lifelong co-operator, has died at the age of 79

Southern Co-op launches partnership to help prolific shoplifters quit crime

'Crime needs to be tackled from every angle and hopefully this new approach will mean that…

Creative co-op launched in a bid to boost Newcastle’s cultural sector

The city launched Newcastle Creates to find ways to involve the arts in sustainable and inclusive…

Five US co-ops to share $170,000 in grants for development projects

The funding, from Capital Impact Partners and the National Cooperative Bank, will benefit low income areas…

Co-op Foundation’s new strategy puts young people at the centre

The Foundation’s 2022-27 strategy focuses on ‘Building communities of the future together’

Community-owned October Books makes a call for more member investors

'The aim is to secure the long-term financial future of October Books while providing a future…

The Bevy: Co-op pub prepares to help its community weather economic storm

The Brighton local has long been involved in community support work – and now it is…

Residents buy local chapel to turn it into a community centre

Kingsley Holt Chapel, in Staffordshire, was registered as an asset of community value and bought with…

Cooperation Jackson fights for a solution to the US city’s water crisis

'We must be clear about building and fighting for the practical community-based solutions to the water…

Yorkshire social club gets new lease of life as a community asset

High Harrogate Working Men's Club is being refurbished as a community benefit society with funding from…