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Show filtersHow Co-op stores are showing support for their Para Athletics colleague Carly Tait
Branches in the wheelchair athlete’s home town Manchester have added a good-luck hashtag to their fascia…
Canadian housing co-op wins national award for fostering inclusion via a Women’s Circle
Members of the Sarcee Meadows Housing Co-op in Calgary come from a diverse range of ethnicities…
Caring through sharing: New approach to social care wins the 2017 Co-op Pitches
Emma Adelaide Black made the winning pitch for CareShare, an online platform to match care workers…
GlenWyvis Distillery hits new milestone with second share offer for new members
The society already has more than 2,600 members and hopes to capitalise on the interest of…
Co-op model as a vehicle of transformation in local government
The Co-op Party has set out six steps to building community wealth, based on the Cleveland…
Re-imagining housing – how are co-op models helping to tackle the housing crisis?
Co-operative Congress held a session on housing, which looked at schemes such as new student housing…
The country’s 50th co-op pub opens its doors as the movement gathers strength
The Craufurd Arms in Maidenhead was saved from closure by locals who raised £310,000 from a…
How community pubs and shops are helping villages thrive
Two reports from Plunkett Foundation, the support organisation for community-owned shops and pubs, show how such…
Steve Murrells joins Coldplay, Ellie Goulding and Pharrell Williams to fight water poverty
The music stars and Co-op Group chief executive helped to kickstart the Global Investment Fund for…
Co-operative Congress 2017: Reimagining community by turning assets into co-ops
‘We need to persuade people to see social value as an economic outcome’
Actor Michael Sheen on co-ops and building a fairer economy
The award-winning stage and screen star has branched out into social activism and attended Co-operative Congress,…
