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Nine steps to create your social impact report

Do you want to measure your organisation’s social impact? Here is our step-by-step guide to creating your…

Providing life changing opportunities through SENse to Aspire

A scheme that changes the lives of students with special educational needs has created a social…

Developing sustainable organisations through the Community Dividend

For every pound spent on the community dividend scheme, Central England Co-operative generates a social return…

Co-op Group members pull a £15m Christmas cracker

An estimated £15m is expected to be distributed to members this month, following the launch of…

Co-op Group launches report into tackling loneliness

The Co-op Group is continuing its campaign to tackle loneliness with a new report into the potential…

Heart of England Co-operative investing two million in store refurbishment

The Heart of England Co-operative food stores will undergo refurbishment as part of a two-million pound investment…

East of England Co-op recognised for its dementia-friendly training for colleagues

East of England Co-op was among the 34 organisations honoured with a Princess Royal Training Award…

Community for Renewables acquires the largest community solar project in the UK

Communities for Renewables (CfR) has announced the purchase and financing of the UK’s largest community solar…

Community housing in Canada to get over $20m investment

The Fonds d’investissement de Montreal (FIM) has announced its fourth capitalisation phase to improve community housing…

Co-ops react to Cadbury’s Fairtrade logo swap

The UK’s most famous chocolate maker Cadbury is changing the way it works with Fairtrade in…

CICOPA president receives recognition on the 200th anniversary of the Polish co-operative movement

Manuel Mariscal, president of the International Organisation of Industrial and Service Co-operatives (CICOPA), has received a…

Four platform co-ops that are making a change

Innovative thinkers are joining online platforms with co-operative models of business to create a new wave of digital organisations…