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Care, co-ops and the common good: Can we protect our health from the profit motive?

'In an increasingly crowded planet with limited resources, humanity cannot afford to stand by and watch…

Sister Midnight: Lewisham arts co-op looks to create a grassroots music venue

'You have to completely change your mindset to how businesses are run and how they should…

‘We need our land back’: Community land trusts and the fight for fair space

As world crises over the environment, housing and migration continue, co-operative models of land ownership are…

Co-ops plug in for a new wave of music venues

A look at current projects – from the Co-op Group's plans for UK's biggest indoor arena…

Right to save with a credit union will help defuse pensions time bomb

Labour/Co-op MP Gareth Thomas says employers should be required to offer a payroll deduction service with…

Planning a level playing field for co-ops

Co-ops are too often neglected by government and need regulatory reform, writes Jonathan Reynolds MP

The challenges facing small co-ops – and how to overcome them

Insights from co-op development workers Claire Alexander, Phil Beardmore, Glenn Bowen, Alex Lawrie, Cath Muller, Tiziana…

Mechanisms for co-op growth: The Hive and Community Shares Booster

An update on the work of the development programmes delivered by Co-operatives UK

When small means strong: Community power at Cooperation Town

'This is something that needs to be practised on a hyperlocal level ... This is building…

Cooperate Islington: Collaborating on a new co-op development agency

Co-op organisations are working with the local council to launch a new co-operative development agency –…

From the cradle … A co-op start to life

Co-ops are active in maternity, childcare, fostering, education and youth organising, bringing their values and principles…

To the grave: A co-operative end to life

Retail co-ops are adapting their funeralcare services to suit 21st century needs – while new co-ops are…