Features
Features
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RetailRule changes: How are co-ops working with junior members?
UK co-ops are now allowed to have members under the age of 16... But which retail co-ops have taken this up?
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EducationYouth updates… Co-op Young Members Board and Students for Co-operation
Ahead of International Youth Day, we catch up with Lois McClure, chair of the Co-op Young Members Board, and Scott Jennings, Students for Co-operation
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CommunityWoodcraft Folk: Co-op thinking from an early age
'Woodcraft Folk is proud to play our part in raising future generations of co-operators' – Jon Nott, general secretary
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CommunityHow does Woodcraft Folk impact lives?
Ahead of International Youth Day (12 August 2017), we spoke with three former Woodies whose lives were influenced by their time in the youth co-op...
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CommunityLessons from north America: the power of community-owned food stores in the age of grocery giants
In Canada, 80% of grocery sales go to just five retailers. Author and co-operator Jon Steinman wants to see this change
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DevelopmentHow are co-operatives ensuring no one is left behind?
As this year’s International Day of Co-operatives takes the theme of inclusion, we look at the movement’s efforts on disability and gender
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HealthLeaving no one behind: Older people in Singapore
Co-ops in Singapore are taking steps to meet the healthcare challenges of an ageing population and encourage intergenerational working
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SectorLeaving no one behind: ex-offenders in Argentina
Kbrones textile co-op, set up by a group of prisoners using skills they learned in jail, is giving ex-offenders a route into the labour market
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RetailLeaving no one behind: small producers in the East of England
The co-op has just showcased ten of them women producers included in its Sourced Locally initiative