Projects

After what felt like a long period of waiting for the Whitehall policy machine to kick into action on renewables, the few months since the introduction of the feed in tariff has been a whirlwind of

'Co-operating out of crime' is a new report written for Centre Forum by Dave Nicolson of Ex-Cell, a member of Co-operatives UK. If you work in this area and have ideas you would like to share, join the discussion group online.

With the debate about ownership of woodlands in England high on the political agenda, we have teamed up with a range of other social enterprise and community organisations to write a letter to the Prime Minister and leading figures in the Coalition Government to appeal for the remit of the forestry Panel to be widened to include greater representation from social enterprise.

The government is refreshing its strategy for social enterprise.

If your co-operative is looking for opportunities to compete for public sector contracts, then find out more about some of the key measures introduced.

A variety of resource packs have been produced by Local United to bring together and support community activists who are setting up social enterprises, including co-operatives to address the challenges of peak oil and climate change.

This consultation from the Cabinet Office sets out how government plans to support Civil Society groups at a local and national level to deliver on the Big Society agenda.

A Parliamentary Committee is to focus on debt in football – and there is mention of co-operative clubs as the answer.