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Community shares practitioners meet-up
Content by Community Shares
On the 27th October, we hosted a Community Shares Practitioner Meet-up in the Scottish Highlands, a hotbed for community-led enterprise and innovative share offers focussed on sustainability, active…
4 months 2 weeks
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A landscape shot of a town
Content by Community Shares
Co-operatives UK is a Community Ownership Fund (COF) delivery partner and John Dawson, Head of Market Development in our Community Shares Unit, spoke to a community benefit society (CBS) about their…
10 months 3 weeks
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More than £200m has been raised through community shares
Content by Community Shares
An update on all things Community Shares from John Dawson, Head of Market Development for the Community Shares Unit at Co-operatives UK.
1 year 10 months
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585 share offers by 440 businesses – social media graphic
Content by Community Shares
Less than 10 years ago, community shares were almost unheard of. Yet since 2012, £155 million has been raised by 104,203 people supporting more than 440 vital businesses – an impressive 92% of which…
3 years 5 months
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The Hive in partnership with The Co-operative Bank
Content by The Hive
Read this informative Q&A with Co-operatives UK’s Co‑operative Development Manager Petra Morris, for advice on putting in a good application to The Hive – and answers to some of the common…
4 years 10 months