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Co-operatives UK partners with Ubele to launch new research on community shares and diversity
Content by Community Shares
We are pleased to share news of a partnership and piece of research with The Ubele Initiative exploring the barriers and opportunities for black and racially minoritised communities leading community…
4 months 2 weeks
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Community Shares Practitioners explore the Scottish Highlands
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…
5 months 1 week
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Hebden Bridge Practitioner Meet-up 2023: past, present and future of community-led co-operation!
Content by Community Shares
On the 30th June, we hosted a Community Shares Practitioner Meet-up in Hebden Bridge in the Calder Valley, a town known for its crucial place in co-operative history. Nowadays, it continues to be a…
8 months 3 weeks
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Tips on bidding to the Community Ownership Fund
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…
11 months 2 weeks
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Celebrating a partnership that’s helping transform communities
Content by Booster Fund
As a successful funding partnership between the Community Shares Unit (CSU) and the Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) draws to a close, we’re looking back and celebrating what we’ve achieved together…
1 year
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The Big Switch Off – everything you should know
Over the next few years the UK will see a big change in telecommunications with Openreach switching off the analogue network by 2025. Hear from Your Co-op Business Solutions about why you need to pay…
1 year 5 months
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What a deposit is and why it matters
Anthony Collins Solicitors highlight a potential risk for co-operatives in managing money in the form of deposits – what to be mindful of and the potential legal implications.
1 year 5 months
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July in Bristol: a hot spot for community shares!
Content by Community Shares
On 15 July, we hosted a Community Shares Practitioner Meet-up in Bristol – here's what we learned.
1 year 9 months
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Hello and happy International Day of Co-ops!
Today is July 2. It is the International Day of Co-operatives – the 100th one in fact. It is a day of celebration – to show people in the UK and across the world about the unique contribution of…
1 year 9 months
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Community Shares Booster Fund re-launches
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 11 months
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Updated: Right to Work Update – big changes from April
An update from Emma Bagshaw, Consultant Senior Solicitor at Seabury Legal Ltd, on further changes to the process employers must take to ensure their employees have the right to work in the UK.
2 years
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Living with Covid-19 - 1 April 2022 changes
On 1 April 2022 the government's Covid-19 guidance was updated. But what does this mean for employers? Our expert HR advice team have analysed the new guidance and share their thoughts.
2 years
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Empowering co-operation
As Co-operatives UK launches it's new three-year strategy and new look branding, CEO Rose Marley explains the thinking behind this approach.
2 years 1 month
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Our CEO reflects on 2021
Rose Marley summarises and reflects on what we have achieved together as a UK co-operative movement in 2021, her first year as CEO
2 years 4 months
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Blockchain – the catalyst for a cooperative economy?
Anthony Collins Solicitors outline what blockchain is, and how and why co-operatives might start to incorporate blockchain into their governance and operations.
2 years 5 months
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Right to work – an update for employers
Read this update from Emma Bagshaw, Consultant Senior Solicitor at Seabury Legal Ltd, about further changes to the process for employers to ensure that employees have the right to work in the UK.
2 years 6 months