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Bringing a Victorian ballroom back to life: Stretford Public Hall
Content by Booster Fund
Booster funding matched the investment provided by over 800 local residents to fund the restoration of Stretford Public Hall’s Victorian grade II listed ballroom, for community use.
3 years 4 months
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Community co-operates to save a local store: George Street Community Bookshop
Content by Booster Fund
George Street Community Bookshop in Glossop, Derbyshire, was established by a small group of friends in 2018 to help save the local second-hand bookshop. It’s now run as a co-operative, staffed by one…
3 years 5 months
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From car park to paradise: Hulme Community Garden Centre
Content by Booster Fund
Hulme Community Garden Centre is a charity owned by its community, employing nine local people and with a turnover of £300k per annum. When it wanted to grow its indoor space and social impact, the…
3 years 5 months
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Growing the community: Sutton Community Farm
Content by Booster Fund
The Community Shares Booster Programme enabled Sutton Community Farm to build a much-needed new barn and build a larger membership to better engage the local community and widen their customer base.
3 years 5 months
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Supporting the local community: Projekts MCR
Content by Booster Fund
Following a successful crowd funding campaign, Projekts MCR secured £134,338 with 70 investors in 64 days to expand their skate park, add energy-saving LED floodlights and be better able to support…
3 years 5 months
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Making Manchester’s The Meteor “bigger, better and more influential”
Content by Business support for co-ops
The Meteor is an independent, community‑based media outlet that’s been providing news, features and commentary to the people of Manchester since 2016. In July 2019, it became a co‑op.
4 years 1 month
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Farmers stand united through co‑operation: Aspatria Farmers
The UK’s farmers must stand united to combat the threat of multi-national corporations in the food supply chain, says Tim Wilson, CEO of Aspatria Farmers.
4 years 7 months
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Projekts MCR – a skatepark changing lives in Manchester
Content by Business support for co-ops
Projekts MCR is a skatepark based in Manchester city centre. It recently received support from The Hive – the support programme for co-ops delivered by Co‑operatives UK in partnership with The…
5 years 3 months
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Openfield, the UK’s only national farming grain co‑operative
For 400 years the Casswell family has farmed land in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. But without farmer-owned co-operatives the prospect of future generations continuing those farming traditions would be…
5 years 7 months
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“Work that feels meaningful” – South East London Community Energy co‑op
Content by Business support for co-ops
Tea, coffee, cake and energy advice. Over 1,300 operational solar panels. Access to energy saving gizmos, insulation and grants. Put simply, this is how South East London Community Energy (SELCE)…
5 years 8 months
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Neighbouring community-owned energy co-ops benefit from peer mentoring
Content by Business support for co-ops
The Hive’s peer mentoring scheme has supported two neighbouring community-owned energy co-ops in South East London.
6 years 2 months
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FC United of Manchester – a community owned football club
Content by Community Shares
FC United of Manchester is a co-operatively owned football club, launched in 2005 by the fans in order to provide affordable football for all.
16 years 2 months