Case studies

Discover how we’ve enabled an ambitious co-op to begin building the foundations for a strong community share offer that aims to boost Sheffield’s co-operative economy.

Bakery and cookery school Loaf is a worker co-op that aims to promote real bread and cookery skills – and build community through food.

The performing arts industry has suffered immeasurably through Covid. As the word lockdown became an everyday term, work for actors vanished overnight. Yet in the midst of the global pandemic a…

Lupine Adventure is a not-for-profit workers’ co-op offering fell and mountain based outdoor recreation, education and training. 

Building services co-op LEDA provides sustainable construction solutions – from new builds and refurbishments to plumbing, heating design, green energy installations and more.

First Milk is a farmer-owned dairy co-op that produces cheese and dairy ingredients and markets fresh milk through collaborative sourcing and supply chain management.

Fully owned and run by its disabled workforce, Enabled Works is a social enterprise co-op specialising in contract packing, distribution and storage.

The ingenious team at Animorph Co‑operative produce augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) solutions that create a positive social impact.  

Creating delicious vegan dishes, the Warehouse Café is a worker co-op situated in the Friends of the Earth Building in Birmingham. The café has been in existence for 35 years. And in early 2019, the…

The New Leaf Initiative is a Birmingham-based mentoring organisation that supports people with criminal convictions to find work.

It’s 1978 and Glasgow’s Greencity Wholefoods co-operative is formed – born from the local activist movement with moral, ethical and environmental values at its heart.

After eight years toiling away in London for design agencies Ben Philp was, to put it bluntly, “fed up”. Multi-tiered chains of command, a lack of ethics and long hours for limited reward had all…

In January 2020, October Books, a worker-owned and run community bookshop in Southampton, was on the verge of taking great new strides.

They met through a digital boot camp. Loved working together. And discovered a shared belief in the power of technology as a force for good.

The UK’s flagship worker co-op, Suma was founded 40 years ago when seven people formed a wholefood wholesaler in West Yorkshire.

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.