Case studies
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Deep Time: A revolution in co‑operative archaeology
Content by Unfound
Meet the archaeological ‘pastronauts’ and professionals who are coming together via an ingenious tech co-op that’s working to safeguard the planet.
5 months
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The Learning Cooperative: Education with a radical, fair‑priced approach
Content by Unfound
Discover the global tuition service that prices its courses based on what students can afford to pay…
1 year 6 months
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RIMA: Opening up a world of possibilities with tech and co‑operation
Content by Unfound
Discover RIMA, winner of the UnFound Accelerator live pitch event 2022 – a platform that helps artists access new opportunities via digital technology.
1 year 7 months
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Kocoon: Empowering self-care through access to wellbeing resources
Content by Unfound
Meet the enterprising university student who’s gathered a team to create an online platform co‑op that makes academic information easy to understand and signposts to valuable wellbeing services…
1 year 7 months
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Red Brick Language School: Happier teachers and better lessons – the co‑op way
Content by Unfound
An online English school offering courses and clubs, the Red Brick Language School platform co-op is being developed to give EFL (English as a foreign language) teachers and students a fairer deal.
2 years 5 months
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Dopo: Holistic abortion support through tech and co‑operation
Content by Unfound
Dopo will offer holistic abortion support that includes access to trained practitioners and self‑care resources.
2 years 5 months
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Wings: Fairer food delivery that improves working lives
Content by Unfound
Providing an ethical alternative to existing food delivery apps, Wings platform co-op was formed to give delivery riders fair pay and conditions.
2 years 8 months
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Equal Care Co-op: A social care platform
Content by Unfound
Equal Care Co-op are building a new, co-owned social care platform that puts care givers and receivers in charge.
3 years 4 months
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A ‘Square Mile of Opportunity’ through community organising
Content by Empowering Places
“RunFit Hartlepool has created a community of people who are really supportive of each other and the wider town. They do litter picks where they go running – it’s an example of how a community…
4 years 1 month
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Empowering Bradford women to work together
Content by Empowering Places
Manningham in Bradford is in the bottom 10% of deprived UK neighbourhoods. It has a significantly younger population too, with 31% of people aged below 18 – and with it comes a high rate of youth…
4 years 1 month
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Meaningful change for Plymouth communities
Content by Empowering Places
Plymouth is a social enterprise city. It has more than 200 social and community business that employ some 8,000 people...
4 years 2 months
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B-inspired by community investment in Leicester
Content by Empowering Places
Braunstone is an edge-of-town council estate in Leicester with 16,500 inhabitants. Some parts of the area fall within the bottom 1% of the 2019 indices of deprivation. Almost entirely residential, for…
4 years 2 months
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Local wealth is made in Wigan
Content by Empowering Places
Some 15,000 people live in Wigan’s Abram Ward. “It used to be called ‘Giro City’,” says David Baxter, Principal Officer of Made in Wigan – which is tackling social inequality in the area.
4 years 2 months
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Ethical employment agency helps people into work
Content by Empowering Places
“Here, health is an issue. Isolation is an issue. People feeling left out can be an issue,” says Paul Gutherson, Programme Co-ordinator at Centre 4 in Grimsby...
4 years 2 months