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Helping Blake House Cooperative plan for a sustainable future
Content by The Hive
As a new start‑up business, filmmakers Blake House Cooperative applied to The Hive to access an experienced peer mentor to help them with a range of areas, from business development to client…
4 years 8 months
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Projekts MCR – a skatepark changing lives in Manchester
Content by The Hive
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…
4 years 11 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 3 months
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“Work that feels meaningful” – South East London Community Energy co‑op
Content by The Hive
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 4 months
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“A great sense of community” – October Books
Content by The Hive
From constrained to creative. From frustrated to fulfilled. From boredom to belonging. That’s the difference being part of the October Books co-op has made to Jessica Haynes.
5 years 4 months
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Freelancers join forces to tackle corruption and tax evasion: Open Data Services
From different locations across the UK a small number of analysts and IT professionals discuss their work to help tackle corruption and tax evasion - to create transparency around the awarding of…
5 years 4 months
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Using technology to make a difference for good: Outlandish
Content by Co-op Fortnight
Working for Outlandish – a thriving digital agency and worker co-op – and then becoming a member, has made a massive difference to Amil Vasishtha.
5 years 5 months
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“Working ‘with’ people not ‘to’ or ‘for’ them” – Wales Restorative Approaches Partnership
Content by Co-op Fortnight
Wales Restorative Approaches Partnership (WRAP) is a co-op that makes a difference to families, communities and organisations. Using ‘restorative’ training and consultancy, they work with groups to…
5 years 5 months
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“Social and environmental aims are fundamental to our work” – OrganicLea
Content by The Hive
OrganicLea is a small workers’ co-operative growing food on London’s edge in the Lea Valley.
5 years 5 months
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“Co-operation was the natural choice” – Natural Foodstore Diss
Content by The Hive
When the owner of the The Natural Foodstore in Diss, Norfolk, announced her plans to retire after over 25 years, workers at the store decided to take action...
5 years 7 months
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Fairtrade coffee changing women's lives: CoopFam
How a Fairtrade speciality coffee and social impact investment are empowering some of the poorest women in the world
5 years 8 months
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The world’s first community-owned distillery: Glenwyvis Distillery
Content by The Hive
The GlenWyvis Distillery is a whisky producing co-op in the Scottish Highlands. It was born of an idea to create sustainable local wealth from a traditional local craft.
5 years 9 months
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Neighbouring community-owned energy co-ops benefit from peer mentoring
Content by The Hive
The Hive’s peer mentoring scheme has supported two neighbouring community-owned energy co-ops in South East London.
5 years 10 months
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Doing good with wood: Bristol Wood Recycling Project
Content by The Hive
Bristol Wood Recycling Project collects tonnes of good quality timber from construction yards and other businesses around the city that would otherwise be wasted.
6 years
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A co-op gym that does things differently: Bristol Co‑operative Gym
Content by The Hive
Offering an alternative to traditional gym culture, Bristol Co-operative Gym was set up as an inclusive, non-judgemental space free from assumptions about identity and appearance. It received support…
6 years 3 months
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Bouncers are clubbing together in Newcastle
Content by The Hive
Working on the door of a pub or club isn’t easy. Dealing with aggressive confrontation, people fuelled by alcohol. And often, the training and support for door staff is inadequate.
6 years 4 months