Case studies
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Coffee Cranks: Cappuccinos, co‑operation and community spirit
Content by Ownership Hub
Find out how a worker co‑op in Manchester is making a difference to local people while empowering its members – and giving them a better working life…
1 year 7 months
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Beanies: A wholefood co‑op with plenty of benefits in store
Content by Ownership Hub
There’s no need to shop around for another job when you work at Beanies. And being a worker co‑operative sets the Sheffield grocery apart in more ways than one…
1 year 7 months
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Co-Pilot Wind Project: affordable green energy for everyone
Content by Co‑op of the Year
A ground-breaking sustainable energy co-operative, the Graig Fatha (formerly Co-Pilot Wind Project) is paving the way to fairer, more affordable access to green power.
2 years 9 months
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Central England Co-operative – putting co-op values into action
Content by Co‑op of the Year
A community-based consumer co-op, Central England Co-operative employs 7,800 people across some 430 outlets – and has more than 165,000 active members.
2 years 9 months
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Loaf – real bread, real co-operation
Content by Co‑op of the Year
Bakery and cookery school Loaf is a worker co-op that aims to promote real bread and cookery skills – and build community through food.
2 years 9 months
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Lupine Adventure co-op: A real say in your work
Content by Co-op Fortnight
Lupine Adventure is a not-for-profit workers’ co-op offering fell and mountain based outdoor recreation, education and training.
2 years 10 months
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Scotmid Co-operative: making a difference to the communities it serves
Content by Co-op Fortnight
Scotland’s largest independent co-op, retailer Scotmid Co-operative, has been in business for over 160 years. With stores spread across Scotland, it gives its members a say in how the co-op supports…
2 years 10 months
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LEDA co-op: A community that cares
Content by Co-op Fortnight
Building services co-op LEDA provides sustainable construction solutions – from new builds and refurbishments to plumbing, heating design, green energy installations and more.
2 years 10 months
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Enabled Works: empowering people with disabilities to become business owners
Content by Co-op Fortnight
Fully owned and run by its disabled workforce, Enabled Works is a social enterprise co-op specialising in contract packing, distribution and storage.
2 years 10 months
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Innovators making changes that matter: Animorph Co‑operative
Content by Business support for co-ops
The ingenious team at Animorph Co‑operative produce augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) solutions that create a positive social impact.
3 years 4 months
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Serving up help, hope and hearty meals: Warehouse Café
Content by Business support for co-ops
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…
3 years 5 months
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Rehabilitation the co‑operative way: New Leaf Co‑op
Content by Business support for co-ops
The New Leaf Initiative is a Birmingham-based mentoring organisation that supports people with criminal convictions to find work.
3 years 6 months
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Flat pay and an equal say: Greencity Wholefoods
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.
3 years 6 months
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InFact Digital Co-op: “Co‑op working is the future”
Content by Business support for co-ops
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.
4 years 5 months
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Forty years and counting... the story of Suma
The UK’s flagship worker co-op, Suma was founded 40 years ago when seven people formed a wholefood wholesaler in West Yorkshire.
4 years 7 months
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A co-operative community of wine lovers: The Wine Society
Content by Co-op Fortnight
The Wine Society has been selling quality wines at affordable prices since 1874. “We’re one of the original Victorian co-ops,” says Public Relations Manager Ewan Murray.
4 years 9 months