Case studies
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Shepshed Carers: A home care business that belongs to the workers
Content by Ownership Hub
Discover the Leicestershire co‑op that makes a huge difference in people’s lives – and ensures its worker members share in its success…
1 year 6 months
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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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Chapel Street Studio: A creative co‑op pooling skills – it’s a win‑win for everyone
Content by Ownership Hub
Find out what happens when a group of talented professionals in West Yorkshire join forces to put their expertise to good use…
1 year 7 months
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Sheffield Maternity Co‑operative: Inclusive support for mums‑to‑be
Content by Ownership Hub
Created to offer local mothers a better healthcare experience, an ambitious maternity co‑op in Sheffield gives its worker members and staff a better working experience too…
1 year 7 months
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ShipShape: A small community co‑op with a huge impact
Content by Ownership Hub
Serving the diverse communities of Sheffield, ShipShape is a co‑operative working to improve people’s health and wellbeing, while empowering its worker members…
1 year 7 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 2 months
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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 2 months
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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 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 months