Case studies

Local gig venues up and down the country look set to guarantee live music for years to come, thanks to an exciting community share offer that’s been made possible with help from The Hive.

The closure of a venue in Holmfirth galvanised residents into action, resulting in the community buying and revitalising a local building to give people a valuable shared space.

Pulling together, local people from a Cumbrian parish raised the funds to keep their local pub going – and preserve a cherished focal point for their community.

When a dilapidated but much-loved building in Greater London got some TLC from the community, a share offer turned them into its owners – and the former library into the heart of the town.

Thanks to a community share offer, residents in a disadvantaged part of North East Lincolnshire will have access to more affordable homes from an ethical community landlord.

From derelict properties to homes for those with acute housing needs - the story of LATCH and how community shares is helping to solving a cash conundrum.   

Read the story of the farming company that successfully converted to a co-op to make the business more resilient, enable expansion and offer sustainable livelihoods – all thanks to support from The…

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.

A charitable community benefit society, MindforYou organises holidays for people with dementia and their families and carers.

Our bespoke training gave co-op business experts the knowledge boost they needed to better support their clients.

Formed by a group of comedians who came together virtually during lockdown, Felt Nowt Productions is a co-op working to create a thriving comedy scene in the North East of England.

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.

Dopo will offer holistic abortion support that includes access to trained practitioners and self‑care resources.

Formed out of a desire to supply affordable, ethically sourced food, Rice Up Wholefoods is a grocery shop co-op in the heart of Southampton’s city centre.

A much-loved pub and music venue, The Bell Inn on the edge of Bath city centre is owned by some 675 of its customers, fans and workers.  

A national body set up to grow the UK student co-operative housing movement, Student Co‑op Homes aims to create affordable, higher quality housing for students in higher education.