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Co‑op Fortnight involves co‑ops and organisations from across the UK working together to celebrate and promote co‑ops

National campaign encourages more people to #JoinACoop

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Published
23rd January 2020
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17th November 2020
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This year’s Co‑op Fortnight (22 June to 5 July 2020) we’ll be encouraging people across the UK to #JoinACoop. 

Co-ops and other organisations are encouraged to start planning membership recruitment and engagement activities during the two week summer campaign, which aims to raise awareness of the co‑operative model. 

Wendy Carter, Head of Communications and Marketing said: “Co‑ops are so diverse, but the one thing that binds us all together is that we all have members who have a say in how our organisations are run. This Co‑op Fortnight we’re shining a spotlight on who our members are and why they join co‑ops, with a strong call to action to encourage more people to join a co‑op.”

Every year hundreds of co‑ops and organisations across the UK work together to promote co-ops during Co‑op Fortnight. The campaign is led by Co‑operatives UK and brought to life by co‑ops across the UK.  

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We’d love co‑ops of all types and sizes to start thinking about how they can get involved – it might be choosing one member to say why they joined the co‑op, perhaps writing a blog or sharing their story on social media, having a celebration event for existing members to encourage them to get more involved, or planning a member recruitment campaign.
– Wendy Carter, Head of Communications and Marketing, Co‑operatives UK

“We’ll be featuring a wide range of members, from worker-owners to community share investors and retail co‑op customers in our communications.”

Free resources are available for Co‑operatives UK members, thanks to sponsorship from some of the UK’s largest retail co‑ops. Resources include stickers, posters, a campaign video, template press releases and images for social media that co-ops can adapt to feature their own members.

Thank you to our sponsors

Central England Co-operativeThe Channel Islands Co-operative Society, The Co-opEast of England Co-opThe MidCounties Co-operativeScotmid Co-operative and Southern Co-op

Find out how to get involved in Co-op Fortnight
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