Resources

Alice Wharton, Booster Fund Senior Manager at Co-operatives UK, and Tim Coomer, Co-operative and Community Finance (CCF), ran this webinar for advisors about the Community Shares…

A response from the Community Shares Unit, led by Co-operatives UK in partnership with Locality and Plunkett Foundation, on the Consultation on the English portion of dormant…

It has been a decade since the Community Shares Unit launched in 2012 with over £210 million raised using this unique form of finance.

Co-operatives UK has signed up to a bold new way to address equity, equality, diversity and inclusion in the social investment sector – primarily through the Booster Fund.

This paper focuses on why and how the Community Ownership Fund can utilise the Community Shares financing model.

The Community Shares Standard Mark is awarded to community share offers that meet national standards of best practice.

This resource outlines the journey a new platform co-op could take based on the experience of other platform co-op founders.

A brief overview of what a platform co‑op is and isn't. 

Understanding a maturing community shares market is the most comprehensive report ever published on the community shares sector – funded by Power to Change and Community Shares…

Our guidance for societies facing financial strife clearly outlines the steps societies should take when experiencing financial difficulty.

Co-ops are found in all sectors of the economy – from high street retailers to community-owned pubs and from fan-owned football clubs to farmer-controlled businesses.

An initial report from Amanah Advisors on the potential for community share offers to be recognised as Shariah compliant. 

Co-operatives UK's membership team hosted a discussion about the key concepts of membership, how to get to know them and how to keep them engaged with you. 

Download the Q & A from the HR webinar which addressed specific questions coming from co‑ops at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020

Watch the webinar which addresses HR‑specific questions coming from co‑ops at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020