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More Than a Shop episode 2: Disrupting the music industry
Related topic: What is a co-op? | Resource type: PodcastContent by More than a Shop
Ch-ch-ch-changes: Disrupting the music industry explores some of the challenges facing musicians and ways to challenge the ‘norms’ that have emerged in recent years and decades…
More Than a Shop episode 1: Education for all?
Related topic: What is a co-op? | Resource type: PodcastContent by More than a Shop
Podcast series, More Than a Shop, debuts with an episode looking at the challenges facing the UK’s education system.
Corporate Governance Code appendices
Related topic: Governance | Resource type: ToolkitMember content
Used alongside the Corporate Governance Code, these appendices are designed to enable co-ops to develop their governance practices by adopting policies and processes.
Finance Toolkit
Related topic: Finance | Resource type: ToolkitMember content
A comprehensive toolkit of finance resources for co‑ops.
Financial projection templates
Related topic: Finance | Resource type: Template policy / documentDownload and complete this financial projections template, which acts as the second 'half' of your business plan.
Members Money
Related topic: Co-op development | Resource type: Template policy / documentDownload the reports and templates from the Members' Money project which reviewed how withdrawable share capital (WSC) is being used as a form of funding by Retail Societies and…
GDPR for co-ops – employee data
Related topic: Governance | Resource type: ToolkitCo‑operatives UK produced an Employee Data GDPR Toolkit to guide co‑operatives through the key changes to the legislation, with a focus on how the GDPR applies in employment.
See…
Directors toolkit
Related topic: GovernanceMember content
The directors toolkit is a comprehensive series of resources for inducting directors onto a co-operative board.
This toolkit has been collated as part of work being undertaken by…
Directors toolkit
Related topic: Governance | Resource type: ToolkitMember content
The directors toolkit is a comprehensive series of resources for inducting directors onto a co-operative board. This page contains downloads of the editable elements.
Community Economic Development Lessons from two years’ action research
Related topic: Co-op development | Resource type: ReportThis report summarises the lessons learned from a two year nationwide action research programme of Community Economic Development (CED). It will be of practical interest to…
Company Directors Consent Act
Related topic: Governance | Resource type: Template policy / documentMember content
A template to record consent for Directors joining the board of your co-op.
Society Share Certificate
Related topic: Finance | Resource type: Template policy / documentCo-operatives UK Consolidation Project
Related topic: Governance | Resource type: ReportImpact Report 2015: Peer Power – Energy Mentoring Programme
Related topic: Community shares | Resource type: ReportContent by Community Shares
This report, released in 2015, summarises the views of the groups involved in the Energy Mentoring Programme run by Co-operatives UK's Community Shares Unit. It and highlights the…
Co-operatives and elections
Related topic: GovernanceIntroduction
This guidance is to help co-operatives deliver good practice when it comes to elections for board positions.
There is no legislation specifically governing elections…