Resources

To ensure transparency and enable member scrutiny we publish summaries from our board's most recent discussions and decisions.

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

What's in a name? There are legal requirements for choosing and using the name of your co-operative. Read our in depth guides. 

The governance wheel depicts the key areas of governance that should be in place within a thriving co-operative business. 

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

Published in February 2019, this report outlines the conditions necessary for platform co‑operatives to become viable alternatives to Big Tech corporations.

This code is a tool to help chart what good practice can look like. It focuses on best practice around democracy and quality of leadership that emerges through good governance.

A board must be made up of directors with the right mix of expertise, experience and perspectives to ensure it does not become homogenous. This short guide runs through the process…

If your co-op has the Co-operatives UK Contact Package, you'll need to read our Fair Usage Policy

The From Conflict to Co-operation series aims to help co-operatives not only to deal with conflict when it arises but also to avoid unnecessary conflict.

This paper aims to locate platform co‑ops – or co‑operative platforms – within the co‑operative sector and the wider digital economy, and explore how the International Co‑operative…